Gino Monica is a writer, founder, and builder of companies that exist at the meeting point of capability, discipline, and philosophy. His work explores what it means to be shaped by adversity, to refine oneself through failure, and to live with purpose when comfort is the easy choice.
Drawing on a career that spans the defense and intelligence world, Gino writes with the precision of someone who has lived the lessons he shares. Through Earned Edges and his broader collection of writing, he invites readers to confront difficulty, build competence, and rediscover pride in personal responsibility — strength and reflection can coexist, and preparedness is not paranoia but respect for reality.
As the founder of Centurion Partners Group, Gino leads a family of ventures across the defense, intelligence, and education landscape. His focus remains the same: to make clarity, courage, and skill the measure of a person once again.
Jake Wetuski is a writer, veteran, and serial hobby collector. A proponent of competence, he strives to act as a living example of classical breadth in a modern world — guided by the phrase "a jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one."
Jake has been a combat medic, grassroots auto racer, lead guitarist, mountain climber, dog trainer, radio operator, chess player, photographer, competition shooter, leader and follower, instructor and student, winner and failure.
With The Field Desk, Jake continues his work through posterity — curation, collecting, and sales focused on field manuals, military history, mountaineering, racing, and aviation. As a member of the Integrated Skills Group, he extends that work with regular contributions drawn from leadership, disaster management, austere and trauma medicine, and outdoors skills.
Aaron Moyer contributes the foreword to Pistol as Your Primary, framing the standard the book holds itself to and the readers it is written for.