Interview with retired Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent and United States Air Force Pararescue Specialist Tim Schoonmaker

Pararescue Years of Service: 1983-2005
DEA Special Agent: 1992-2017

In part 2, Tim discusses being promoted to a group supervisor and his philosophy of leadership and supervising agents.

Tim then talks about his time in Lima, Peru, and the differences in missions between the State Department and DEA. Tim discusses one of his cases involving illegal gold that was turned into a book.

Tim ends the interview by speaking candidly about the psychological effects of retiring from Pararescue and DEA and the toll both jobs took on his family.