The Truth with Danger Doug

Craig Sawyer, AKA "Sawman," grew up near Houston, TX. He got his tactical start in the U.S. Marine Corps, then quickly transitioned to the U.S. Navy to pursue high-level Special Operations as a U.S. Navy SEAL. As an Operator at SEAL Team One, Craig gained critical combat experience in Desert Shield and Desert Storm, resulting in decoration for "Heroic Service." Those operations included the capturing of the very first prisoners of the war, CSAR (Combat Search And Rescue) Operations, Sniper Operations, Reconnaissance Operations, Counter-Mine Operations, and FAV (Fast Attack Vehicle) Operations.

After returning from Desert Storm, Craig served as a SEAL Sniper Instructor until being promoted to DEVGRU. While serving at SEAL Team One, Craig fought in various Martial Arts tournaments in South-East Asia, as well as SCARS (Special Combat Aggressive Reaction System) hand-to-hand training under Jerry Peterson and Lew Hicks. These experiences built upon his Martial Arts history of fighting in various tournaments, such as the Karate Olympics tournaments in Houston, TX.

After serving in the Navy, Craig signed on as one of the "Original 33" Federal Air Marshals, who were in place before the 9/11 attacks against the U.S. Craig remained there for five years, reaching the management rank of J-Payband ATSAC (GS-14). At that point, Craig began contracting in the various combat zones, running tactical teams and protecting high-level U.S. Dignitaries.

In 2004 and 2005, Craig was selected to serve as Agent In Charge (AIC) of High-Threat Mobile Security operations in war zones for the U.S. Department of State, responsible for the mobile teams covering all stationed and visiting U.S. Chief of Mission personnel in the region. Some of those dignitaries included U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte, and other U.S. Ambassadors and key leaders.

Craig remains operationally active in multiple roles. Additionally, he often instructs various advanced training courses under his Tactical Insider banner.

In the entertainment industry, Craig has made a name for himself by appearing across the History Channel, Military Channel, The Today Show, Fox & Friends, Fox News, CBS Evening News, Morning Joe, and more.

Most recently, Craig launched Veterans For Child Rescue. It's a task force of senior veterans of the counter-terrorist, intelligence, federal law enforcement, international counter-poaching, and film & television communities dedicated to exposing and helping combat abusive child sex trafficking rings to create a brighter future for the children.

(R) Candidate David Winkler is a highly accomplished Combat Veteran with over 14 years of experience working within the Department of Defense who deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, & The Republic of South Korea. David was formerly the CEO of Wings for Warriors, a 501©3, Non-Profit Organization that helped over 5,000 Veterans Nationwide in all aspects of Veterans issues. Davis spent four years in the US Marine Corps Infantry, and ten years in the US Army, where he served in various Leadership Positions for Infantry, Air Defense Artillery, Recruiting, and the NYC Joint Color Guard team. David now serves with the NY State National Guard, where he serves as a Military Police Officer.

David was also a Former Republican Congressional Candidate in NJ 8th Congressional District, GOP Political Strategist, Member of NJ Blexit, & Political Commentator for Black Conservative Talk & Hardline Politics.

Katarina Jovanović fled the former nation of Yugoslavia. She recorded a video to discuss how socialism led to the downfall of the nation and how events happening in America parallel what happened there. The video went viral, receiving over 25 million views and was taken down numerous times by platforms like YouTube. As of October 1, 2020, the video can be viewed on YouTube here. Popular comments include “should be required viewing” and “she is more American than most Americans.”

Katarina has a professional background as an experienced assay development scientist with a PhD in Biology and over seven years of oncology research experience.

You can connect with Katarina on LinkedIn

Jackie Hermes is the CEO of Accelity, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based business that helps B2B software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies grow faster. Accelity has been growing quickly and has built out a new office in summer of 2019!

Jackie is super involved around the city as an organizer for Startup Milwaukee’s EMERGE events, a marketing partner of Milwaukee Startup Week, a member of the Golden Angels Investors Advisor team, and a coach and advisor at The Commons. Finally, she informally mentors a number of startups and love working with early-stage companies.

Jackie started her entrepreneurial journey with cookies. Really. A vegan cookie company… and she wasn’t vegan. She turned four cookie recipes into a business—designing packaging, finding a kitchen and making the cookies, eventually outsourcing production, then selling and establishing distribution to 12 grocery stores around Wisconsin.

The cookies taught Jackie how to hustle. As a 24-year-old MBA, she definitely didn’t picture herself hoisting up tents at farmers markets to hand out $5 bags of cookies, or being the demo lady at the grocery store, but there she was. She still had a full-time job (running the marketing department at a SaaS company), and a baby.

Jackie has been so grateful for that experience because the money she made helped her start Accelity. What began as a one-woman consultancy blossomed into a kick-ass team of 14 and counting with a new office underway and a group of amazing, loyal clients in 8 states around the US.

LinkedIn has been a huge contributor to her growth over the past year. Jackie got talked into publishing videos about her entrepreneurial experiences in mid-2018 and have steadily grown an audience of nearly 30,000 followers. The LinkedIn community has given her so much love and support and she could not possibly be more grateful for the opportunities LinkedIn has given her over the last year.

Outside her professional life, Jackie was a foster parent for two years and adopted one of her beautiful children from foster care in Milwaukee. People always ask about hobbies and to be honest, she doesn’t have many, but they include: working toward her pilot’s license, barre classes, exploring downtown Milwaukee and playing a whole lot of Star Wars Trouble with her kids.

Jason B.A. Van Camp is what Malcolm Gladwell would refer to as an Outlier; an exceptional person who is successful not just because of his personal accomplishments but his will to win and unique ability and willingness to unlock the potential of others. A decorated Green Beret, world traveler, and loyal friend, Jason has mastered the art of storytelling that reflects many of his own life adventures. Jason is honored to be the Founder and Chairman of Mission Six Zero.

Jason was born in Washington D.C. and raised across the Potomac River in Springfield, Virginia. In 1995, Jason was accepted to the United States Military Academy at West Point. While at West Point, Jason played Linebacker for the Army Black Knights football team, served a two year LDS-Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints mission to Russia, and, upon graduation, won the prestigious General Loeffke Award for Excellence in Foreign Languages.

After graduating from West Point, Jason volunteered to attend U.S. Army Ranger School in Fort Benning, GA where he earned his Ranger tab (2002). Jason then began a one year tour to Korea serving a few miles from the Demilitarized zone (DMZ) between South and North Korea. Immediately after serving in Korea, Jason was deployed with the 101st Airborne Division in the invasion of Iraq (2003). In 2006, Jason won the coveted Green Beret and began serving as a Detachment Commander with 10th Special Forces Group in Fort Carson, Colorado.

As a Detachment Commander, Jason led his team on close to 300 combat missions to kill/capture high value targets as well as created and commanded one of the largest Foreign Internal Defense Force in U.S. history, training nearly 4000 Iraqi and Kurdish soldiers in hand to hand combat, raid and patrolling techniques, unconventional warfare and personal security detail tactics as well as deploying these forces on the battlefield.

During his 14 years in the U.S. Army, Jason has won numerous awards, notably the Bronze Star with V device for Valor as well as two additional Bronze Stars during numerous combat rotations as a Special Forces Detachment Commander in the Middle East and Africa.

In 2013, Jason earned his MBA from Brigham Young University and it was there that he developed a passion for entrepreneurship. Jason believes in servant leadership, the art of determination, and the power of storytelling. This philosophy has served him well in his life and has made him an experienced speaker and proponent of Mission Six Zero’s Total Warrior model.

Jason is passionate about his experiences and his stories resonate with any audience; students, athletes, businesspersons that wants to be “passionate about passion.” Jason is married to his wife, Elizabeth, and they have a daughter, Claire Jane, and a son, Jack.

Jason also enjoys traveling, the history of the Roman Empire, the study of religion, supporting DC professional sports teams, and helping veterans through his non-profit organization, Warrior

On social media, there's this big push to talk about empathy and it's been going on for the last few years. Empathy is a very good thing in interpersonal relationships, especially in the leadership realm.

However, empathy can easily cross over into sympathy and that can become a problem for your relationships and your bottom line…

Zach Messler spent 20 years in product marketing for B2B technology companies. This largely meant teaching non-technical sales pros how to explain complex software in a way that moved an executive buying audience to act.

Along the way, Zach learned a few things about how to write, how to present, and how to speak, all in a way that’s perfectly understood, grabs attention and holds on to it, and compels people to act. When you can do these things, it’s incredible what happens. You stop fumbling over words and wondering what to say. Those awkward feelings of how to start or wondering if your audience gets it? They evaporate. Your inner imposter is shut down, thanks to your growing base of fans, prospects, and customers.

Zach realized he could help a whole lot more people than a few hundred sales pros. So, he left his corporate career behind and set off to create something special.

Zach believes communications holds the key to getting anything you want out of life. When you communicate in a clear, compelling, and convincing way, you set yourself up for better things. For 98% of the world, this is hard. Why? We’ve all been taught to communicate in a certain way thanks to a combination of upbringing, education, and experiences. It’s why some feel awkward putting something new out there, while others have trouble explaining something without drowning in detail. And, it’s why so many of the greatest ideas will never see the light of day. This is why Zach jumped. This is what he does. He helps entrepreneurs know what to say and how to say it so they make a bigger impact on the world. He’s on a mission to help entrepreneurs find relevance and revenue.

Zach has experience creating remarkable messages and compelling stories, launching new products, building awareness and demand, and enabling sales with a specific focus on founder-led companies, marketers, and entrepreneurs looking to attract an audience, transform an industry, or otherwise ignite a revolution.

Specialties:

► Product Marketing

► Brand Messaging

► Sales Messaging

► Product Messaging

► Positioning

► Sales Enablement

► Strategic Communications

► Go-to-market Strategy

► Marketing Communications

► Content Marketing

► Audience-Centric Messaging

► Coaching

► B2B Tech

► Enterprise Software

Zac Keller went to the Naval Academy where he studied History and Engineering. He went on to become a Surface Warfare Officer where he traveled the world and conducted counter-piracy, counter-narcotic and teaching "outside the box" thinking to various Armed Forces. He left active duty in 2014 to start a family and seek adventures in various parts of corporate America.

Zac joined St. Jude Medical and learned how to sell biomedical equipment like pacemakers. He developed a strategy for sales that eventually got him poached by Medtronic. He did well at bringing new technology to market and develop strategies to win business in new verticals. But, something was amiss. He tried consulting, training, and a few other avenues before he finally made the call to slow down, evaluate himself, his gifts, his life, and his direction.

Zac joined the Select Reserves as a Lieutenant Commander in order to help lead our nation to a better future. He loves Sailors, people and being a recruiter allows him to understand people, learning about their behavior, and their motivations. Zac is also pursuing a Master’s degree in Industrial Organizational Psychology.

Connect with Zac on LinkedIn.

Earl Gibson III has gotten the attention of those who would have you believe BLM is legitimate. His journey in life has taken him from Air Force veteran, homeless and living in a jeep to successful family man who now owns his own successful business. His change in mindset led to a path of seeking the truth. What Earl found is the narratives pushed by special interest groups and the corporate media concerning Black Lives Matter are false.

Many leaders fall into the trap of letting empathy turn into sympathy. This can have a negative effect on perceptions for both the team member and the leader in question. No one wants those around them feeling sorry for them. As a leader, what are you doing that understands and displays empathy and transfers that into building Strength and Resilience in your team?