Colonel John T. Carney Jr., USAF (ret.)
“has more than 30 years of professional experience, including 15 years commanding both Air Force and joint-service Special
Operations units assigned to the Joint Special Operations Command, the Air Force Special Operations Command, and the United
States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). Colonel Carney’s efforts.” He is the co-author
of No Room for Error: The Covert Operations of America's Special Tactics Units from Iran to Afghanistan.
The MOAA said of No Room for Error: The Covert
Operations of America's Special Tactics Units from Iran to Afghanistan, “Carney reveals how he was
handpicked as a young Major to organize a small, under-funded, classified ad hoc unit known as Brand X. He reviews the secret
reconnaissance in the desert of north-central Iran during the hostage crisis; the simple rescue operation in Grenada that
turned into a prolonged bloody struggle; Operation Just Cause in Panama; and Desert Storm. Carney also includes the latest
information on the war against terrorism direct from the special operations soldiers on the front lines in Afghanistan –
plus never-before-published photos of U.S. Special Operations Forces.”
