Doug Haynes is an international and national security affairs consultant, author, and public speaker. He served in the U.S. Navy for approximately 20 years as a member of Naval Special Warfare supporting Joint Special Operations Command, Fleet Marine Force, United States Central Command, and I Marine Expeditionary Force conducting combat operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia. Haynes is the author of “Special Ops OPSEC, A Guide to Special Operations Security: Tactics, Procedures and Techniques for Personal Safety” and “A Time to Kill: The Myth of American Collapse and the Reignition of American Exceptionalism,” a book that attempts to balance the narrative between U.S. decline and U.S. revival.
- Managing Partner At Council Advisors
Doug Haynes is the Managing Partner at Council Advisory Agency, LLC (CAA), a consulting firm that provides strategic advice and support to businesses, non-profit organizations, universities, political campaigns, and elected officials. He also heads CAA’s Political Consulting Division. Haynes is a frequent commentator on national security affairs for various media, including CNN, Fox News Channel, and Fox Business Network. Additionally, Haynes has testified before the United States House Committee on Armed Services on the subject of “Security Contracting in Iraq.” Haynes has authored several high-profile national security, politics, and religion articles.
- What Do You Feel Makes You Good At Your Job?
I have managed and supported multiple large-scale projects and initiatives in the public and private sectors. Over the next couple of years, I will support several national security programs, including several bilateral partnerships with foreign governments covering various issues.
- What Do You Consider To Be Your Most Outstanding Achievement?
My most outstanding achievement is to have been able to apply my professional knowledge, experience, and education in support of our national security interests. This has allowed me to work with some of America’s most elite warriors in the Central and Middle East, Africa, Asia, and North America. I have worked closely with people like General David Petraeus and Army Special Forces Colonel Dave Thurman. I have had the opportunity to serve as a trainer in Iraq with the 3rd Battalion of the 8th Marines (FMF) and deployed to Pakistan with the 1st Battalion of the 11th Marines.