I started my way down the path of tactical training and personal survival solutions as a young child. In the fall of 1993 I heard the calling of those before me and decided to serve my country in the U.S. Army. I entered the service and was stationed at the Joint Security Area along the DMZ in Korea. Serving in the DMZ Scout Platoon is what sparked my desire to serve in small specially trained units. Upon my completion of duty in Korea, I was assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, where I once again was assigned to a 4 man team in a Scout Platoon that was part of the 3/505th PIR. That is where I served the next two years, specializing in reconnaissance and sniper operations. After a brief break in service, I returned to the same unit and duty. While this was a challenging and exciting duty, I continued to push myself and in the summer of 1999, I attended the Special Forces Assessment and Selection where I was chosen for the prestigious Special Forces Medical Sergeants course. Upon graduation in September of 2002, I was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group as a junior Medical Sergeant. Serving continually within the 5th Group for the following 16 years, I have held the positions of junior and senior Medical Sergeant, Company senior Medical Sergeant, Special Operations Target Interdiction Course (SOTIC), senior Cadre and Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge, Company Operations Sergeant, and Detachment Operations Sergeant (Team Sergeant). During my tenure with the 5th SFG(A), I have deployed 7 times in the Global War on Terrorism. Additionally, I have deployed as a singleton to the Middle East with naval Special Operations and have had trips to Asia and Central American.

As I transitioned out of the military, I began thinking of ways to continue giving back while using my extensive real world experience and knowledge. What I came up with is Personal Survival Solutions, LLC. My goal is to provide training and survival solutions to those that care about their personal safety, the welfare of their families, and want to be better members of their communities.

Below is a list of my training courses, certifications and qualifications. This list is ever changing as I consider myself an eternal student. I wish to continue to better myself and bring the most recent, relevant, and realistic training that we can offer.

 Training Courses Attended

U.S. Military Courses:

• Advanced Marksmanship and Sniper Operations (40hrs) – 1st SFG(A)

• U.S. Army Ranger School

• Registered Emergency Medical Technician - Basic

• Registered Emergency Medical Technician – Paramedic

• Special Operations Combat Medic Course

• Special Forces Medical Sergeants Course

• Survive, Resist, Evade, and Escape (SERE) – High Risk (Level C)

• Special Forces Sniper Course (Level I)

• Special Operations Target Interdiction Course (Level II)

• Special Operations Combat Medical Skills Sustainment Course – times 7 (Most Recent 2018)

• Operational and Emergency Medical Skills Course – (75hrs)

• AM General – Advanced Mobility/BDAR Training Program

• Jump Master Course – Master Parachutist

• Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat Course, 19th SFG(A) – (180hrs)

• Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat Course, 5th SFG(A) – (180hrs)

• Defense Against Surreptitious Entry – (40hrs)

• Covet Building Entry – (60hrs)

• NEK Jedburgh Course

• 5th SFG Concealed Carry Pistol Course

Armed Citizen Training:

• Tactical Defense Institute
  Level I-III Handgun
  Extreme Close Quarters

• Shivworks (Craig Douglas)
  In-Extreme Knife - (4hrs)
  Extreme Close Quarters Concepts – (16hrs)
  Solo Soldier Initiative Deficit Skills (SOLSIDS) – (40hrs)

• Valhalla (Rob Pincus)
  Combat Focus Instructor Development Course
  Extreme Close Quarters Tactics

• Personal Responsibility Inc.
  Tactical Carbine I
  Tactical Shotgun

• Tactical Response
  Tactical Response (Aaron Little) – Practical Edge Weapons
  Tactical Response (Aaron Little) – Unarmed Combatives
  Tactical Pistol
  Tactical Rifle
  Fighting Shotgun (Allen Webb)
  Way of the Rifle (Paul Gomez)– (40hrs)

• Crisis Resolution Training Consultants (Bennie Cooley)
  Crisis Resolution Training Consultants – 3-Gun Course
  Atlantic Coast Tactical Shooting Clinics – 3-Gun Course

• Handgun Combatives (Dave Spaulding)
  Combative Pistol (16hrs)

• Modern Samurai Project (Scott Jedlinski)
  Red Dot Pistol: Fundamentals and Performance - (16hrs)

• Nature Reliance School (Craig Caudill)
  Intro to Scout/Tracking (8hrs)

• Valor Ridge (Reid Henrichs)

  Pistolcraft I (16hrs)
  Pistolcraft - Austere Conditions (16hrs)

• TMACS Inc. (Pat McNamara)

  Sentinel Course (16hrs)

• Agile Training (Chuck Haggard)

  OC/Pepper Spray Instructor Certification (8hrs)
  Agile Tactical Pistol (8hrs)

• Shivworks (Larry Lindeman)

  Jacks and Saps (8hrs)

• Parking Lot Performance (Ryan McCann)

  Parking Lot Pistol (8hrs)

• The Complete Combatant (Brian Hill)

  Pistol Proficiency (16hrs)
  Red Dot Concepts (16hrs)
  
  

Additional Training Venues

• SigArms Academy – Tactical Marksman Observer (40hrs)

• T.E.E.S – Hostage Rescue/High Risk Warrant

• Blackwater Training Center – Two Day Pistol (Jody Taylor)

• Mid-South Institute of Self-Defense Shooting – 5 Day Pistol and Rifle Course

• Scientific Fighting Congress – Knife/Counter-Knife Combatives Level I

• FNH USA * LEUPOLD – Long Range Precision Competition

• Surefire Tactical Illumination Specialist Course

• Glock Armor

• A.L.E.R.T. - Civilian Response - Train-the-Trainer Instructor Certification

• Gunsite Academy - Edge Weapons (16hrs)

• Rangemaster - Establishing a Dominance Paradigm (30hrs)

Memberships:

• National Tactical Officers Association

• Ohio Tactical Officers Association

• Tennessee Sheriff's Association

• American Sniper Association

• Special Operations Medical Association

• Special Forces Association – Chapter 38

Medical Certifications:

• Basic Life Support

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support

• Pediatric Education for Prehospital Professionals

• Emergency Medical Tech - Paramedic (State of Georgia)

• Red Cross First-Aid/CPR/AED Instructor

• Red Cross Wilderness/Remote First-Aid Instructor

Certifications:

• State of Tennessee Private Protective Services - Armed Guard

Conference Speaker:

• Rangemaster Polite Society – 2012, 2013

Operational Deployment History:

• Operation Iraqi Freedom – OIF I, II, III

• Kuwait x 2

• Bahrain and Saudi Arabia – With NSW 3

• Jordan – Syria Train and Equip x 2

• Lebanon

• Panama

• Thailand

• Korea