Joseph Bridges joined the U.S. Army in 1988 serving15 years on active duty and 5 years in the Ohio National Guard. Over 12 years was as a Green Beret in The U.S. Army’s 5th and 10th Special Forces Groups as a Medic, Intel SGT and retiring as an Operations Sergeant. Joseph served in numerous deployments throughout Europe, Russia and the Middle East until his retirement in 2008.

In 2001 Joseph was selected to attend the U.S. Marshals Service Academy. Joseph served as a Deputy U.S. Marshal for 20 years. During his time he performed various roles within the Marshals Service to include, Fugitive and Court Operations, Counter Surveillance-surveillance Detection and as a Tactical Training Officer. Joseph worked protection for the UN General Assembly, Judicial protection details of Federal District Judges and assisted with U.S. Supreme Court Justice details. He retired from the U.S. Marshals Service in 2021.