Marine combat veteran. Founder. Author.

Two decades supporting sensitive U.S. Government programs. Purple Heart and Bronze Star (V) recipient. Founder of Tier 1 Group. Board member supporting Gold Star families and the Special Operations community.

Featured Writing

The DARPA XM-3 Sniper Rifle The definitive history of the XM-3 program — from urgent battlefield need to fielding, combat record, and the rifles' second life through CMP auctions. Includes the only comprehensive public list of XM-3 auction results. [Read the article →]

The Battle for Lutafiyah A first-person account of April 9, 2004, in the Triangle of Death. What began as a routine squad patrol became a twelve-hour engagement that drew in two companies of Marines. [Read the article →]

The Start of Tier 1 Group How a weekend training class in Virginia Beach turned into one of the Department of War's premier special operations training providers. [Read the article →]

Current Work

HUMANITARIAN

• Brothers in Arms Foundation : Board of Directors, a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization supporting the Special Operations Community filling the gap with financial and logistical support for the wounded, ill, injured, and fallen Special Operations Marines, Sailors and their families
• Raider Air : Founder & Director, No-cost emergency air transport for Gold Star families and families of critically injured service members
  
• Team 5 Foundation : Board of Directors, a non-profit medical foundation that provides medical care in the most remote and austere areas of the world
  

VOLUNTEERING

• United States Air Force Aux Civil Air Patrol : Mission Transport Pilot
• Maricopa County Arizona Sheriff’s Office : SWAT advisor and QAP member. Providing training and support services to the county's SWAT and patrol divisions
• Donates time each month to train various federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in use of force and weapons employment techniques