David Burnell

David is a businessman and has created successful multi-million dollar enterprises from the ground up. He is a former DIVE RESCUE & RECOVERY Instructor, a humanitarian, military veteran, search and rescue veteran, defensive tactics instructor and certified body guard for high risk areas.

He is a veteran of the United States Air Force with over a decade of honorable active duty service. His military experiences include Intelligence, combat communications and close air support. He is a small arms expert, National Tae kwon do Champion, and the producer and director of over 16 commercial films.

After the 9/11 attacks he founded the Urban Warfare Center and the Combat Stress Program. Thousands of soldiers, federal agents and police were trained to win the fight in through his branded stress inoculation training. According to senior military and law enforcement leadership these programs saved lives and reduced casualty rates. David is the creator of the Defensive Tactics self-defense system which has been featured internationally and can be found commercially on DVD.

Some of David's recent missions include Burma with the Karen Army, Thailand, Nicaragua with the RAMA Indians, Costa Rica, Japan Tsunami Recovery Operations, and Alabama Tornado Relief Operations. In 2010 David was selected as the chief of security for the Utah Hospital Task Force for post Earthquake Haiti. His duties included protection of the Task Force Commander, a former advisor to President Reagan, as well as ensuring the protection of 120 doctors, nurses and translators. This event was the largest loss of life in modern recorded history.

He is a published author and continues to serve and express his experiences in a series of short stories with the preamble “Danger Calls”.

www.davidburnell.com