Robert H. Deatherage, Jr. is a veteran Special Forces soldier who spent over 22 Years in the U.S. Military. He is also a very distinguished high-level Personal Security Operations Consultant, Military Instructor and the Author of several books directly related to Security Operations, Terrorism Awareness and even Survival Driving.

In 1979 he joined the U.S. Marine Corps working with the Naval Security Group as a Signals intelligence, Electronic Warfare Specialist. He left the service for several years and then joined the U.S. Army in 1986 working in the intelligence field.

In 1987 he was assigned to the 1st Special Forces Group Military Intelligence Company and after serving 2 years as a Special Operations Team Chief, he was selected to attend the Special Forces qualification course where he earned his Special Forces tab.

He continued working in the 1st Special Forces Group as a Special Forces Communications Sergeant, assigned to Southeast Asia.

During this time he was selected to work on other assignments in the Washington, DC area. In 1996, he was assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group, located at Ft. Bragg, NC where he spent his first year training Mexican Police Special Narcotics Team members and then had multiple missions to South America on various assignments.

He spent his last four years with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Warfare Training Group where he was assigned as an Operations NCO for ASOT, SERE and ATD while also working as an instructor for a year on the Anti-Terrorism Training Detachment.

He served his last two years of duty as the Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge, before retiring from full-time military service.

Since retirement, he as worked as a Security Manager for an international construction firm in Iraq, working first in Mozul, then in Baghdad. He has also conducted advanced training seminars for military special operations units and civilian law enforcement organizations across America on a wide variety of subjects including anti-terrorism, security and PSD operations.

He's even found time to author 3 books including,
"Security Operations--An Introduction To Planning And Conducting Private Security Details For High Risk Areas", "Terrorism Awareness--Understanding The Threat And How You Can Protect Yourself", and "Survival Driving--Staying Alive on the World's Most Dangerous Roads."

Robert has a Masters Degree in Business and Organizational Security Management and he is a member of the American Society for Industrial Security.