Show # 354: Inside the Air Marshal Shooting Program
The American Warrior Society is devoted to one thing: your safety. In todays world, taking responsibility for your own safety and survival is key and our goal is to teach you how.
On today's Coffee with Rich, we will be joined by
The Mike Seeklander.
Currently Mike Seeklander is owner of
Shooting-Performance LLC (www.shooting-performance.com), a
full service training company and the American Warrior Society.
Mike is also the co-host of The Best Defense, the Outdoor channels
leading firearm instructional show.
Previously, mike was Chief Operating Officer,
Director of Training and a Senior Instructor at the U.S. Shooting
Academy in Tulsa, Ok. He was directly responsible for the
development of all U.S.S.A. training programs.
Prior to that as an employee of the Federal
Government, Mike has served as the Branch Chief and Lead Instructor
for the Firearms division with the Federal Air Marshal Service as
well as a Senior Instructor at the Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center (FLETC).
He has extensive formal training and experience in
all phases of military and law enforcement training. Mike is a
highly sought after tactical and competitive trainer and a high
level performer on the competition handgun circuit. Currently a
nationally ranked competitor on the practical handgun competition
circuit, Seeklander has authored/produced instructional books,
DVD’s and has developed hundreds of lesson plans specifically
related to basic and advanced firearms training.
As a local law enforcement officer with the Knox
County Sherriff’s Department as well as the Knoxville Police
Department mike worked in corrections as well as patrol and with
the Organized Crime division.
In 1990 Mike joined the United States Marine Corps
and was trained as an Intelligence Specialist with Top Secret
clearance. Mike is a combat veteran of Desert Storm/Shield (Gulf
war 1). He holds secondary MOS’s of Combat Engineer and Primary
Marksmanship Instructor.
Mike is the recipient of numerous awards and honors
in the law enforcement community, and as a semi-professional
shooter.
The American Warrior Show is the podcast of the American Warrior Society. AWS is a self-defense oriented educational website coming in the spring of 2015 that prepares men and woman from any walk of life to survive violent encounters.