Joseph Teti

Joseph Teti is a veteran of both US military and US government special operations units. He is a former Force Recon Marine, Army Special Forces “Green Beret”, and a former operative in what is widely considered the most secretive government counter-terrorist unit in the world. He is a combat veteran of both OIF (Operation Iraqi Freedom) in Iraq and OEF (Operation Enduring Freedom) in Afghanistan. He planned and conducted a broad range of special operations missions covering the entire operational continuum. These missions gave the President of the United States an option when overt military and/or diplomatic actions were not viable or politically feasible. Operations of this nature required rapid response with surgical application of a wide variety of unique skills, while maintaining the lowest possible profile of U.S. involvement. He has participated in numerous classified direct action missions with several Tier 1 SMUs (Special Mission Units), including US Army Delta Force and US Navy SEAL Team 6.

Teti has performed high-risk PSD (Personal Security Detail) operations in Afghanistan and Iraq for US government and civilian clients. He was also a member of a U.S. State Department close protection team assigned to several high profile government officials and visiting diplomats in Israel. Operating out of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, and the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem, he operated in high-risk areas throughout the country including Ramallah, Abu Dis, Jericho, The Gaza Strip, and the West Bank. He has extensive experience and training in fully armored vehicle operations, advance team operations, motorcade operations, CAT (Counter Assault Team) operations, and surveillance/counter-surveillance operations.

A graduate of over 30 formal schools regarding special operations, his skill sets and experiences are highly diverse. He is an accomplished skydiver, scuba diver, marksman, climber, and is co-star of the show "Dual Survival" on the Discovery Channel. Additionally, Teti is a co-founder of Tier 1 Performance Coaching and the author of "Lone Operator", which shares insights from his experiences at the forefront of military operations and provides advice on performance enhancement in various life aspects. He has maintained a TOP SECRET-SCI with polygraph security clearance, the highest security clearance awarded by the U.S. government. Additionally, he worked as a stockbroker at Bear Stearns for 5 years, where he managed a pension account with a NAV of $120M.