Civilian Shooting
Sometimes it is hard to delineate my military shooting accomplishments from my civilian as most of them occurred while I was on active duty. In some cases they were a by product of my military duties, and in other cases they were because of my competition shooting and pistolsmithing activities on my off time. Because of this I have categorized them into different areas:
Industry certifications and awards:
- FBI certified firearms instructor
- Secret Service certified firearms instructor – high shooter award in my class
- NRA certified firearms instructor
- National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) 2003 Carlos Hathcock award recipient – this award is given for excellence in the end user community for outstanding contributions in small arms training and weapons development. I am proud to be the first special operations community recipient of the award.
Competition arena accomplishments:
I have had the privilege to train with several of the best competition shooters in the US including Rob Leatham, Jerry Barnhart, Mike Voight, and John Shaw. I consider many of them friends and want to publicly thank them for their contributions for helping me become a better shooter. I shot competitively as a hobby for several years. I have many state and regional awards and championships. I will only list some of the highlights:
- Top Ten finisher at USPSA Limited Nationals in 1993 & 1994
- Two time top CDP shooter at IDPA Winter Nationals
- Two time top 5 finisher in my class at IDPA Nationals
- Founding member of International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA)
- IDPA Vickers Count scoring system is named after me -I did not originate it however; I learned it from Rob Leatham (an interesting story in itself)
- Master Class USPSA Limited Shooter
- Master Class IDPA shooter in CDP, ESP, and SSP
