ABOUT THE FOUNDER

C. T. Hill

From service
to storytelling.

A Special Forces veteran, author, and operations professional. The founder of FTO Studios.

Meet the person behind the studio
C. T. Hill, founder of Free The Oppressed Studios
C. T. HILLFOUNDER / FTO STUDIOS
U.S. ARMY SPECIAL FORCES VETERANAUTHOR & INDEPENDENT CREATOR100% VETERAN-OWNED STUDIO

01 / HIS STORY

Experience informs
the work.

C. T. Hill’s career brings together service, instruction, and leadership—with more than fifteen years of professional experience across Special Operations, advanced medical training, and organizational management.

He is the author of The Remnant War, the first novel in the Ashes of the Eagle series. His background in Special Forces, operational planning, and battlefield medicine informs fiction about loyalty, power, and the cost of resistance.

As the founder of FTO Studios, he brings his writing, independent commentary, merchandise, and the development of TRACER together under one company. Each project has its own voice, connected by a commitment to independent thought and work with purpose.

02 / THE FOUNDATION

Service. Leadership.
A commitment to learning.

Experience built in demanding environments, carried forward into the studio’s work.

MILITARY SERVICE / 2012–2023

United States Army Special Forces

Hill served as a Special Forces Medical Sergeant, Operations Sergeant, and Course Manager for the Operational Design Course. His work included advanced trauma care in austere environments, mentoring soldiers, and teaching military planning to Special Operations personnel.

INSTRUCTION & ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Preparing people for the mission.

His professional background spans operational planning, military education, nonprofit executive management, and team development. As a contracted medical instructor, his work includes advanced trauma and battlefield medical training for U.S. military units across the country.

EDUCATION

Master’s degree in Project Management

Colorado State University

Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice:
Homeland Security

Liberty University

03 / CONTINUE EXPLORING

Discover the work
behind the name.

Explore C. T. Hill’s books or discover the projects
that call FTO Studios home.