Karl Bossi, a native of Boston, graduated from Northeastern University and served in the U.S. Air Force in Japan, Vietnam, Spain, and Turkey. He volunteered to lead a bomb disposal team during the Vietnam War. Bossi retired from the Air Force in 1982 as a lieutenant colonel at Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the Chief, Maintenance and Quality Assurance Division, Field Command Defense Nuclear Agency. He remained in Albuquerque as an aerospace logistic engineer at Sperry Flight Systems later Honeywell Defense Avionics Systems Division and worked on many key defense programs including the B-1B bomber, OH-58D helicopter, F-117 stealth fighter, and C-17 transport aircraft.

Bossi holds graduate degrees in counseling and guidance and procurement management, and is a published writer and award-winning photographer. While working in Albuquerque, Bossi's articles with photos appeared in the Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque Tribune, Albuquerque Business Journal, New Mexico Magazine, and the nationally syndicated Country Woman Magazine. Gondola Press in Venice, Florida recently published his memoir, Just Call Me Moose! Growing Up Italian in America.