The improbable, yet intensely unique story of a young Black kid’s struggle, which turned to service and immense sacrifice. The son of an artist and schoolteacher who traveled with his parents to the civil war engulfed West African country of Liberia as a young child and nearly witnessed his father’s execution. Upon his return to Las Vegas, Casselle got lost in the violent, gang-infested neighborhoods of North Las Vegas where he struggled at Rancho High School.
 
His newly widowed mother and aunt sent him off to Missouri Military Academy to learn discipline and finish high school. While at MMA, he became a leader and then attended Hampton University, the famous Historically Black College/University in Virginia where he was commissioned upon graduation as an infantry officer in the United States Army.
 
Casselle was a young Army captain on 9/11 and then became special agent with the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS). His service spans over 25 years and over eighty countries around the world. From saving lives under fire in Baghdad, to defending his compound in Afghanistan and hunting down international fugitives in Belize, his compelling story leads all the way to his selection to the National Security Council at The White House. This story is hard hitting, action packed and intensely personal part of a Black American’s family legacy of service that first began in the Civil War and will continue with the next generation of Casselles.