SSG (RET) PAUL MARTINEZ spent seven years in Special Operations and was a Sniper assigned to the 3rd Ranger Battalion, where he fought alongside and was trained by "The Reaper" Nicholas Irving. He was the second-Place Finisher at the 2010 USASOC Sniper Competition, was deployed six times to Afghanistan, and has faced off against Chechen Snipers, Uzbek Militants, and Taliban insurgents. Martinez was the first Ranger to be selected as a liaison instructor to the Special Forces Sniper Course.
GEORGE GALDORISI is a career naval aviator and an award-winning, bestselling author. He has written a dozen books published by mainstream publishers, including three New York Times bestsellers in a row: Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor, Tom Clancy's Op-Center Out of the Ashes, and Tom Clancy's Op-Center Into the Fire. He is the Director of the Strategic Assessments and Technical Futures Cell at the Navy's C4ISR Center of Excellence in San Diego, California.