Show # 267- Coffee with Rich | Zack Wilson Department of Energy (DOE)- SRT (Special Response Team)
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Show # 267- Coffee with Rich | Zack Wilson
Department of Energy (DOE)- SRT (Special Response
Team)
On today's Coffee with Rich, we will be joined by
Zack Wilson.
For a very informal introduction of Zack Wilson, he
is:
1) Has an addictive personality that makes him
extremely competitive with literally everything he does.
2) Has only been around since breakfast but is
highly opinionated due to him being a millennial.
On an official capacity:
Zack is currently a member of the Department of
Energy (DOE) working as a security police officer on a SRT (Special
Response Team) after leaving a DOE firearms instructor position for
Project Enhancement Corporation. In addition to this he’s back on
the Jiu Jitsu mats after a little hiatus and is currently ranked
through the Gracie Barra system training with Samuel Braga at
Gracie Barra Knoxville. When he has the time, he occasionally shows
up to shoot in IDPA, USPSA, and PRS matches. In, 2015 he received a
Bachelor’s in Emergency Services Management and is now toying with
the idea of getting a master’s degree.
Prior to getting hired on with DOE, Zack spent 14
years as a police officer for the Knoxville Police Department. All
his years on the department were in the Patrol Division, and along
the way he became a firearms instructor and a field training
officer (FTO). Half of his time at the department was spent on
their Special Operations Squad (i.e., SWAT) as a law enforcement
sniper, and he was able to attend several law enforcement courses
in tactics, deadly force, and law enforcement sniping.
Concurrently to his time at KPD, Zack was also in
the Marine Corps with 3/24 Lima Company. He started out as a
regular rifleman in the infantry but was selected to be in the
Scout Sniper platoon after a battalion INDOC (indoctrination) in
2009 prior to a deployment to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom
(OIF). He lived the life of a P.I.G. (professionally instructed
gunmen) during his deployment, and upon return to the states in
2010 he graduated from the Scout Sniper Basic Course class 1-10 at
Quantico, VA. His time in the Marine Corps ended in 2012 and during
his tenure was able to attend several military schools and
courses.
From 2012 to the present, he is also a sniper cadre
member of the ILEA (Indiana Law Enforcement Academy) where they
instruct and perform a federally accredited basic and advanced law
enforcement sniper course every year and speaking of Indiana, he
also joined the Indiana National Guard in 2019 and is the
Scout/Sniper Section Leader for the 1-151st HHC.
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