About the Author

Brian Morris is a retired US Army Special Forces Master Sergeant. Serving on active duty for more than twenty-five years, he spent the majority of his time in service with the Special Forces as a Green Beret. He is a decorated combat veteran who served multiple tours in Afghanistan during the global war on terrorism since September 11, 2001. Brian has been deployed all over Africa, Bosnia, Iraq, Kuwait, Korea, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia. Brian also taught at the Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) School and wrote SERE doctrine for the Army Special Forces, including the Army Special Operations Forces Resistance and Escape Manual and the US Army Special Forces Personnel Recovery Manual. Additionally, he is an expert and master briefer in anti-terrorism and personal security techniques tactics and procedures. Mr. Morris holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in homeland security from the American Military University. After retiring from the Army in 2012, he spent a year in Afghanistan working as counterinsurgency advisor to the International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) commander. After returning to the United States in 2013, Brian spent several years working as the chief personnel recovery advisor for the US Army Special Operations Command. During this time he wrote his first book on terrorism awareness, called the Green Beret Pocket Guide, which was published in 2014. After being diagnosed with leukemia in 2015, he took two years to fight his way into remission and by 2016 he was back to writing, with his second book, SpecOps Shooting published in 2016. He also took on a monthly writing commitment to American Survival Guide magazine, to whom he still contributes today. In 2018 Brian’s third book, SpecOps Bushcrafting, was published. Today, Brian continues to write, works as a personal security consultant for high-risk travel, and runs a wilderness survival school. He is married and the father of three grown children. He lives on a small farm in central North Carolina with his wife and their dogs.