Previously Held MOS 1203-Tank Unit Commander
1204-Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander
2622-Unit Officer, Training Center
2030-Aide-De-Camp
4010-Supply And Evacuation Staff Officer (G-4, A-4, S-4)
9100-Provost Marshal
1977-1997, civilian special agent Naval Investigative Service/Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NIS/NCIS) with assignments at MCLB Albany, GA, NIS Yokosuka, JA, USS Midway (CV41), NISHQ, NIS Washington Field Office, NISSRU NAF Andrews AFB, NIS Fraud Office Washington, DC and retired from NCIS Memphis (Millington, TN).
2014-Present. Director and Co-owner of Asymmetric Response Group (ARG) providing cutting edge training to law enforcement, government agencies, military and high visibility commercial enterprises to include vulnerability assessments, tactical weapons, exercise development, curriculum development and anti-terrorism training and exercises.
1997 to the Present. Lord & Associates, providing investigative and litigation support to the legal profession as well as background investigations for DHS and the private prison system. Security consulting services for maritime and critical infrastructure.
Former adjunct instructor in political science, Columbia State Community College, Columbia, TN.
August, 2006 to 2011, Executive Director, Southeastern Law Enforcement Training Seminars (SELETS). www.selets.com. Law enforcement training to local and regional agencies.
Staff Investigator for the Law Office of John B. Wells, Attorney at Law. . www.johnwellslaw.com. Primary emphasis - military defense investigations.
Secretary, Maury County Chapter, Constitution Party of Tennessee.
Other Comments:
Member Fraternal Order of Police, Naval Criminal Investigative Service Association (NCISA), Anti-Terrorism Accreditation Board (ATAB) member (CMAS-III), Tennessee Professional Investigators Association, Infragard- Nashville Chapter, Military Police Regimental Association, Armor Association. Tennessee Sheriff's Association. Retired Military Police Officers Association. Federal Law Enforcement Officer's Association, ASIS Nashville Chapter., Tennessee Association of Licensed Private Investgators (TALPI), US Naval Institute.
State of Tennessee, Honorary Colonel, Aide de Camp, Governor's Staff
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase VII Campaign (1970-71)/Operation Lam Son 719
From Month/Year
February / 1971
To Month/Year
March / 1971
Description Operation Lam Son 719 (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Lam Sơn 719 or Chiến dịch đường 9 – Nam Lào) was a limited-objective offensive campaign conducted in southeastern portion of the Kingdom of Laos by the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) between 8 February and 25 March 1971, during the Vietnam War. The United States provided logistical, aerial, and artillery support to the operation, but its ground forces were prohibited by law from entering Laotian territory. The objective of the campaign was the disruption of a possible future offensive by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), whose logistical system within Laos was known as the Ho Chi Minh Trail (the Truong Son Road to North Vietnam).
By launching such a spoiling attack against PAVN's long-established logistical system, the American and South Vietnamese high commands hoped to resolve several pressing issues. A quick victory in Laos would bolster the morale and confidence of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), which was already high in the wake of the successful Cambodian Campaign of 1970. It would also serve as proof positive that South Vietnamese forces could defend their nation in the face of the continuing withdrawal of U.S. ground combat forces from the theater. The operation would be, therefore, a test of that policy and ARVN's capability to operate effectively by itself.
Because of the South Vietnamese need for security which precluded thorough planning, an inability by the political and military leaders of the U.S. and South Vietnam to face military realities, and poor execution, Operation Lam Son 719 collapsed when faced by the determined resistance of a skillful foe. The campaign was a disaster for the ARVN, decimating some of its best units and destroying the confidence that had been built up over the previous three years.
