Experience

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• Zen Commando. Owner / Founder

• Cardash. Director of Operations

• Facebook. Intelligence Analyst

• Battle Ready Concepts. Owner / Founder

• U.S. Special Missions Unit (SMU). Operations Officer, Assault Commander, Recce Commander

• U.S. Marine Force Reconnaissance

• U.S. Marine Corps Commissioned Officer

• U.S. Marine Corps Staff Non-Commissioned Officer

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Education, Achievements, Credentials

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• M.B.A, University of Southern California

• B.S., Business Administration, The Citadel

• U.S.M.C. Infantry Officer Course.  Distinguished Honor Graduate

• U.S.M.C. The Basic School.  Distinguished Honor Graduate

• U.S.M.C. Officer Candidate School (OCS). Distinguished Honor Graduate

• U.S.M.C. Recruit Training, Parris Island. Platoon Honor Graduate

• U.S. Army Ranger School.  Enlisted Honor Graduate

• Special Forces Advanced  Reconnaissance, Target Analysis, and Exploitation Techniques Course

• Special Forces Military Freefall Parachute Jump Master

• U.S.M.C. Combatant Scuba Diver

• U.S.M.C. Scout Sniper

• U.S.M.C. Reconnaissance Course

• U.S.M.C. Instructor, Trainer, Management School. Top Gun Award

• Survival, Escape, Resistance, Evasion School

• Mountain and Arctic Warfare Instructor

• Explosives and Demolitions Breacher Instructor

• Several combat tours

• ~ 1,000 combat missions

• (3) x Bronze Star Medals 

• U.S.M.C Force Reconnaissance Team Leader of the Year

• Teenage All-Natural New England

• Patent, "Yungates"

• 200 Hour Certified Yoga Instructor

• Crossfit Level One Instructor

• 2016 Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike: 2,185 miles / 127 Days

• 2024 Pacific Crest Trail Thru-Hike: 2,342 / 119 Days