Jason Redman

Lieutenant Jason C. Redman, USN (Ret), is a retired naval officer and U.S. Navy SEAL. He is the founder and spokesperson of the nonprofit organization Wounded Wear. He is also the author of the memoir The Trident: The Forging and Reforging of a Navy SEAL Leader and of the book Overcome: Crush Adversity with the Leadership Techniques of America's Toughest Warriors. 

Redman was born in south central Ohio. He grew up in North Carolina, Florida, Virginia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Redman comes from a military family. His paternal grandfather flew B-24 Liberator bombers for the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II and was highly decorated. His great-uncle was shot down in the Pacific during the early years of World War II. Redman's sister is a United States Air Force officer, and his brother is a Marine. His father was an Army Airborne instructor, airborne rigger, and jumpmaster during the Vietnam War. From an early age, Redman knew he wanted to serve.

He attended Lumberton High School in North Carolina. Redman graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in business management and honors in business administration from Old Dominion University. On September 11, 1992, at the age of seventeen, Redman enlisted in the United States Navy.

His first two years in the Navy were spent working as an Intelligence Specialist working for the Navy and Naval Special Warfare. Redman received orders to Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training (also known as BUD/S) at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado and graduated BUD/S class 202 in December 1995. Following SEAL Tactical Training (STT) and completion of a six-month probationary period, he received the NEC 5326 as a Combatant Swimmer (SEAL), entitled to wear the SEAL Trident. Redman then took part in several counter-narcotics missions in Colombia and Peru.

By 2000, he had risen to the rank of Petty Officer First Class. In December 2000, he was an instructor for the SEAL Team's Basic Land Warfare block of training. He taught Marksmanship, Reconnaissance, Surveillance operations, and Advanced Communications for a year and a half. Shortly after, Redman was selected as one of the 50 enlisted personnel in the Navy to participate in the Seaman to Admiral program, which would put him on the "officer track."

In May 2004, he commissioned a Naval Special Warfare Officer. Redman was transferred from SEAL Team 4 to SEAL Team 10. The next year he was deployed to Afghanistan and then Iraq. In 2006, he graduated from the U.S. Army Ranger School. The next year, Redman was deployed to Fallujah, Iraq. After 21 years in the US Navy, Redman retired in 2013.

Redman started writing his memoir, The Trident: The Forging and Reforging of a Navy SEAL Leader, while he was in recovery. It was co-authored with John Bruning. It is a New York Times Best-seller. His second book, Overcome: Crush Adversity with the Leadership Techniques of America's Toughest Warriors, was published by Center Street in 2019. It is an Amazon Best Seller. His third book, Pointman Planner, was released in July 2021