Weaponizing the Common Person

 

I have spent the majority of my life teaching folks how to be safe. It started when I was a 20 year old Paratrooper and 81 mm Mortar Squad Leader and I had to teach my squad crew drill, immediate actions and all the individual and collective tasks needed to operate at the squad level. Subsequently I have taught everything from weapons maintenance, infantry tactics, freefall parachuting, and medical subjects to conflict de-escalation and defensive tactics. I have been on the periphery of the civilian "training" industry since 2014. First as a contracted instructor and now as a local gun store employee. 

With my background I could cater training to all the "tacticool" individuals looking for a fantasy camp experience but I find it more fulfilling and a better use of my time educating the first time gun owner on proper grip and stance or the college age female on how to manage space and avoid danger. I enjoy watching the light bulb turn on during a Permit to Carry class when the individual realizes the awesome responsibility they are taking on by electing to carry a firearm. When those individuals spend their own time, energy and resources with me for additional training, be it firearms, medical or anything else, it truly makes the time spent in curriculum and Instructor development worthwhile.

I am passionate about making folks better prepared. I will continue to concentrate on the "average Joe and Jill" and continue to make them one percent better.