| 1988-1992 |
Reserve Officer’s Training Course (ROTC), Indiana State University |
| 1992 |
Bachelor of Science in Criminology, Indiana State University |
| 1992 |
Commissioned as a Reserve Officer in the United States Army |
| 1993 |
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), State of Maryland |
| 1993 |
U.S. Army Helicopter Flight School |
| 1996 |
Appointed as a Special Agent of the FBI |
| 1997 |
Married Katherine Spicer |
| 1998 |
FBI SWAT Agent (1998 – 2003) |
| 2001 |
FBI Sniper School |
| 2002 |
FBI SWAT Agent assigned to 2002 Olympics |
| 2002 |
DOJ/FBI Certificate of Achievement from Director Robert S. Mueller |
| 2003 |
Southwest Airlines Arrest |
| 2004 |
Birth of Daughter |
| 2005 |
Birth of Son |
| 2007 |
Barrett Tactical Long Range School |
| 2007 |
Southwest Airlines Criminal Investigation |
| 2008 |
Investigation of weapon into Mexico |
| 2008 |
Search Warrant of Home |
| 2009 |
Federal Grand Jury Indictment |
| 2009 |
Federal Preliminary Hearing |
| 2010 |
NRA Pledges Support |
| 2010 |
April 5, Trial Begins |
| 2010 |
April 5 - 7 (noon), Prosecution |
| 2010 |
April 7-9 and 12 - 13, Defense |
| 2010 |
April 14, Instructions to Jury, Closing Remarks |
| 2010 |
April 14, Jury deliberated less than 3 hours |
| 2010 |
April 14, 2:45pm, John T Shipley Found Guilty on All Charges |
| 2010 |
June 28, 2010 July 7 Sentencing Hearing was postponed until August 12, 2010. (Due to Defense Council not being given the Pre-Sentence Report 35 days prior to the Sentencing Hearing.) |
| 2010 |
July 8, 2010 Sentencing Hearing Scheduled but moved up to July 7, 2010. |
| 2010 |
August 12, 2010 Sentencing Hearing Scheduled. |
