About Author James A. Martin

Author James A. Martin was raised on a dairy farm in southern Michigan. He joined the Eaton County Sheriff Department in Charlotte Michigan in July 1974. In 1999 James A. Martin retired from the Sheriff Department to begin work as an Independent Contractor. James signed a contract with Dyncorp International. That contract took James Martin to East Timor where he served on a United Nations mission for nearly five-years.

Upon completion of the East Timor mission James returned to the United States for a few months before signing a contract with Blackwater USA. Upon completing training James served on a Personal Security team (PSD) in Mosul Iraq. Halfway through James's second contract the two Mosul teams were sent to Baghdad where James served out the rest of his second contract and also his follow-on third contract.

James A. Martin left Blackwater USA after completing his third contract. James went to Arizona where he began work with Tactical Tracking Operations School, going back to what he did in East Timor. James is an instructor and course developer in Combat Tracking, Weapons Intelligence and Battlefield Forensics. James has trained military personnel from all over the world.

Author James A. Martin has three books in print. His latest is Guns for Hire, Red Zone Run: Mosul, which is listed as fiction based on true events. The majority of fiction is in the changed names of characters and companies. This is the first book in the Guns for Hire series. James A. Martin's first book was Shades of Gray, which is a true story about serving on a special narcotics team in Michigan. James plans to re-write this book before listing it on this web site. James A. Martin also wrote Code-Name: White Buffalo, which describe experiences in Timor and Iraq. Author James A. Martin is currently working on his next book in the Guns for Hire series.

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