Brian Jones

Brian Jones is a graduate of Regents College, Albany New York, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. He served as an Action Officer for the Department of Defense as a Special Operations Integrator. He was appointed to this position while with Alion Science and Technology as an Action Officer for Homeland Security.

While in this position, Brian was deployed to Iraq for 6 months, where he coordinated with the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Task Force and developed Counter Measures to help minimize casualties to Coalition Forces. He retired from the US Army in March, 2001 as a Sergeant Major after 21 years of service.

Brian began his Army career in Special Operations, as a Ranger in the 2nd Ranger Battalion. In July, 1988 he was selected to serve in an elite anti-terrorist unit shrouded in secrecy. Before retiring, he returned to the Ranger Regiment and served as the Detachment Sergeant Major. His decorations include the Bronze Star with Valor device, Valorous Unit, three Meritorious Service Medals, two Joint Commendation Medals, five Army Commendation Medals, and six Army Achievement Medals. He has seen combat on numerous occasions to include: Operation Just Cause, Panama, Columbia, Kuwait, Iraq, and Somalia, in the Battle in Mogadishu, made famous by the book and movie Black Hawk Down.

During his 21 years serving in the Rangers and Special Operations, Brian participated in state of the art Team Building and Leadership courses. He is passionate about building cohesive, efficient teams that use all of their member strengths to gain desired results. His military training includes Ranger School, Airborne School, Jumpmaster School, Master Parachutist, Military Freefall (HALO), SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) and the Sergeants Major Academy.

Brian is the creator of the ATC Leadership Development™ (LD) program. He is a proven leader who demands nothing less from his trainers. When hiring ATC leaders you can be rest assured our institutional training and knowledge is paired with years of experience leading and training thousands of individuals and teams around the world.

As a highly decorated war veteran, Brian continues to support veterans and initiatives supporting military readiness. Brian supports the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, Beyond Tribute, and serves locally on the planning committee for the Collier County Freedom memorial, www.colliergov.net.

Brian is a regular weekly guest on The Bob Harden Show, WGUF, and appears on several national television and radio networks sharing his leadership and training expertise as well as discussing military readiness issues.

Brian is married to Michelle Jones, from Cape Cod, Massachusetts and they currently reside in Naples, Florida.

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