ProTEQ Firearms Academy
ProTEQ
Firearms
Academy
About The Owner - Don B......the Old Man At the Range
First - I'm OLD enough to know better and young enough to keep TRYING!
I've worn many hats in lots of different jobs spread over countless locations. I am blessed to have survived a long life working at, for, and with
what I love; God, Family, & Country. I've been shooting weapons for over 60 years. I've trained and studied almost as long. I've been a
Firearms Instructor for more than 50 years. I've designed, built, and operated firearms ranges my entire adult life. I've taught Law Enforcement,
Military, and Civilians from 5 years young to 89 years old. I and the other ProTEQ Master Instructors have developed and refined efficient and
effective methods of firearms instruction based on both proprietary and shared concepts. Our students quickly learn and easily retain the
information and skills necessary to safely and accurately operate their chosen firearm.
I am conservative, Christian, & married with grown children. I strongly believe in the original intent of the Declaration of Independence, Articles of
Confederation & Perpetual Union, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Those magnificent documents were primarily designed to LIMIT the
Central Government not burden free individuals. The ORIGINAL INTENT of those documents is simple, clear, and fully explained in the writings
of our forefathers. The 250+ men - who penned those papers, signed them into existence, and sacrificed all they had to establish this Nation - are
Giants among the history of mankind. Those same men are the true and accurate experts in understanding the source of our Nation and the
meaning of of our founding documents. Study US history directly from the Founding Fathers and learn the truth about our Nations Birth.
Those original writings prove that the entire process of discovering, establishing, growing, and defending this great nation was initiated, guided, and
completed by the hand of God through the use of His faithful Christian servants. My rights to LIFE, LIBERTY, and the PURSUIT of Happiness
come from the ONE and Only true Creator of ALL - Father God. All my power, strength, knowledge, and very essence come from
God my Father , God my Savior (Jesus) , and God (my companion) the Holy Ghost . There is NO OTHER GOD.
If you desire the best training available at an affordable cost then ProTEQ is the place to go and Our Staff the Instructors to follow.
- Learn and Practice to be --- The LAST One Standing!
About Steve---->
In Loving Memory of my Marvelous Son who Died in my arms on 11/16/24.
He was the reason I built ProTEQ and my hope for it's future after I passed.
I pray I can survive long enough to pass it to one of his children.
Steve grew up on the ProTEQ Gun Range. He fired his first shot at age 2 as
part of a safety lesson resulting from him finding one of my guns. We began his
formal training at age 4 and I had him teaching my youngest students by age 9.
He has been a Range Officer and Firearms Instructor ever since now having
taught thousands of students in the past 28 years. Steve has been
competing in USPSA, IDPA, GSSF, 3 Gun Matches, Bowling Pin Competitions
Concealed Carry events, ERL, and NRL-22 matches since age 13. He was
1st place in service rifle at the 2006 ISRPA High Power State Championship held
at Camp Atterbury. He was on the Rose Hulman rifle team from 2005 to 2008,
Graduating in 2009 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
He worked 5 years as a Design and Test Engineer at Knight's Armament Company
assisting with several advances in the weaponry of our US Special Forces,
Navy Seals, etc, as well as spearheading the development of state-of-the-art
measurement methods of weapon recoil, flash suppression, sound suppression,
target acquisition, etc. Steve also taught in Titusville, FL as a weapons instructor
with Individual Security Solutions, US (ISSUS) teaching students from the ground
up, focusing on practical training for the civilian, covering all the fundamentals
and advancing all the way to intense low-light force-on-force UTM training,
putting students through home-invasion scenarios, car jackings, robberies,
active shooter scenarios, and more. The Main Principle he taught being...
"In a dangerous situation; your mind is your weapon, check your six, and survive."
Steve worked another 5 years as a Research & Development Engineer for FN,
one of the worlds oldest and largest firearms companies supplying both military
and civilian weaponry worldwide. While in Columbia, SC he taught firearms as a
satellite branch of ProTEQ. He also expended his own engineering and holster
manufacturing business - ProTEQ Custom Gear.
Steve now lives here on the ProTEQ Ranch running his Custom Engineering
business and serving as General Manager of ProTEQ Firearms Academy. He
also heads up "Forward Operating Church". A ministry where we teach Church
Safety and Threat Response to those congregations interested in protecting the
flock. He also created a Christian men's group called 'Armored Up". They focus
on studying God's WORD and shining his light to the world. Stephen is a strong
and kind man of God raising his two small children with his ex-wife Sarah. They
divorced in 2018, but still focused intently on their daughter and son.
