The Prepared Warrior Podcast

Morgan Ballis - An Infantry Unit Leader in the United States Marine Corps w/ multiple combat deployments. With an M.S. in Homeland Security & Emergency Management, Mr. Ballis is the Founding Partner / Director of Strategic Planning & Training with DMB Consultants an Emergency Management consulting firm based out of San Diego, CA Specializing in K-12 facilities with an emphasis on active sh...

  Damian Halforty has over 20 years practical experience in Tactical training, firearms and equipment. He has run over 700 security operations in over sixty different countries.  Damian is featured in ‘Masters of the Blade’, a book dedicated to Edged Weapon instructors around the world, and is the author of the e-book Carjacking Countermeasures for Executive Security International, Co USA. In addi...

Tony Lambraia - has over 30 years of experience in Local, State and Federal Law Enforcement. He has trained military and Law Enforcement worldwide for over two decades. He has been featured on many Law Enforcement networks and publications. He has served as a U.S. Marine, correction officer, patrol officer, Detective, SWAT and SRT Commander, chief of Counter Terrorism (OTP) and tactics branches, F...

Dr. Terry Wollert holds undergraduate degrees in adult technical education and graduate degrees in psychology, curriculum design, and evaluation.  He has spent over 20 years conducting training research for ninety plus Federal law enforcement agencies at the largest law enforcement training organization in the world.  Dr. Wollert is a certified Force Science Use of Force Analyst.  Since his retire...

  Kevin Michalowski is the Executive Editor of Concealed Carry Magazine published by the United States Concealed Carry Association where he hosts the popular scenario training video series The Proving Ground. He is also a police officer for a small detachment in Wisconsin. Kevin answers the questions:  Most scenario training is developed with law enforcement in mind, how do you go about developing...

  Arno Lippassaa r is a recently retired Trooper from the New York State Police, with his most recent assignment being the New York State Police Academy as an Academy Training Officer.  He had been a Trooper for over 23 years. Starting in 2003 he taught Firearms as a range instructor.  He was a road Trooper for 18 years, assigned to all aspects of police work, including crime investigation, Contam...

Mark Bloxham has provided training to police officers overseas in  Spain, Andorra, the West Bank and the Middle East. He is currently a  Sergeant with a large Canadian Police Agency. He has 27 years of service.  During that time he has worked as an exhibit tech., Patrol, Communications Section, 18 years in the Public Safety Unit and over 5 years in the Officer Safety Unit. Mark has received a vari...

Mike Farrell is the President of Smart Firearms Training Devices . He is also a seasoned entrepreneur, as well as a professional Airline Pilot.  After taking up shooting, Mike found his new passion.  Mike enjoyed shooting so much that he eventually became a Firearms Instructor.  Mike founded Smart Firearms after being dismayed at the poor quality of training guns available. After making his first...

E6 Less Ego, More Training  Philip Law was a Law Enforcement Officer in Florida for 16 years. He has worked in patrol, street crimes, K9 unit, Drug Enforcement Unit, and DEA Task Force as well as being a state certified instructor. After leaving law enforcement he worked as a private security contractor for the U.S. State Department and the U. S. Department of Defense for 5 years in the Middle Eas...

Tony Blauer has been in the martial art, self-defense, defensive tactics and combatives industry for almost four decades. His research on physiology, mind-set as it relates to confrontation management has influenced over three decades of reality-based martial artists. Blauer developed the SPEAR system of self-defense and also designed High Gear , a line of impact reductions suits for self defense...

  Larry Mackinnon has been with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for the past 21 years and a Diver with the RCMP recovery team for the past 16 years. A Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black-belt, International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation World Masters Gold Medalist at Blue Belt and Brown Belt, Assistant Instructor at Gracie Humaita Winnipeg and Owner and instructor at Buffalo Jiu-Jitsu.   Larry answers th...

Prepared Warrior Pinpoint editions are shorter discussions that focus on a specific topic requested by you the listener.  Submit a question to our experts - email host Jon Wilson jon@thepreparedwarrior.com    Our question for this episode:    A trainer asks, “I still struggle to understand the proper usage of the term Negative Reinforcement, how does the term apply to it’s use in reality based tra...

Kelly Keith is a Master Trainer who teaches several instructor level courses for law enforcement all over the world. He is a former undercover vice and plain-clothes detective. Currently a Police Sargent and Director of Security for the CFL’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers.   Kelly answers the questions:   What would be a few of the best tips for someone going into policing today to stay safe? As a court d...

Clive Milligan is a law enforcement trainer with 27 years experience in policing. Advancing the Reality Based Training experience for police by introducing a realistic collapsible training baton and eye gouge training head . Clive continues to come out with new training products for law enforcement. Clive answers the questions: How did the idea for the blue baton come about? How does the eye gouge...

Brad Gillespie has spent 23 years policing primarily in K9 and tactical support with dogs. He has trained police and military dog teams globally. He has 28 years military combined full and part time service, infantry, and navy diving.  Brad is currently a trainer with the second largest Police K9 program in Canada where he specializes in patrol, explosive detection and tactical integration. Brad c...