TONY GIMMELLIE
 was born in Cleveland  Ohio in 1972.  He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1991 –
2001.  During his time in the Corps Tony served in two Scout Sniper   Platoons, 3/2 STA and 3/6 STA.
While with both Platoons he served as the Chief Scout and also as  the  Platoon Sergeant. Tony also served with FAST Co. 3rd Platoon. (Fleet Anti Terrorism
  Security Teams). While with FAST Co. Tony was selected by name to become an
Instructor  at the Close Quarters Battle School- (CQB) for the Marine Corps
Security Force  Training Battalion.  While there Tony instructed room clearing, Hostage Rescue,
Explosive  and Mechanical Breaching Techniques, and the Employment of Snipers
and  Designated Marksmen in support of CQB operations.  Tony has attended over 32 schools.
Most of his training and schooling stems from his time in the   military and with his current occupation as a Officer in the United States
  Secret Service Uniformed Division where he works as a member of the Vehicle   Inspection Teams and as a Magnetometer Advance Officer for Presidential and
  Foreign Dignitary Protection details.  Some of his most notable training is as follows: Scout Sniper Basic
Course  Scout Sniper Advanced Course Mountain Scout Sniper Course CQB Course CQB   Instructor Course HRP – High Risk Personnel Course FBI Firearms Instructor   Course Basic Airborne School UK Explosive Search School Recon and Surveillance   Course (SOTG) Bill Rodgers Shooting Course (Pistol, Sub gun, & Shotgun)   FLETC – Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Secret Service Academy in
  Beltsville, MD Tony has served on multiple weapon and optics test projects for the
  Military and currently enjoys competing in a variety of shooting sports,
testing  and evaluating weapons, gear and equipment along with writing in his
free  time.
JOHN BOYETTE -(shooting editor for SNIPERWORX.COM) is a nine year combat veteran
of the U.S.  Army with deployments from two peace keeping missions and one
deployment on the  G.W.O.T. During his deployment in Iraq john started to
develop an interest in  Sniper operations and Sniper tactics. Upon John’s return
from OIF-I; he started  to shoot competitively in long range tactical matches
across the southeastern  part of the country and still competes in sniper
competitions regularly. John is  also the owner of TRACE ARMORY GROUP— a company
that teaches long range  precision marksmanship, exterior ballistics, mil
relation skills, and core  marksmanship courses (carbine, pistol, shotgun) . 
John is currently working as  a contractor for the Dept. of Energy .
Some of the classes John has attended are:
U.S. Army A.M.U. Squad Designated Marksman Instructor Course Jan   05 Bi-monthly Sniper training with an law enforcement department
  04-05 U.S. Army Jump Master School Nov 2002
82nd Airborne Div. M.O.U.T.    Platoon level Instructor cert Nov 2000
82nd Airborne Div. Crew Served   Machinegun Leaders Course Sept 98
U.S. Army Javelin Anti-Tank School May   97 U.S. Army Airborne School Mar-97
U.S. Army Basic training and Infantry   School Nov 96- Mar 97

MIKE HAUGEN -Michael  Haugen grew up in North Dakota until joining the US Army
in 1978. Michael spent  over 26 years in the Army the last 17 of which were in
Special Forces. He has  attended over 22 military schools and has been at
stationed Ft Bragg, Ft Lewis  and Okinawa Japan. Prior to his retirement Michael
ran all of the advanced  combative skills training for the 1st Special Forces
Group (Airborne) which  included unit research and development, sniper and urban
combat courses. Michael  currently lives in Washington state with his family and
remains active in the  sniping and special operations communities.

JOHN SCARBROUGH- John  Scarbrough II joined active duty with the Marine Corps in 96
until 2000. During  that time he spent 3 ½ years with a sniper platoon and held
such positions as  Team Radio Operator, Assistant Team Leader, Team Leader and
was the also Platoon  Gear NCO. He joined the Marine Corps Reserves in 2000 and
is currently an E-6  acting as a Platoon Sgt in a Sniper Platoon. In March of
2003 his unit got  activated in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and was
activated for 8 months.  During that time he spent 4 months in Iraq as a Sniper
Team Leader.He has also  held positions as a Squad Leader of an Infantry Platoon
from 2000-2001. John is  an instructor for TEES, Tactical Response (head
precision rifle instr.), NRA,  and others..... He started doing high threat PSD
work as a contractor in Iraq in  2004 and is now on his third contract.  Mr.
Scarbrough has attended over 38  combative schools to include: 
School of infantry (0311, Rifleman), USMC, 1996
Squad  leaders  course, USMC, 1998
2nd Marine Division Scout Sniper School (8541),
USMC,  1998 SOTG Urban Sniper Course, USMC, 1999
Scout Sniper Advanced  Course,  USMC, 2004
Scout Sniper Platoon Commanders Course, USMC,
2004 Mountain  Scout Sniper Course, USMC, 2004
RICH JOHNSON -  over 20 year veteran of a municipal police department in New Mexico, SWAT team leader, sniper
and current Federal Agent with the Dept. of Energy. 
GEORGE HUNT— is  the  publisher and editor in chief of www.sniperworx.com .  A US Marine Corps
veteran  from 1988 to 1992, I worked for the JAG office at Marine Corps Base,
Camp  Lejeune, and then for 3rd FSSG in Okinawa, Japan.  As a teenager, I
competed in  air rifle and NRA small bore competitions until I enlisted in the
Marines.  I  shot 4th award expert rifle.  Some of the post service schools and
competitions  I have attended are :
1. NRA   basic rifle instructor/ NRA range safety officer
 2. Badlands  basic sniper (CLEET cert.)
3. Badlands  advanced sniper 1 (CLEET cert.) 
4. Bruce  Robinson Memorial 48 hours sniper challenge
5. Badlands  Basic SWAT (CLEET cert.)
6. Urban  sniper (tactical response)  , Memphis, TN PD 
7. 30  hours  continuing ed. SNIPER sustainment
 8. NREMT  registered 1st Responder (60 hours) 
9. 2009   Gastonia sniper match & conference– NC
 10. 2010   North American Sniper Championship,  MS
11. 2010 confined space rescue course (36 hours)
12.  2011 PRW extreme long range course
13.  2011 certified Trace Armory Group precision rifle and pistol instructor
14.  2011 PMG field day, pre-comp course (sniper sketching, point blank zero, command initiated firing)