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Nikko Aurelio Isaac Ortiz (born October 15,1995) is an American social media personality, executive protection agent, and former United States Army Counterintelligence Agent and Infantryman (11Bravo). He joined the United States Army after graduating from high school, serving as a Combat Infantryman and re-classing to Counterintelligence after 4 years. Upon leaving active duty he was hired as a Executive Protection Agent in California being one of the youngest professionals in the industry. During this time Nikko started making comedic skits and on December 11, 2020 he created "Swimming with the Branches" which rolled into his creative military series "With The Branches" starting his new social media journey.

Early Life
Ortiz was born October 15, 1995, in Castro Valley, California, the son of Leslie and Randy Ortiz. He has Mexican, Hawaiian, Italian, German, Pacific Islander and Chinese ancestry. He lived in Castro Valley with his mother, father, and younger brother Dante Ortiz, until they moved to Brentwood, California in the early 2000s. During this time he started to get involved with sports such as baseball and football, however physical activities were hard because of his excercise-induced asthma.

In High School Nikko struggled to keep up with his grades due to his ADHD (Attention-deficit/hyperacticity Disorder) which made paying attention in class and studying extremely difficult. He had a hard time staying out of trouble as Nikko go into multiple fights in and out of school, hanging around the wrong crowd and even getting arrested by police officers in the classroom while at school.

Military Career
Ortiz enlisted in the U.S. Army in 2015 at 18. His great grandfather served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, Grandfather served in the Navy, Uncle served in the Coast Guard, and had a Cousin in the Air Force.

Once he completed basic training he was deployed to Afghanistan as a private. During this deployment he won multiple accommodations and was recognized as soldier of the tour. in 2016 Ortiz was selected by his battalions SCOUT (Sniper and Reconnaissance) Platoon as a Reconnaissance Section leader where he quickly picked up the rank of Sergeant (SGT) in 2017.

In 2018 Ortiz transitioned from the Active Army to the Army Reserved and Reclassed from a Infantryman to a Counterintelligence Agent after completing the Counterintelligence Special Agent Course (CISAC) at Fort Huachuca. He is still currently serving in the Army Reserves as a Staff Sergeant.

Civilian Career
In 2018 once completing CISAC Ortiz had a special opportunity to work as a Covert Executive Protection Agent. He gain a well known and positive reputation in that industry which lead him to work in more direct positions as a Executive Protection Agent in 2020.

During his time as a Executive Protection Agent Ortiz created a TikTok account where he made comedic military skits about all of the military branches, playing each one as a character.