Ian brings decades of firearms training and practical experience to the classroom and range with the desire to help others develop the skills and knowledge necessary to physically survive an unavoidable violent encounter, and the inevitable legal and financial aftermath.  He has proudly served his country for 20 years as a military policeman (enlisted and officer) in the United States Army.  He has a law enforcement degree from Eastern Kentucky University and is a graduate of the New Mexico State Police Academy.  Ian stays active in the firearms community by regularly attending a variety of firearms courses, and is certified by the State of New Mexico to teach concealed carry classes.  He is also a certified NRA and United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) firearms instructor.

Dr. Foster is a 2007 graduate of the Inter-service Physician Assistant Program and a 2022 Graduate of the Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine.  As a Battalion Physician Assistant, he has served combat tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan and is a recipient of the Combat Medical Badge.  He is a graduate of the Tactical Combat Casualty Care course and has been the lead instructor for over 60 EMT-Basic personnel.  As a civilian he has practiced for over 6 years in Orthopedics and holds an additional certification in Orthopedic Surgery from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants and is currently an Anesthesiology Resident at the University of Kansas-Wichita.

Bart is a retired Texas law enforcement officer.  Twenty-two of his forty-one years of service were as a firearms instructor teaching basic and advanced survival shooting skills and techniques to the entry-level officer, the seasoned veteran, and SWAT team personnel.  More than half of those twenty-two years were as a Rangemaster coaching and supervising other LE instructors.  Bart has successfully competed at the highest levels of police and civilian shooting competition. He is a certified Glock, Smith & Wesson, and Sig Sauer armorer, and has been called upon to testify as an expert firearms witness in courts of law.  After decades in law enforcement, thousands of hours as an instructor, and shooting hundreds of thousands of rounds, he knows what works and what does not, and what it takes to survive a violent encounter.