From a small town in New Jersey to the covert front lines of global intelligence, Dale Bendler spent his career listening when others talked, observing what went unsaid, and shaping outcomes few will ever know about. A former Force Recon Marine turned CIA Chief of Station, Dale’s work took him across the world for more than three decades. He’s led operations, trained agents, and responded to crises—and picked up Spanish, Portuguese, and French along the way. Now retired, Dale still reads global affairs like a man on the clock, all while staying active, lifting weights, walking and biking miles. His number one take away from a career at CIA? His best friend and wife of 30 years, Sandra, whom he met on assignment in a war torn African country.