Michael Marks earned a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice and a Juris Doctorate Degree at the University of Florida. In what has proven to be one of life's great ironies, his high school mascot was a Crusader.

Throughout his career he has had the great fortune to train in various disciplines, attending such programs as sniper school and bomb school, in many cases serving as assistant instructor or OPFOR in those programs.

In addition he is certified in a range of public safety, law enforcement and special operations disciplines to include Hazardous Materials Response, Confined Space Rescue, Vertical/High Angle Rescue as well as tactical handgun and rifle. He holds a national Distinguished Expert rating in both pistol and high-powered rifle. He was commissioned as a Virginia law enforcement officer responsible for creating, training and leading the bomb detection unit for that agency.

Mr. Marks' career has taken him to every continent on the planet save Australia -- this glaring oversight causing considerable consternation since he has made a number of great friends there. His adventures have taken him from the jungles of Nicaragua with Eden "Commandante Cero" Pastora to the mined tunnels deep below the DMZ in Korea to soviet weapon plants in Bulgaria. Along the way he has fished piranah out of the Amazon river, raised a sixteen-foot-long Burmese python, and had the great fortune to work and train with some of the finest people who put their lives on the line to defend this great nation both at home and abroad.

He currently has the great honor to work with Zahira Zahir, the daughter of Afghanistan's former Prime Minister, in an effort to develop and deploy a homeland security / counterterrorism program to protect the millions of Afghan schoolgirls who every day face beatings, bullets and bombs from Taliban fanatics determined to drive them away from school to perpetuate the bondage of illiteracy. Project Hamee has been formally recognized by the government of Afghanistan for its work in the country where today over 14,000 girls attend schools that Zahira has raised from sheer rubble. Any interest in Project Hamee, or any efforts to assist in their important mission, would be greatly appreciated not only by Mr. Marks, but by the little girls who seek only to learn to read.

Mr. Marks can be reached via EMAIL or letters sent to:

Michael Marks
PO Box 3753
Winchester, VA 22604