WHO IS THE ITALIAN GUERILLA GORILLA?

James Gianforti is a retired U.S. Army Sergeant First Class who has 40 years of experience carrying concealed weapons, both professionally and in private capacities domestically and abroad - often in high-threat environments.  James has served in specialized roles in both the anti/counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency, and counter-narcotics arenas.

While in the Army, James served as a protective service agent conducting discreet dignitary protection in Central and South America for the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Southern Command.  He later served as an investigator for the United States Army Criminal Investigations Command conducting undercover counter-narcotics investigations as the supervisor of a Drug Suppression Team.  As a civilian police officer, James was a Police Sergeant for the US Department of Veteran Affairs and the Chief of Investigations for the 325th Security Forces Squadron, United States Air Force, at Tyndall Air Force Base, FL.

As an intelligence professional, James served as a Human Intelligence (HUMINT) Collector with assignments at the Defense Intelligence Agency, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), and the Joint Special Operations Command.  During his intelligence career he has conducted sensitive and high-risk operations against terrorist and insurgency groups in Afghanistan and Iraq. 

James currently works as a Department of Defense contractor in support of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command and resides in rural North Carolina