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*Rick A. Pere
Tactical Handgun, Patrol Rifle, Tactical Shotgun
The Combat Mindset, CQB Training
Rick Alan Pere
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PERECENTAGE OF ALLOCATED TIME: <100%>
SECURITY CLEARANCE: Secret
RELEVANT QUALIFICATIONS:
Rick
A. Pere has served, for over 30 years, in the U.S. Army, the Illinois
Army National Guard, and the U.S. Air Force Reserves. His experiences
include: serving as an Airborne/ Infantry soldier, Infantry, Scout,
Platoon Sergeant and Platoon Leader, Weapons Instructor, teaching Light
Infantry Weapons Marksmanship, weapons safety and maintenance. Further,
SSG Pere is a TRADOC Certified, Military Instructor and is a graduate
of the U.S. Army Infantry ANCOC Academy. During his time there he has
also served as: an ANCOC Course Instructor, an Infantry marksmanship
instructor, a Range Master, an M-60 Machinegun instructor, a Nuclear,
Biological, Chemical Warfare Team Leader and Instructor, with reference
to WMD detection operations, a Readiness NCO, and a Physical Security
Specialist, and has worked as a plotter in RAOC TOC Operations. He has
also served as a Field First Sergeant. Moreover, he has also served as
a, full time, Chief of Security for a State ANG military installation.
He
has conducted training for small units, teaching fire team tactics.
Also, he was responsible for training management, in support of scout/
infantry operations. He holds a certification as an EOD/Military
Munitions Technician, from the U.S. Air Force. And, he has also served
as a Police Officer for over 15 years, as a Gang Crimes Investigator,
with Certifications as a Youth Officer, Field Training Officer,
Certified Police Academy Instructor, Certified Homicide Investigator,
Certified Police Firearms Instructor, Master Police Firearms
Instructor, Rifle Instructor, and has served also as a Police
Department Range Master, Swat Team Instructor, teaching police support
and team/crew served weapons. This is highlighted by his expertise with
weapons, as he held the State of Illinois Police Academy handgun
qualifications record for marksmanship from 1979 to 1996.
His
skill with weapons is not limited to individual accomplishments. Mr.
Pere is a highly qualified Infantry and Police weapons instructor. For
example, he possesses an intimate knowledge of SWAT operations. This is
demonstrated by his service as a SWAT team member, competition judge,
and instructor at the SITE. During his time at SITE, he was tasked with
instructing SWAT Teams, Individual Police Street Survival Tactics &
Techniques, and Field Operational Shooting, and Target Acquisition
Skills training. He has also served as both a student and Instructor
with Mr. John Farnam at Defense Training International (DTI) since
1981. In addition, he holds a Master Combat Firearms Instructor’s
Certification from the Police Training Institute (PTI). Mr. Pere is a
combat pistol and tactical rifle marksman and a sniper.
In
1986 he received the Distinguished Marksman Award from the National
Rifle Association. Lastly, He has served as a consultant to the Fox
News Network, and has been utilized by The Chicago Tribune, CNN and the
Fox News Network for expert subject matter consultation, as a resource
analyst. Currently, he is the owner/ operator of the Personal
Protection Group. This is a firm that teaches Street Survival, Combat
Pistol/ Rifle Marksmanship skills, Tactical Pistol/ Rifle Marksmanship
Skills, and the Combat Mindset. He has worked in Afghanistan, Iraq, and
in Haiti.
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United States Army
Deployment (15 October/2008 to 05 October 2009)
Kabul, Afghanistan
Mr.
Pere served during 2008 to 2009, as a Staff Sergeant during a
deployment to Afghanistan, with the Illinois Army National Guard, in
the MOS of 11B30, as a Senior Infantry Non-Commissioned Officer. During
that time he was posted to The United States Combined Forces Task
Force, as the Camp Commander and FOB Mayor for FOB Scorpion, which is
located at KMTC (Kabul Military Training Center) In this capacity, he
served with distinction, as the Afghan Partnering Unit Assistant J4
NCOIC, forward deployed, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom
(OEF). He also served as the Assistant NCOIC, responsible for all
matters pertaining to the logistical requirements of the APU, a combat
operations unit, conducting special covert operations in Afghanistan,
in conjunction with joint US services. He was responsible for
maintaining inventory levels of APU supply items, camp vehicles, camp
facilities, and Organizational Clothing and Equipment (OCIE),
supporting 154 Afghan Special Operations Soldiers, and the accounting
for all properties, which was valued in excess of $1.5 million. As FOB
Mayor, he was the chief supervisor of 12 local national contracted
laborers, and was the US Mentor to Afghan Partnering Unit Supply
Officer and Sergeant. He also served as the monitor for base defense
operations, perimeter target hardening, inspection of security
personnel weapon serviceability, and morale. He was responsible to the
Program Commander for security operations, and served as a handgun
instructor, and crew served weapons procurer. In this duty position, he
often worked 16 to 20 hours per day, without relief. His personal
efforts resulted in FOB improvements, positively impacting base Force
Protection measures, and security.
He
continually developed solutions to the supply problems of the APU
supply chain, positively impacting APU soldier readiness with regards
to Special Forces actions and Special Operations. He continually
motivated Afghan personnel to excel, and improve in marksmanship
skills. He was usually found conducting marksmanship training with his
fellow APU soldiers. He was seen as a fellow Afghan by APU soldiers,
Afghan security personnel and contract labor personnel. His intimate,
personal knowledge of Afghan tribal culture often served to facilitate
and foster relations between ANA (Afghan National Army) personnel, and
base operations. He received personal recognition for his efforts, by
the Commanding General of CSTK-A and the Theatre Special Operations
Commanding General, the ARSC-K Sergeant Major, and the Camp Phoenix
Equal Opportunity Sergeant Major.
Within
this capacity, and for his personal actions, directed against the armed
enemies of the United States, he was awarded the United States Army
Combat Infantry Badge, and the United States Army Commendation Medal,
in September, 2009.
The Personal Protection Group; Principal Instructor
Adjunct Instructor; D.T.I
Adjunct Instructor; Fortress Defense
Principal Instructor; S.O.I.
Mr.
Pere is the principal Police, Security Services Firearms Instructor for
PPG, serving in Afghanistan, Africa, Haiti, and Iraq. He also serves as
the primary combat handgun and tactical rifle instructor for Special
Operations International, in Cleveland Ohio. There, he was responsible
for team management, course development, range safety, and served as a
consultant to tactical security operators in austere tactical
environments in Afghanistan. Simultaniously, Mr. Pere also worked with
and supervised Ghurka PSD security personnel, from Nepal.
Mr.
Pere worked as a Team Leader, and Firearms Instructor in Kabul,
Afghanistan. During that time, Mr. Pere was a convoy commander, led
convoy PSD Teams through the regions of Paktika, Logar, Conar, and the
Northern Provinces in Afghanistan. As a result, he possesses a working
knowledge of Dari/Farsi languages. And, as a result, understands the
many cultural and religious aspects of the local Islamic populace. ??
EDUCATION (Civilian):
Southern Illinois University (1972-1978, 1983-1985) – B.A. 2002
Triton Community College (1981-1982, 1987-1988)
Community College of Lake County (2000)
EDUCATION (Military):
US Army Basic Training, Ft. Leonard Wood, MO. (February 1970)
US Army Signal School, Ft. Gordon, GS. (July 1970)
US Army, Airborne School, Ft. Benning, GA. (July 1970)
Third Army, Substance Abuse Counselor Course, (June, 1971)
U.S. Army ILARNG Basic NCO Academy; Ft. Mc Coy, WI. (1977)
U.S. Army ILARNG Senior NCO Academy (1977)
U.S. Army Reserves NBC Warfare School (Sept 1979)
Close Combat Instructor Cadre Trainer’s Course, Ft. Mc Coy, WI (Sept 1981)
U.S. Army Infantry ANCOC Academy, Ft. Benning, GA (June 1984)
U.S. Air Force Squad Automatic Weapons School; Bastrop, TX (June, 1998)
U.S. Air Force Military Munitions/Technician School (June-August 2000)
EOD/Munitions IED Course, Adnon Palace, Baghdad, Iraq, (May, 2005)
First Responder, Emergency Combat Medical Treatment, Ft. Bliss, TX. (July, 2006)
EDUCATION (Police):
Defense Training International (1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008).
Executive Security International, Personal Security Details (PSD) (June, 1988)
Police Training Institute; Police Firearms Instructor (April, 1995)
Police Training Institute; Police Tactical Firearms (May, 1995)
Police Training Institute; Police Strategy and Tactics (June, 1995)
Police Training Institute; Police Master Firearms Instructor (June, 1995)
Police Training Institute, Master Firearms Instructor Re-Certification (1997, 2000, 2004, 2006)
EOD/Munitions IED Course, The Adnon Palace, Baghdad, Iraq, (May, 2005)
First Responder, Emergency Combat Medical Treatment, Ft. Bliss, TX. (July, 2006)
Tactical Rifle Instructor, D.T.I., Bloomington, IL, D.T.I. (2006)
Combat Handgun, Rifle, Tactical Training Course; D.T.I., Rochester, IN ( 2006, 2007, 2008)
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Rick A. Pere
413 West Park Avenue,
Round Lake, Illinois 60073
Telephone: 224-627-6928
E-Mail: perereick1@yahoo.com
WEBSITE: Littlewolf.mysite.com
At McHenry Martial Arts all of our Martial Arts instruction is reality based. Whether you're interested in: Commando Krav Maga, Reality based street defense, Women's self-defense, Children's Self-Defense,
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OUR TRAINING STYLE
We are here to teach you how to defend and survive an attack. For adult
classes we wnat you to be confident you can ward off or defend in an
attack. We are not here to teach you how to stretch, do forms or
compete for trophies. We want you to be safe, well educated and as
skilled as possible so you can survive, or better yet avoid an attack.
If you are a Police or Security Officer, we want you to be confident
that you can take down, control, and handcuff an assailant while causing
little or no injury to yourself or them.We offer seminars and 1 day classes specificly geared for this type of work.
I will not kid you, expect to have contact. It is impossible for
anyone to truly understand the implications of what they are learning
without having the techniques done to themselves. We pride ourselves in
creating scenarios and conditions that are as realistic as possible
without causing students injury, so that they can learn hands on and
experience what it is like when the "Bad Guy" fights back. You cannot
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Keep in mind that the Women's and Children's classes
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