About Jason Swarr of Skillset Magazine
Jason Swarr is a veteran Marine, the owner of Terror Trader, Straight 8 Photography, and the founder and owner of Skillset Magazine.
From Jason:
- Grew up an 80’s skate punk in West Virginia
- Hated politicians but always loved my country so I joined the Marines in 1991
- Started out as a parachute rigger (0451) but wanted to challenge myself so I became an 0321 (Reconnaissance Marine) in 1998
- Fought in Somalia in 1993 and invaded Iraq in 2003
- Part of 1st Recon Bn during the war
- HBO did a mini series about my unit called Generation Kill (I’m in episode 6)
- Was a Recon Instructor and a Military Free Fall Instructor
- Have just under 3000 parachute jumps
- Retired after 20 years in 2011
- Contracted as a Free Fall instructor overseas and also taught at the CAG (Delta) and Devgru (Seal Team 6) courses for 2 years
- Started a firearms photo studio called Straight 8 Photography in 2013. Have shot well over 200 magazine covers for the gun industry (all self taught)
- Started Skillset Magazine in 2016 just to see if we could produce a national publication
- Was picked up by publisher, AMG Parade (Athlon Outdoors) in 2018 and have been distributing 140,000 copies worldwide every issue.
- Married 18 years with 1 teenage kid
- Brazilian Jiu Jitsu purple belt
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