JB Training LLC
Resume - Jim Berry  Chief Instructor JB Training LLC

Personal training
  • NRA Pistol courses - Home Firearms Safety, Basic Pistol, Personal Protection in the Home, and Personal Protection Outside the Home
  • Lifetime member of the Front Sight shooting school and have attended multiple pistol courses at Front Sight. I generally try to attend 2-4 classes at Front Sight each year
  • Lethal Force Institute LFI-1 course -  December 2008.
  • Suarez International - 2009-2010
Point Shooting Progressions taught by Roger Phillips
Force-on-Force taught by Richard Coplin
Combat Pistol Instructor School taught by Gabe Suarez
     Advanced Point Shooting Progressions taught by Roger Phillips
  • Belson Associates 
One day Basic with Defensive Tactics course
Two day Close Quarter Defensive Tactics advanced course.
  • Two day tactical and self defense shooting  course - Goshen Enterprises the developer of the HexSite®
  • Working relationship with the Head of the Police Academy in Stockton, California. This academy uses AirSoft pistols equipped with HexSite®s in the training of police cadets.
  • Taught how to use an AirSoft pistol equipped with a HexSite® when conducting a training program
  • Qualified to conduct training and seminars regarding the use of the HexSite®.

Teaching Experience
  • U.S. Army Security Agency Intelligence School
  • National Security Agency - National Cryptologic School. 
  • Teach NRA pistol courses
  • Developed and teach all of the JB Training LLC courses

Work Experience
  • 1958-1961 - U.S. Army Security Agency
  • 1963-1998 Retired from National Security Agency in 1998 with 37 years of Federal Service.
  • 1998-2000 – Consultant to the Intelligence Community
  • 2001-2003 – System Engineer SAIC
  • Current - Chief Instructor and Owner of JB Training LLC

Formal Education
  • BA - University of Maryland
  • MS - American University
  • MPA  - University of Southern California
  • Certifications in Education and Training, Analysis,
and Computer Science - National Security Agency

Firearms experience
  • Started  shooting at age 12 with shotgun and 22 rifles
  • Avid upland game and deer hunter with shotgun and rifle 
  • Pistol competition at Ft. Meade MD using 38 Caliber revolver, 22 pistol and a 19ll pistol 
  • Shoot different pistols on a regular basis

Professional Associations
  • American Legion member
  • Life Member National Rifle Association
  • Certified NRA instructor in the pistol disciplines including the Personal Protection course.
  • Member of the North East Florida NRA Instructor team teaching group.
  • Member of the International Defensive Pistol Association
  • Member of United States Concealed Carry Association

Product Distributor
  • HexSite® dealer for HexSite® on Glock pistols.
  • Safety Bullet® dealer for Nassau and Duval Counties in Florida
  • Selection of different AirSoft pistols

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