Jason Brezler is a FDNY Lieutenant presently assigned to the Special Operations Command. He was a firefighter in Rescue Company 2 in Brooklyn. He is the principal architect of the FDNY's Strategic Human Performance Initiative. Jason is also as an officer in the USMC and has led Marines on several deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. He frequently lectures at U.S. Service Academies about leadership and operational ethics in lethal environments. Jason is a graduate of the US Naval Academy.