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Todd Opalski 
Founder

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Experience

  • Zen Commando. Owner / Founder

  • Cardash. Director of Operations

  • Facebook. Intelligence Analyst

  • Battle Ready Concepts. Owner / Founder

  • U.S. Special Missions Unit (SMU). Operations Officer, Assault Commander, Recce Commander

  • U.S. Marine Force Reconnaissance

  • U.S. Marine Corps Commissioned Officer

  • U.S. Marine Corps Staff Non-Commissioned Officer

Education, Achievements, Credentials

  • M.B.A, University of Southern California

  • B.S., Business Administration, The Citadel

  • U.S.M.C. Infantry Officer Course.  Distinguished Honor Graduate

  • U.S.M.C. The Basic School.  Distinguished Honor Graduate

  • U.S.M.C. Officer Candidate School (OCS). Distinguished Honor Graduate

  • U.S.M.C. Recruit Training, Parris Island. Platoon Honor Graduate

  • U.S. Army Ranger School.  Enlisted Honor Graduate

  • Special Forces Advanced  Reconnaissance, Target Analysis, and Exploitation Techniques Course

  • Special Forces Military Freefall Parachute Jump Master

  • U.S.M.C. Combatant Scuba Diver

  • U.S.M.C. Scout Sniper

  • U.S.M.C. Reconnaissance Course

  • U.S.M.C. Instructor, Trainer, Management School. Top Gun Award

  • Survival, Escape, Resistance, Evasion School

  • Mountain and Arctic Warfare Instructor

  • Explosives and Demolitions Breacher Instructor

  • Several combat tours

  • ~ 1,000 combat missions

  • (3) x Bronze Star Medals 

  • U.S.M.C Force Reconnaissance Team Leader of the Year

  • Teenage All-Natural New England

  • Patent, "Yungates"

  • 200 Hour Certified Yoga Instructor

  • Crossfit Level One Instructor

  • 2016 Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike: 2,185 miles / 127 Days

  • 2024 Pacific Crest Trail Thru-Hike: 2,342 / 119 Days

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1988

All Natural Teenage New England

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2012

Orangeman California

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1997

The Citadel

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2016

Appalachian Trail

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2008

"Area X"

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2017

CarDash

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2019

Camp Zen Commando

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2024

Pacific Crest Trail

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