Stu Friedman
Stu Friedmanis a highly decorated Detective Sergeant that served 23 years with the NYC Transit Police and NYPD. He worked in plainclothes, undercover, was a detective and detective supervisor in numerous units.
He has been shot, stabbed, has had bones broken. He still has a bullet lodged in his chest to this day. He was the youngest member of the department to ever be awarded the presitigious Police Combat Cross. He was the recipient of two Medal For Valor awards, the department third highest award. He was the 1986 Jewish Cop of the Year, has received the Military Order of the Purple Heart Law Enforcement Citation, and the PBA "Cop of the Month" award on three separate occasions. The DEA has recognized him for his support and leadership of
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Doug Stanton is a journalist, lecturer, screenwriter, and author of the New York Times bestsellers In Harm’s Way and Horse Soldiers. His newest book is The Odyssey Of Echo Company. Horse Soldiers is the basis for a Jerry Bruckheimer-produced movie by the same name, starring Chris Hemsworth and Michael Shannon, to be released by Warner Bros. in 2018. In Harm’s Way spent more than six months on the New York Times bestseller list and became required reading on the US Navy's recommended list for officers. Horse Soldiers was featured on the front page of the Sunday New York Times Book Review.
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Stanton has appeared on numerous TV and radio outlets, including NBC’s “Today,” CNN, Imus In The Morning, Discovery, A&E, Fox News, NPR, MSNBC’s Morning Joe -
Casey Sherman
Casey Sherman is a New York Times Bestselling Author of 13 books including The Finest Hours (now a major motion picture starring Casey Affleck & Chris Pine), Boston Strong (the basis for the film Patriots Day starring Mark Wahlberg), Animal & Hunting Whitey.
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Sherman is also the author of 12, Search for the Strangler, Animal, Bad Blood, Black Irish, Black Dragon, Above & Beyond and The Ice Bucket Challenge.
Sherman is a contributing writer for TIME, Esquire, Washington Post, Boston Herald and Boston Magazine and has appeared as a guest an analyst on more than 100 television news programs.
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Kyle Mills
I grew up in Oregon but have lived all over—D.C., Virginia, Maryland, London,
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Wyoming. My father was an FBI agent and I was a bureau kid, which is similar to being an army brat. You tend to spend your time with other bureau kids and get transferred around a lot, though, I fared better on that front than many others.
One positive aspect of this lifestyle is that you can’t help but absorb an enormous amount about the FBI, CIA, Special Forces, etc. Like most young boys, I was endlessly fascinated with talk of chasing criminals and, of course, pictured it in the most romantic terms possible. Who would have thought that all this esoteric knowledge would end up being so useful?
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Mike Guardia is an internationally recognized author and military historian. A veteran of the United States Army, he served six years on active duty as an Armor Officer. He is the author of the widely-acclaimed "Hal Moore: A Soldier Once...and Always," the first-ever biography chronicling the life of LTG Harold G. Moore, whose battlefield leadership was popularized by the film "We Were Soldiers," starring Mel Gibson.
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He has twice been nominated for the Army Historical Foundation's Distinguished Book Award and is an active member of the Military Writers Society of America.
As a speaker, he hosts the lecture series "Hal Moore: Lessons in Leadership," which is available for presentation at schools, businesses, and civic organizations worldwide. -
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Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., David's journey has been anything but ordinary. After attending Stony Brook University on Long Island, he set his sights on Miami, where he spent 19 years serving with the Aventura Police Department. As a uniformed patrolman, undercover officer, and detective, he tackled some of the city’s most challenging cases. His dedication earned him two Officer of the Month awards from his department and a prestigious recognition from the Dade County Chief’s Association.
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Vic Ferrari
Vic Ferrari is a retired twenty-year veteran of the
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New York City police department. A Bronx resident for over 40 years he now splits his time between sunny Florida and his timeshare in North Korea. He lives with his Irish Wolfhound puppy Dougal who follows him everywhere, including the bathroom. He enjoys writing, cooking, and managing a coed softball team filled with unhappy complaining miscreants. This summer he fulfilled his childhood dream of throwing out the first pitch of a minor league baseball game under an assumed name. -
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Watson was the Curator Emeritus of the UDT-SEAL Museum in Ft. Pierce, FL
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FBI Special Agent (Retired) Michael R. McGowan served more than 31 years of dedicated FBI service before retiring in 2017, almost all of which was working undercover against some of the most dangerous, sophisticated, and notorious criminal organizations and individuals. He now writes novels and consults to the entertainment industry.
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Detective Mulcahy spent nearly six years working for the KCMO (Kansas City, Missouri) Police Department. He was assigned to the most dangerous patrol division in the department, where he sustained numerous injuries and made many felony arrests; his work here is detailed in his book Shotgun Summer. He spent the next three years in the Special Investigations Division as an undercover Detective working with top drug organizations in conjunction with the FBI, DEA, Customs, ATF, and the IRS Criminal Investigations Division. His accounts here are chronicled in his second book, 12-Gauge, a story loosely based on actual events.
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