March 11, 2025

J. L. Hancock: Navy Veteran, Special Ops Cryptologist & Author

J. L. Hancock: Navy Veteran, Special Ops Cryptologist & Author

Mr. J.L. Hancock spent 20yrs as a Navy Cryptologist, the senior enlisted advisor of the Future Concepts and Innovation Director at Naval Special Warfare Command, headquarters of the Elite Navy Seals fighting teams.

He speaks Korean and Japanese, he’s conducted combat operations with Special Ops teams in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Philippines.

He is a go-to resource and subject matter expert in unmanned systems, 5G, AI, national security, drones use in combat. He is now a Consultant and an Author of a series that some would think of as Science Fiction, but it is a real-world science. His Military techno thriller series depicts the future of warfare and real uses of innovation and technologies around the world.

We discuss his latest in the series: The Spear & The Sentinel.

Co-host retired Marine LtCol David Sanford's MOS was Sig Intel and stationed at NSA.