Brig Barker

Brig Barker

Counterterrorism Editor

Recently retired after 21 years as a counterterrorism agent with the FBI, Brig is now the President/CEO of Red Rock Global Security. During his FBI career, he spent the majority of his time on a Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) with extensive overseas deployments. He originally spent five years working as a case agent on a JTTF where he was a SWAT operator and FBI certified sniper.

Additionally, Special Agent Barker was a JTTF Squad Supervisor and Counterterrorism Program Coordinator in two separate divisions, and was selected and served as the embedded Senior FBI Advisor at DOD Special Operations Command.

During his career with the FBI, he conducted numerous Counterterrorism deployments throughout Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the U.K. In 2014, Barker completed a deployment to Tunisia. Special Agent Barker is an FBI trained Arabic speaker and is conversational in Farsi and German. He developed and has taught Survival Arabic for Law Enforcement for the past ten years.