Recognized as a World Class Urban Warfare Survival instructor responsible for preparing units for hazardous assignments abroad. He has been a guest instructor and lecturer for several international training events and seminars. Prior to his involvement with the U.S. Intelligence Community, Chris was awarded the 2002 United States Naval Pacific Fleet Electronics Technician of the Year.
Chris independently drafted 11 national level intelligence reports and assisted the Defense Intelligence Agency, CIA, FBI and National Geospatial Intelligence Agency in the culmination of over 40 additional reports. He crowned his military career by identifying, detaining and exploiting the most senior Cuban Foreign Intelligence Service Agent ever held in U.S. custody.
Most recently, Mr. Ghannam has been recognized for his break through research in neuro-kinetic development and the prevention of cognitive overload in soldiers operating within hostile environments. His training protocol has the explicit objective of taking today’s novice war fighters to new levels of expert status in ½ the time traditionally required; potentially saving the U.S. Government millions in training costs by injecting state of the art training models designed to individually recalibrate tomorrow's modern warrior.
He has expertise in the fields of Security, Anti-Terrorism/Counter Terrorism, Hand-to-Hand Combat, Close Quarters Battle, HUMINT Operations and Urban Warfare Survival. Chris spent nearly six years abroad studying terrorist cells and advanced criminal organizations.
Mr. Ghannam was showcased at several National and International training events to include most recently the 2008, 2009 and 2010 International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA) yearly conference. ILEETA annually brings together over 750 Lead Academy Instructors and Training Directors from all over the world; quickly becoming the premier law enforcement training conference in the United States.
He is an Official Expert Contributor for PoliceOne.com, on Law Enforcement and Homeland Security transformation issues. PoliceOne.com is the nation’s most widely visited Law Enforcement website and training portal.
Mr. Ghannam is commonly sought out among Nationally and Internationally recognized World Class Instructors for his unique real-time troubleshooting capabilities. He has been instructing the Special Forces Community since October of 2001 and recognized for his willingness to conduct independent research in extremely hostile environments throughout the world.
He provided critical support acting as lead consultant for a national level case involving an 18 year Special Forces soldier being wrongfully accused of pre-meditated murder. Mr. Ghannam's knowledge and experience surrounding the dynamics of close quarter deadly force encounters proved to be instrumental in obtaining justice for one of our nation's finest warriors. The military later reached the final verdict of "Not Guilty" on all charges.
Mr. Ghannam’s ability to remove tactical signatures among the Special Forces Community is unprecedented. He maintains close contact with leading instructors throughout the world to ensure current tactical methodologies remain effective while operating within urban environments.
