Jason Havlik enlisted in the Army Reserves in 1989 at the age of 17. After graduating high school in Jacksonville, Florida in 1990, he attended Basic Training and Military Police School at Ft. McClellan, Alabama. Upon completion of his training, he deployed to the Gulf War.

Soon after returning from the war in June 1991, Jason enlisted in the active duty Army and spent the next 10 years serving his country. During his enlistment, Jason served two tours in the Bosnian peacekeeping mission and one tour in support of the Kosovo peacekeeping mission.

Jason exited the military in May of 2001 and was hired by a sheriff's office in south Florida as a Law Enforcement Officer. In time, he was promoted to Corporal and later became an Investigator.

In February of 2007, Jason made the decision to go to Iraq as a private contractor to assist in the efforts there of getting the Iraq police trained so that they may take control of protecting their cities and our troops could return home. He left for training and testing in May and arrived in Baghdad, Iraq on June 5, 2007. He was assigned to Army and Marine units in Fallujah, Iraq, and served until June 7, 2009.

After serving over a year in Iraq, Jason returned home and is enjoying visiting with family and friends, and working on the Wheelers for the Wounded program.