I’m Justin, the owner and operator of SwiftSilentDeadly.com. Most people define themselves by their job title. I have done a lot of different jobs and have a broad array of skills. If I had to define myself in a single word, I would say, “I’m an adventurer.” I pride myself on being a "Jack of All Trades, Master of a Few." I can't shoot a 5-second F.A.S.T., run a 5-minute mile, or rebuild an engine, and I don’t have a traditional career. But I can do a whole bunch of things really well. Here's a quick rundown of my life up to this point:

  • Author of Competent & Dangerous: Master the Skills to be a Man Among Men

  • Sworn law enforcement officer,

  • Practicing Paramedic and Search & Rescue (SAR) Team member,

  • Former full-time special operations instructor for the U.S. Military,

  • Former "OGA" contractor with many deployments to Central Asia,

  • Former Marine Raider with deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Philippines,

  • Author of seven books, dozens of online and print magazines, and this blog,

  • World traveler with 28 countries and 46/50 U.S. states under my belt (so far),

  • In addition to travel I have lived all over the U.S. - New England, the Pacific Northwest, the Southwest, the Southeast, the Midwest - in big cities and very small towns,

  • I spent a year traveling the U.S. as an early adopter of #vanlife

If you want to know more, here is a quick list of recent podcast appearances:

SELECT TRAINING

Below is a list of select training I have attended. This is not all-inclusive, but a sampling of training relevant to the materials I frequently discuss on this site. If you read between the lines a bit you might also be able to figure out a thing or two about my work history.

Pistol, Carbine, & Tactics Training

Shotgun Training

Revolver Training

Medical Training

Survival/SAR Training

  • Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) - U.S. Navy

  • Field Survival Course - Randall's Adventure Training (my AAR)

  • Basic Survival Course - Pathfinder School/Dave Canterbury (my AAR)

  • Land Search Field Team MemberMountain Search & Rescue (Awareness, Operations, Technician)

  • Advanced Wilderness Rescue - Randall's Adventure Training

  • Technical Rescue - Water

  • Technical Rescue - Wilderness

High Performance Driving Training

  • Law Enforcement Driver Training (5 days) - Portion of Police Academy

  • Evasive Driving Course (5 days) - Bill Scott Racing

  • Worldwide Personal Security Specialist Course (WPPS II) (included 5 days of driving) - Blackwater, USA

Digital Security Training:

  • Social Engineering for Penetration Testers (5 days) - Chris Hadnagy

  • Cyber Advanced Support Operations (CASO) (10 days) - White Canvas Group

  • Commercial Signature Reduction (CSR)(5 days) - Blackhorse Solutions

  • Electronic Security & Signature Reduction (ESSR) - Blackbird Technologies

Covert Entry/Restraint Defeat Training

  • Surreptitious Entry I, II, & III, Vehicle Access I & II (25 training days total) - Undisclosed Provider

  • Covert Entry Course (5 days) - U.S. Army Counter-Surreptitious Entry School

  • Basic Alarms Overview Course (5 days) - U.S. Army Counter-Surreptitious Entry School

  • Unconventional Breaching Methods (5 days) - The Ben-Jim School

  • Basic Locksmithing Course (6 days) - Associated Locksmiths of America

Instructor Training/Certifications

  • Law Enforcement General Instructor Certification

  • Rangemaster Certified InstructorNAEMT Instructor Preparation Course, NAEMT

  • Formal Schools Instructor Course, USMC

  • Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor (Brown Belt), USMC

Periodic Gut-Checks/Physical & Mental Challenges