Jeremiah Barthold
Jeremiah BartholdLead Weapons & Tactics Instructor
Motivated by the events of September 11, 2001, Jerimiah enlisted in the U.S. Army as an 11B Infantryman. After multiple tours into Iraq, Afghanistan and a few other locations as a Private Military Contractor, he went back into the Army and served as a Drill Sergeant at Fort Benning, GA where he focused on training civilians into soldiers through rigorous training in shooting proficiency, medical, land navigation, and overall survival in a combat theatre.
Mike Copley
Mike CopleyDirector of Operations
Mike joined the U.S. Army Infantry in 1998 and served until 2007. He served with the 2/187 Rakkasans out of the 101st Airborne Division “Screaming Eagles”. Then later served with 1/9 Cav 1st Cavalry Division.
Upon deployment into Iraq in 2004 he conducted raids on terror cells, convoy security operations, and Personal Security Details (PSD) for V.I.P.s.
After exiting the military he went into firearms manufacturing and weapons machining. He currently runs our Research and Development branch.
Alec Milejczak
Alec MilejczakPrecision Rifle Instructor
Alec served five years as an active duty Marine Corps Infantryman and is currently a reservist. The majority of his training and service was in a scout sniper platoon. This service allowed him to develop considerable long-range observation, targeting, and shooting skills.

He has leveraged this experience to develop a precision rife curriculum that provides comprehensive knowledge of sniper tactics and techniques, including detection, range estimation, reconnaissance, and field craft. Alec’s teaching expertise enables new students to hit a target at 600 yards by the end of their first training session. He is the Precision Shooting Instructor at Panther Ridge.