Meet Our Team

Mike served over 15 years in Special Forces, including three years as an Assaulter in a CINC’s In-extremis Force (CIF), focused on Direct Action & Counter Terrorism missions. He also served as an instructor for the Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat (SFAUC) Course where he taught Advanced Marksmanship and Close Quarters Combat (CQC) training courses.

Mike is also a member of the pro staff for Sons of Liberty Gun Works. and a Modern Samurai Project endorsed Red Dot Pistol Instructor.

Joshua is a professional Intelligence officer with five War zone deployments supporting the US Military Counter-terrorism effort.

Josh has been shooting competitively since 2015 and is a Grandmaster USPSA shooter. He also competes in IDPA, Steel Challenge and Multi-gun events, is a Modern Samurai Project endorsed Red Dot Pistol Instructor and has earned the Green Ops Pistol and Carbine patches.

Fred is a former law enforcement officer with an agency in the Washington D.C area and is a full-time firearms instructor. Prior to this, Fred served in the U.S Army for eight years, deploying to the Former Yugoslavia several times to support international peacekeeping operations in Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Chris is a 20-year veteran of the United States Army. Retiring as a Master Sergeant in 2016. He is Special Forces, Ranger, Pathfinder, Jumpmaster and Military-Freefall qualified. During his service he completed five operational deployments to the CENTCOM and SOUTHCOM areas of operation.

Brian is an active duty combat veteran with over 12 years of experience in the Special Operations community and has over 16 years of active service. He has deployed numerous times to Iraq and Afghanistan and conducted countless missions during the Global War on Terrorism. As an instructor he has taught hundreds of students, ranging in various skill levels, basic to advanced pistol and rifle marksmanship.

Julian is a former military linguist who spent his early career supporting conventional and SOF forces in GWOT operations. Since leaving the military, he has supported the counter-terrorism mission in various capacities as a defense contractor both in and outside of the United States. In 2018, Julian shot his first competition matches and was quickly hooked. He now shoots 2 Gun, IDPA, and has earned a B classification in USPSA Carry Optics Division.

Dex is an active duty service member with 16 years of active service, 12 of which are as a DoD Special Agent. Dex has deployed overseas performing many roles from VIP Protection, undercover operations and investigations.
He is a graduate of several specialized DoD schools, ranging from firearms training to counter terrorism driving.

Mike retired from the US Army in 2018 after 26 years of service, 15 of which were in 1 st SFOD-D (Delta Force). While in 1 st SFOD-D, he operated as an Assaulter, Sniper, Team Leader and Special Activities Troop Sergeant Major. During Mike’s career, he spent 48 months in conflict zones around the world conducting direct action raids, sniper missions and low-visibility operations. Mike is an active USPSA competitor and holds an A classification in Carry Optics.

John has over 28 years of law enforcement experience in state/local law enforcement, both operationally and as a trainer. After service in the USMC during Desert Shield/Desert Storm, John began his law enforcement career in Arizona and continued it in Washington State. John was a Firearms Instructor, SWAT team member, and Disorder Response Team member.

Mark started his career in 1987 in Army Special Operations with the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. He also worked at 4th Ranger Training Battalion, and was one of the first Instructors at the National Guard Bureau Scout Sniper School at Camp Robinson in North Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1998, Mark joined the US Border Patrol and was assigned to the Ysleta Border Patrol Station until just after 9/11.

Matt is a United States Marine Corps veteran. Prior to the Marine Corps Matt worked for 2 years as a Martial Arts instructor for a school aged martial arts program and as a student, training in Muay Thai, Boxing, Kali Escrima and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Matt started shooting competitively in 2011 and through 2013 competed in USPSA, IDPA and 3 Gun. Matt is also a Modern Samurai Project endorsed Red Dot Pistol Instructor.

John served 8 years with 1st Ranger Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment, with 9 combat rotations. He served over 4 years as a Global Response Staff member and over 5 years with the Department of Defense. John has been shooting competitively since 2019 and is an A class USPSA shooter. He is the recipient of two Modern Samurai Project Black Belt Patches and is the first person to have achieved the patch two days in a row with two different pistols.

Rowdy is a retired Health Physicist who lives in Texas. He worked as a Private Military Contractor during 2007 in Iraq, Kuwait and Qatar providing Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection training to US military personnel and third country nationals. Rowdy previously taught at a large firearms training academy in California where he was the only non-Special Operations individual to successfully complete their instructor development course.

Herschel served with 2nd, Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment for 4 years with multiple combat deployments to Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. After his military service, Herschel spent 3 years as part of the Department of State WPPS program and over 14 years as a Global Security Officer/Field Security Officer for Department of Defense programs.

David W is well known for his speed, accuracy, and rigorous training skills and has developed numerous amounts of training videos. David is now poised to break out on the international stage. His quick rise to the top of the ranking boards and rapidly achieving the level of GM set him up to receive many requests from the growing shooting community. He now also runs his own successful training and consulting business with a waitlist ranging from intro to seasoned competitive clientele. He has also placed in the top 20 of competitors at USPSA Nationals 2018.

John is active-duty with over ten years of service. He has provided integrated training solutions for national and multinational military services. Working in the private sector, John taught various organizations providing training for service members, law enforcement, and everyday Americans. He also served as an assistant instructor to Matt Larsen while training special mission and intelligence units for several years. John is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Modern Army Combatives under Matt Larsen.

David L started his journey in the 82nd Airborne as a medic deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan. Furthering his pre-hospital knowledge by assessing for Task Force 160th and attending the Special Operations Combat Medic Course. Later diving deeper into Flight Medicine and Critical care he obtained his Flight Paramedic Certification and Critical Care endorsements.

Jeff is a Veteran of the United States Marine Corps and then spent over a decade on protective details for individuals and families such as CEOs, US Foreign Service officers and Ambassadors, NGO personnel, and celebrities. Since 2012, Jeff has been an instructor on several US government agency pre-deployment courses, preparing personnel to carry out their missions in hostile and unfamiliar environments.