George E. Hand IV

George E. Hand IV

US Army Delta Force, Green Berets, Counter Human Traffic Operative, Master Photographer
Master Sergeant US Army (ret) from the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, The Delta Force. Post military I worked for 16 years as a subcontract to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on the nation's nuclear test site north of Las Vegas Nevada. Developed hunt methodology for Albuquerque-based Counter Human Traffic organization DeliverFund llc as an Intelligence Analyst and Network Disruption Team Leader in the fight against human trafficking. I'm a master cabinet-grade woodworker and master photographer. I have high military ratings in six foreign languages.

Ongoing Selection in Delta: A Visit With MLK (Part 8)

Exhausted yet steadfast, I hoisted my pack and set forth into the Atlanta night, my path lit only by the faint glow of purpose and a distant streetlamp, whispering to the silent city, “By God and with honor, let’s roll.”

Delta’s Ongoing Selection: Resisting Interrogation (Part 7)

With a cheeky grin smeared across my face, I deftly maneuvered through the legal quagmire they hurled at me, but alas, the photo log of the National Guard Compound was the cold, hard slap of reality that ended my whimsical escapade in a room buzzing with the stern faces of law.

Delta’s Ongoing Selection: It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better (Part 6)

In the midst of a covert dance with danger, each step veiled in clandestine rhythm, I found humor to be my unexpected partner, twirling me around the absurdity of the moment, right there between the clandestine whispers and the glaring spotlight of suspicion that seemed to follow my every move.

Ongoing Selection in Delta: ‘Ahoy, Ms. Easton’ (Part 5)

Amidst the cloak and dagger games, there’s a whimsical irony in the rendezvous with Ms. Easton, where veiled truths hid behind playful banter and cryptic puzzles, painting a colorful stroke on the grey canvas of espionage.

Ongoing Selection in Delta: Until Death Do Us Part (Part 3)

With a heart pounding against the ribcage and a blend of dread and adrenaline coursing through the veins, every ticking second was a gamble against fate as I wrestled with the clandestine whispers of the night, a rendezvous with the unknown lurking in the shadows of Seattle’s gloom, every move scribbled in the clandestine pages of espionage where trust was a rare commodity, and every face veiled a narrative tangled in the web of deceit and danger, a reality far stranger than the most intricate fiction.

Ongoing Selection in Delta: A Mosaic of Ambiguity (Part 2)

Amidst a whirlwind of uncertainty and eerie airport guards, I found myself thrust into an enigmatic game of cat and mouse, with only a laugh to shield me from the smoke-veiled scrutiny that awaited in a room of tailored suits.

Ongoing Selection in Delta: The First Thing You Know (Part I)

Amid the eerie silence of the pre-dawn hours, the sudden ring of the phone catapulted me from the realm of slumber into the heart-pounding reality of a world where the unexpected was the only constant, and the melody of uncertainty played the overture to the enigmatic dance of duty that awaited.

Complacency Kills: Lessons From a Delta Force Breacher

With a burst of adrenaline and the roar of the Python Charge, we turned that insurmountable fence into a gateway to freedom, underlining yet again the fine line between triumph and disaster that we tread in this perilous dance of war.

Geo Hand Recalls When ‘Spooge’ Replaced Flashbangs in Delta Force

In the high-stakes, time-crunched world of Delta training, a can of “spooge” adhesive turns from a mundane tool to the epicenter of a humorous mishap, laying bare the vital blend of safety, camaraderie, and the ever-present humor that oils the gears of our relentless training regimen, even when it sticks to us a little too literally.