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SigArms
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Craig Collins (L) MDFTG Instructor, with Grand Master--World Class Competitor Bruce Gray (R)

Location: Nisor Square, Baghdad, Iraq
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MDFTG Senior Instructor Craig Collins

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Sadam' Palace, Baghdad, Iraq
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General Petreaus, Commanding General, Iraq and Craig Collins

 

Craig Collins (Chief), MDFTG Firearms Instructor

 

 

Education/Training/Assignments/Professional Experience

 

 

Washington D.C. Metro Police Dept, Firearms Instructor

 

US Embassy Security Force, Baghdad, Iraq 

 

Bureau of Criminal Identification, UT-Concealed Firearms Instructor

 

Maryland State Police Qualified Handgun Instructor 

 

Department of Homeland Security FLETC-Contractor

 

Department Of Justice, CA-Certified Firearms Instructor

 

NRA Pistol Instructor

 

NRA Shotgun Instructor

 

NRA Rifle Instructor

 

NRA Personal Protection Instructor

 

NRA Range Safety Officer

 

Anti-Terrorism Operations--Mirror Image, BlackwaterUSA

 

Advanced Handgun Tactics, BlackwaterUSA

 

Department of State, Security Contractor-Iraq 

 

Knife & Counter-Knife Defense Training, Integrated Martial Development Center
 

Tactical Rifle/Carbine Training, Team One Network

 

Skills Builder and Competition Fundementals, SigArms Academy

 

Tactical Handgun Training, The Peregrine Group 

 

 

FORMER:

 

Deputy Sheriff, Patrol Division, Shawnee County, Kansas

 

United States Air Force Security Forces, Security Police Officer (Retired USAF) 

 

Operations Superintendent, National Guard Bureau's Joint Counterdrug Task Force

 

Guard Force Commander, US Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq

 

 

James Hooe, MDFTG Firearms Instructor

 

Education/Training/Assignments/Professional Experience

 

CURRENT:

 

FBI Handgun Management Course Instructor
 
FBI Ballistics Qualified
 
Maryland State Police Qualified Instructor
 

NRA Pistol Instructor

 

NRA Shotgun Instructor

 

NRA Rifle Instructor

 

Concealed Weapons Instructor

 

FORMER:

 

USAF Retired

 

US Capitol Police Retired

Maryland Firearms Training Group, Owings, MD 20736
 
Phone: 301-855-4030
 
Classroom/Range/Emergencies:  410-474-4166