Steven Haynes Military Career

Steven Haynes completed a 20 year career in the United States Navy and Naval Reserve as a Weapons Technician Senior Chief Petty Officer and was Honorably Discharged in 1996. His assignments included tours aboard Navy ships and shore commands as a nuclear weapons specialist, emergency response team leader and senior enlisted leader.

Steve Haynes served as the Division Officer and Chief Instructor for a Navy basic and advanced counter-terrorism training school, Shipboard Security Engagement Tactics/Weapons (SSET/SSEW), providing instruction in counter-terrorism tactical operations and combat shooting courses for Atlantic Fleet shipboard security teams. He taught over 3200 security force personnel to respond to a wide range of security and counter-terrorism related incidents. He was recognized as one of the most knowledgeable counter-terrorism experts available to Atlantic Fleet commands. Steven Haynes was also instrumental in developing a Navy-wide counter-terrorism film used to train Navy personnel in responding to an aircraft hijacking and hostage situation.

His additional duties included serving as the security training command liaison on various boards and working groups sponsored by the FBI, Naval Investigative Services, Navy SEAL Teams and local law enforcement partners. His Navy training and qualifications include: Firearms Instructor, Master Training Specialist, Range Master, Rappel Master, Master Parachutist, Long Range Marksman Instructor, Nuclear Weapons Security Officer and Naval Courier among a long list of others. His last active duty assignment was as a member of the commissioning crew of a Navy aircraft carrier, the USS George Washington, (CVN-73) where he was designated as the Ship’s Security Force Commander by the ship’s Commanding Officer and was responsible for all security and counter-terrorism operations.

He developed a training and qualification system to train over 200 ship’s security force personnel in weapons and tactics, anti-terrorism and counter-terrorism response procedures. During the ship’s commissioning, he organized and managed a protective services detail to provide protection for Mrs. Barbara Bush, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of Naval Operations. He received praise worthy comments from his Secret Service and Naval Investigative Service counter-parts.

 Steve founded and is the Managing Director of Specialized Risk Team (Texas DPS-PSB License C18833), a security consulting and investigations company, based in North Texas. Specialized Risk Team performs safety, risk management, emergency management and security consulting services, training, tactical operations/specialized security operations for regional and national clients. Steve Haynes has over 34 years of leadership and executive management experience with the military and law enforcement as well as public and private sector companies. He has published numerous articles related to counter-terrorism and bomb threat management in professional journals and is a highly sought presenter/speaker at regional and national security and risk management conferences.