Craig Sawyer, AKA "Sawman," grew up near Houston, TX and got his tactical start in the U.S. Marine Corps. He quickly transitioned to the U.S. Navy to pursue high-level Special Operations as a U.S. Navy SEAL. As an Operator at SEAL Team One, Craig gained critical combat experience in Desert Shield and Desert Storm resulting in decoration for "Heroic Service".

Those operations included:

The capturing of the very first prisoners of the war
CSAR (Combat Search And Rescue) Operations
Sniper Operations
Reconnaissance Operations
Counter-Mine Operations
FAV (Fast Attack Vehicle) Operations

After returning from Desert Storm, Craig served as a SEAL Sniper Instructor until being promoted to DEVGRU. While serving at SEAL Team One, Craig fought in various Martial Arts tournaments in South-East Asia, as well as SCARS (Special Combat Aggressive Reaction System) hand-to-hand training under Jerry Peterson and Lew Hicks. These experiences built upon his Martial Arts history of fighting various tournaments, such as the Karate Olympics tournaments in Houston, TX and one year of formal boxing under Henry & Jim Harris.

All operations and activity while assigned to DEVGRU remain classified and are not represented here.

After serving in the Navy, Craig signed on as one of the "Original 33" Federal Air Marshals, who were in place prior to the 9/11 attacks against the U.S. Craig remained there for 5 years reaching the management rank of J-Payband ATSAC (GS-14). At that point, Craig began contracting in the various combat zones, running tactical teams and protecting high-level U.S. Dignitaries.

In the realm of "High-Threat, Mobile Security", Craig has run the specialized teams responsible for providing security to:

U.S. Senators Hilary Clinton and John McCain
U.S. Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld
U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte
Other U.S. Ambassadors and various, key U.S. leaders.
Other specialized training and experience in this area remains classified.

Craig still remains operationally active in multiple roles. In addition, he often instructs various advanced training courses under his Tactical Insider banner.

In Hollywood, Craig has made a name for himself in many household and challenging shows:

Most frequent "Expert" on all 5 seasons of History Channel's TOP SHOT
Team Leader and voice for Animal Planet's BATTLEGROUND: RHINO WARS
Military Channel's DEADLIEST TECH: SPEC OPS
History Channel's SNIPER: DEADLIEST MISSIONS
History Channel's (H2) TOP GUNS
Craig co-starred in a new movie for 2016, Army Dog, with Casper Van Dien
Virtually every major television news station and morning talk show, including THE TODAY SHOW, FOX & FRIENDS, MORNING JOE, CBS EVENING NEWS, FOX NEWS, THE DYLAN RADIGAN SHOW, etc.
There are 2 new feature films going into production with Craig as Tach Advisor, Co-Producer, and/or Actor.
GunnyTime season 2 is already in production with Craig co-starring with R Lee Ermey

Non-Profit:

Craig has recently launched Veterans For Child Rescue, which is a task force of senior veterans of the counter-terrorist, intelligence, federal law enforcement, international counter-poaching and film & television communities who are dedicated to expose and help combat abusive child sex trafficking rings in order to create a brighter future for the children. www.vets4childrescue.org

Mission Statement:

The organization's primary objectives are to educate and increase public awareness, assist law enforcement and other legal entities to prevent and reduce pedophilia, human sex trafficking and child sexual abuse.

Additional Information:

This mission is accomplished by various ways including, but not limited to; raising public awareness by means of documentary television series, acting as a clearing house providing intelligence and other data to law enforcement, conducting seminars and other training to assist in the identification, prevention and detection of pedophilia, human sex trafficking and child sexual abuse.

VIPR Team

The VIPR Team (Veterans Investigating Pedophile Rings) come from the highest levels of Military Special Operations, Federal Law Enforcement, The Intelligence Community, The Diplomatic Community, International Counter-Poaching Operations and Film & Television. Together, we can work with federal and local law enforcement to help arrest these predators and liberate the child victims. We'll share the shocking events through an unflinching television docu-series, which tears the lid off the unspeakable trend of abuse in the realm of child sex trafficking for all to see!