Died 2022
- 1992 – 1996 worked with various Drug Task Force units Narcotics squads buying and selling illegal narcotics in an undercover capacity
– over 300 Narcotics buys and sales during this period - 1994 firearms trainer
- 1996 – 1998 Patrolman and K-9 handler for the Big Sandy Police Department
- 1996 began teaching commercially Tactical Response
- 1998 – 2000 Big Sandy Chief of Police
- 2000 Deputy at the Benton County Sheriff’s Office
- 2002 private training full-time
- 2004 until May 2005 served on two Protective Security Details in Baghdad, Iraq
- 2002 – 2009 Reserve Unit Camden Police Department
- professional writer published in:
– S.W.A.T. (Staff Writer)
– Southern Lawman
– Concealed Carry Magazine
– FMG American Handgunner Special Editions
– STUFF - wrote the foreword for the book “Surgical Speed Shooting”
- Author: High Risk Civilian Contracting
- 2011 One Man Army TV Series Contestant
- 2016 movie: Daylight’s End
- 2018 movie: Cherokee Creek
About James Yeager
James Yeager was a firearms trainer and the founder of Tactical Response, a commercial training school based in Camden, Tennessee, that taught pistol, rifle and shotgun courses to civilians. Before going full-time in private training, he served in Tennessee law enforcement, and he later worked protective security details in Iraq. He became one of the most recognizable and outspoken trainers of the early YouTube era, known for a direct teaching style and for promoting the Get Off the X concept of moving off the line of attack.
Yeager’s courses, including Fighting Pistol and Fighting Rifle, drew a loyal following, and he also appeared on the 2011 television competition One Man Army. He was frequently described as controversial, and the firearms community was sharply divided over his public statements and videos. Yeager died in 2022 after a battle with ALS; in a September 2022 post, firearms author Massad Ayoob noted his death and wrote that Tactical Response would continue under its staff.
Key Facts
- 1996: Began teaching firearms commercially through Tactical Response
- 2011: Appeared as a contestant on the TV series One Man Army
- 2022: Died after a battle with ALS
- September 2022: Massad Ayoob reported Tactical Response would continue under its staff
Sources
- Massad Ayoob, Backwoods Home: post on the passing of James Yeager (2022)
- Soldier Systems Daily: Tribute to James Yeager (2022)
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