Somalia was Tom Pecora’s initial deployment being a CIA Protective Procedures Cadre (POC) officer, in charge of providing protective operations support in hostile regions of the world. He later headed up a series of the Agency’s undisclosed protecting operations groups. From 1989 until his retirement in 2013, he was designated to multiple battle areas across Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, European countries, and the Middle East, doing the type of work few are also aware exists.

But it does, and Pecora’s about Guardian: Life in the Crosshairs from the CIA’s War on Terror direct involvement allowed him to function behind the moments of a few of the most well-known issues of our time, like the infamous encounter known as Black Hawk Down, the hunt for Osama Bin Laden, as well as the hotbeds across the Middle East where fires continue to burn.

Over the course of a career that found him have the Career Intelligence Medal, Intelligence Star, Meritorious Unit Citation, and numerous Exceptional Performance Awards, Pecora distinguished himself as a Protective Operations Cadre (POC) member and as a CIA Security Officer. And today he’s ready to reveal the world of clandestine defensive operations as well as the selfless, heroic warriors dedicated to keeping america safe no matter what .