Kenn Blanchard

Kenn Blanchard

ordained pastor CIA firearms instructor law enforcement officer Contributor to AmmoLand Shooting Sports News a 2000 – author of Black Man With a Gun 2007 – started his Gun & 2A podcast 2012 – author of Black Man With a Gun: Reloaded Black Man With a Gun podcast Executive Vice President of 2AO.org http://kennblanchard.com/ Black … Read more

Rex Applegate

June 21, 1914 – July 14, 1998 Learned marksmanship from his uncle Gus Peret 1940 graduated from the University of Oregon with a Business Degree 1940 join US Army developed armed and unarmed close quarter combat courses for the US Army 1941 recruited by Wild Bill Donovan for the OSS close-combat coordinator for all clandestine missions  in WWII personal … Read more

Eric A. Sykes

Instructor Eric A Sykes

At a Glance 1883 – 1945 Fairbairn’s partner in instinctive pistol shooting and the Fairbairn-Sykes knife. Schools Shanghai Municipal Police reserve (from 1926) SOE Special Training Centre, Lochailort, Scotland (WWII) Accomplishments Led the Shanghai police sniper unit (1937 to 1939) Co-designed the Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife Trained SOE agents and Jedburgh teams in WWII Remington and … Read more