MSG(ret) is a retired 20 year Army veteran. He served with distinction deploying twice with the 75th Ranger Regiment while assigned to the 3d Battalion as a Mortarman, Sniper, Team Leader and Squad Leader where he conducted a daring night time Airborne assault on Oct 19, 2001 during Operation Rhino. Taught at the Henry Cairo NCO course. 3D BDE 3D INF Div in 2-69AR where he selected and trained his own sniper section and was recognized as the most successful Sniper team in Iraq during a 2005 deployment by the Joint Chiefs counter IED task force as well as personally setting a world sniping record with a successfully 1250M (1370Yard) single round kill with a .308 cartridge in Ramadi Iraq. He served as a Ranger Instructor at the mountain phase of Ranger School. Completed his Platoon Sergeant time in 1st BDE, 3D INF Div where he was forward deployed to Iraq for the second time. Gilliland completed his military career on Fort Benning, Ga where he served in the acquisitions field, served as a First Sergeant, and began the rewrite of the Army’s sniper and marksmanship manuals. 

Post retirement, Gilliland has worked with and in many firearms, optics, and ammunition companies as well as instructed at various facilities like Blackwater, US Training Academy, Xe, and Acadmi. He is an active long range competitor and is currently running the daily operations and training schedule of his own company Shadow 6 Consulting. There, he and his Wife Melissa Gilliland are known for their Family Values, selfless service, humble demeanor, friendly business style, and American patriotism.