Matt Bissonnette is a former U.S. Navy SEAL Team 6 (DEVGRU) Red Squadron operator and the bestselling author of No Easy Day. He grew up in a small Alaskan town, where his sense of adventure and commitment to service were shaped early in life. After high school, he attended Biola University, earning a bachelor's degree in sociology before joining the U.S. Navy.
Bissonnette completed the demanding Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training, served with SEAL Team 5, and later became part of the elite DEVGRU Red Squadron. Over 14 years of service — 13 of them spent on back-to-back deployments — he took part in some of the most high-risk and significant special operations missions around the world, including the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
His memoir, No Easy Day, offers a rare, firsthand look at life inside America's most elite special operations unit. He went on to become executive producer of the seven-season hit TV series SEAL Team, and is a sought-after public speaker on leadership, resilience, and service.