This week in the studio a man who joined the United States Marine Corps on the delayed entry program in 1997. He has spent time with the 1st Fleet AntiTerrorism Security Team, 5th Marines, the USMC Marine Augmentation Training Support Unit, and the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion. During his time with the Marines he has been a Scout/Sniper Instructor, Chief Scout, and Liasion and Chief Instructor for the FBI HRT Sniper course. This guest has also worked with contracting companies like BlackWater and even worked with the CIA for 12 years. He has deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, and Bahrain. He is currently the Co Owner of Nomadic Research , an outdoor company that values Patriotism, Individual Responsibility, and the Love of Freedom of the Great Outdoors. My guest is also the Founder and Owner of Ten22Fifty Inc, which provides Tactical and Security Based Consultation to the US Government, DOD, and Law Enforcement. I am so happy and honored that this guest has chosen to tell his story on my show. Please welcome my next guest in the studio Dagan “Hoot” Van Oosten.
INTRO and OUTRO music written,performed, and provided by the band Rattle Root. Check them out below.
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Education: BA in Intelligence Studies with a focus in Counterintelligence Operations, American Military University.
Work Experience:
Founder/Owner of Ten22Fifty inc.
Ten22Fifty was founded in 2021 to provide tactical and security-based consultation to U.S. Gov, DoD, and LE (Federal, State, Local) customers. Additionally, Mr. Van Oosten designed and patented concealment products for reconnaissance, surveillance, and sniper operations. Patent No. US11352807 June 7, 2022 Urban Hide Sites for Reconnaissance and Surveillance Operations
Co-Owner of Nomadic Research
Mr. Van Oosten and Mr. Matt Horton met while working on a small elite team in the heart of Afghanistan. They shared stories of outdoor adventures over coffee and around the fire with the GWOT (Global War On Terror) as the backdrop. They identified a need for an outdoor company that shared their values of patriotism, individual responsibility, and the love of freedom of the great outdoors. With those ideals, Nomadic Research® was established in 2017.
2014 – Present: OGA (Other Government Agencies) SPT (Special Programs Team) EAST Training Cadre
In 2014 Mr. VanOosten was selected as a plank holder instructor position for OGA SPT East Training Cadre handling all training programs for OGA held on the East Coast. Initially Mr. Van Oosten’s duties and responsibility included three sperate programs of instruction covering a variety of special tactics techniques, and procedures regarding special operations and intelligence collection operations. As the Chief of SPT E… Read More