Craig R. “Sawman” Sawyer (born 1963) is a Marine veteran, former Navy SEAL, sniper, and combat instructor. Sawyer is the owner of Tactical Insider, which brings technical advice on weapons and combat to Hollywood films and actors.
Sawyer began his military career with the U.S. Marine Corps, but switched to the U.S. Navy to pursue a career in special operations as a Navy SEAL graduating from the Basic Underwater Demolition (BUD)/Sea, Air, Land (SEAL) training class 149 and serving in SEAL Team ONE.
He then went on to the Naval Special Warfare Development Group. Throughout his career, Sawyer has become an expert in several military and combat disciplines like shooting; counter-terrorism; surveillance and counter-surveillance; climbing; criminal investigation; parachuting; and hand-to-hand combat, among others.
The Martial Arts have also played a significant role in Craig’s life, including fighting tournaments in 
SouthEast Asia, as well as SCARS (Special Combat Aggressive Reaction System) hand-to-hand training under Jerry Peterson and the SAFTA system with Lew Hicks. In addition to the combat styles, Craig grew up fighting various karate tournaments, such as the Karate Olympics tournaments in Houston, TX and one year of formal Boxing under Henry & Jim Harris. Most recently, Craig has undergone numerous Duane Dieter Tactical Hand-to-Hand and Weapons training packages over a 15-year period, as well as significant cross training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai fighting and Tony Blauer fighting techniques.
In the realm of “High-Threat, Mobile Security”, Craig has run the specialized teams responsible for providing security to U.S. Senators, Hilary Clinton, John McCain, U.S. Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, as well as U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte and other U.S. Ambassadors and key U.S. leaders in the various war zones.
In addition to the tactical skill sets, Craig also won 2 local Motocross Racing Championships in Las Vegas in 2003, along with personal Motocross/Supercross Training by former National Champion, Marty Smith and Professional Motorcycle Road Racer, Mark Roberts.
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Sawyer founded Tactical Insider to provide training and technical advice to films, actors, and corporate clients. He has contributed to news shows like FOX News and CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. He has also been a frequent contributor to History Channel’s show Sniper: Deadliest Missions. Since 2010, Sawyer has been a recurring trainer for History’s marksmen competition Top Shot, appearing in all five seasons. In 2013, Craig lead a team of fellow spec ops veterans on a series of tactical missions against rhino poachers in Africa. These missions were filmed and aired on Animal Planet’s series, Battleground: Rhino Wars.
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