Jack Carr

Jack Carr is an American author of thriller novels and former Navy SEAL officer. Jack Carr joined the U.S. Navy in 1996. He spent over 20 years in Naval Special Warfare Command, initially serving for 6 and a half years as an enlisted Navy SEAL sniper. He was then commissioned as a junior officer through Officer Candidate School. His first deployment as an officer was to the Persian Gulf on September 11, 2001, to enforce the UN's oil embargo against Ba'athist Iraq. He then led assault and sniper teams in Iraq and Afghanistan, then as platoon commander conducting counterinsurgency operations in the southern Philippines. His first deployment was to Iraq commanding a Special Operations Task Unit in the most Iran influenced section of Iraq throughout the drawdown of U.S. forces.Carr presently lives in Park City, Utah with his wife and children. He also hosts a podcast called: "Danger Close."