Jay Gibson was a United States Marine from 1985 to 1994. He was a Scout Sniper and served in the 1st Special Operation Training Group (SOTG). He took many military courses to fulfill his duties for those jobs and as a civilian he has trained with Pat Rogers, ESI, Trojan Security, BSR , Options for Personal Security, Gabe Suarez, Southnarc, Duane Dieter, Tactical Response and Crucible.

Aside from being an Instructor with Tactical Response Gibson is also a current civilian contractor who has worked in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as Executive Protection work in the United States for several years.