Taylor Jolly joined the USMC in January of 2002. He started his military career as a 0351 infantry assault man/demolitionist. He deployed to combat in support of the Invasion of Iraq in 2003 and to Ramadi, Iraq, in 2004-2005. After his time in the USMC infantry, MSgt. Jolly spent the remainder of his career in a special missions unit based out of Ft. Bragg as a team member/operator. He retired as a team leader at SMU in January 2019. While on active duty in the SMU, he conducted tactical training for over a dozen SWAT teams, foreign military counterterrorism units, and other tier 1 organizations. Post-retirement, MSgt. Continued training for SWAT teams and other government organizations. He has over 2 decades of military combat and training experience. He currently works for a nonprofit conducting counter-child trafficking and emergency evacuations internationally. He has trained over 3000 different tactical team members all over the world.