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 decade serving his country. During his enlistment, Jason served over five years overseas including 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 became a deputy sheriff in south Florida. In time, he was promoted to Corporal and later became an Investigator assigned to the Criminal Street Gang Unit.
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 they may take control of protecting their cities and our troops could return home. He left in May and was assigned to Army and Marine units in Fallujah, Iraq, serving there until August 2008.
After serving for over a year in Iraq, Jason returned to the United States and is now working on the WFTW program and traveling to as many events as possible. |