Mike served over 15 years in Special Forces, including three years as an Assaulter in a CINC’s In-extremis Force (CIF), focused on Direct Action & Counter Terrorism missions. He also served as an instructor for the Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat (SFAUC) Course where he taught Advanced Marksmanship and Close Quarters Combat (CQC) training courses. Michael has been teaching tactical firearms since 1992 and holds a Master classification in IDPA and USPSA. He has Instructor ratings from multiple organizations including the NRA, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, the US Army, SUREFIRE, Sig Sauer Academy and Tom Given's Rangemaster Instructor, Advanced Instructor, Master instructor and Shotgun instructor programs. After leaving the military, Mike spent several years on numerous overseas US Government contracts.

As a firearms Subject Matter Expert (SME) he is currently hosting and co-producing his fifth season on a National Television show (Trigger Time TV) that is aired weekly with up to 45 million potential viewers, with an estimated reach of 20 million unduplicated homes in the US.  

Mike is also a member of the pro staff for Sons of Liberty Gun Works and a Modern Samurai Project endorsed Red Dot Pistol Instructor.

He has consulted for numerous training facilities, developed, planned and implemented training along with providing instructor development. He has been a lead instructor, consultant, or Director of Training at over 10 different training facilities. He has trained civilians, Special Operations, military and law enforcement units in the US and throughout the world.

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