Meet our Team
Highly trained and effective instructors
Rob Orgel
Chief Instructor, Owner
Rob Orgel has been teaching all levels of firearm training for many years. A Marine for 10 years, followed by several contractor deployments at the American Embassy in Baghdad as Primary Instructor, Rob now focuses on private and small group ...
Michael Pena
Instructor
Michael Pena, an FBI Special Agent, has an emphasis on Counterterrorism and Operational Medicine. Mike has been involved in EMS for 20 years as an educator, practitioner, and Critical Care Flight Rescue Paramedic. Mike also spent three years ...
Tracy Lamar
Instructor
Tracy Lamar served in the United States Air Force from 2005 to 2010 as a Security Forces Journeyman. After her term of service, she transitioned into federal service as an Air Provost Marshal for an additional year and a half. In 2011 ...
Brian Lott
Instructor
Brian Lott enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserves in 1995, completing Basic Combat Training during the summer between his junior and senior year of high school. He enlisted into Active Duty upon graduation and served for 22 years ...
Desiree Hendle
Executive Assistant
Desiree was born and raised in Northern Illinois. She graduated with honors in 2008 from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration & a special focus in Marketing. Desiree, her husband, & young son moved to Arizona in 2017 and are here to stay.
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Rob Orgel
Chief Instructor of ER Tactical
Summary
Rob now focuses on private and small group instruction using his own, highly specialized course of study. His students praise his ability to challenge each one to make vast improvements based on his step-by-step, skill acquiring progressions and his extreme knowledge base. He leads his students in a logical path towards greater awareness and performance no matter what level. And he makes it FUN!
Rob joined the USMC in October of 2004 with a military occupational specialty of 0311 (Infantry Rifleman). Assigned to 3rd Bn 1st Marines, Rob participated in a deployment to Iraq (OIF-3) as a point man followed by an assignment as Team Leader for the 13th MEU Special Operations Capable to Iraq (OIF-6). In October 2007, he joined 1st Marine Regiment and reenlisted to deploy to Afghanistan. On January 1, 2010, Rob was promoted to the rank of Sergeant and continued to serve 1st Marine Regiment for a year-long deployment in Afghanistan.
On return from Afghanistan, Rob was assigned to School Of Infantry West to work as a Combat Instructor (CI) for the USMC. As a CI, he was elevated several times within the instructor teams to a specialized group to review instructors and the methods of training. Rob trained thousands of Marines to gain the skills necessary to survive, which included throwing hand grenades, shooting machine guns, and weapon manipulation.
Rob exited the USMC in 2014 and was immediately picked up by Securing our Country (SOC), a contracting agency. This company is very similar to Blackwater and Triple Canopy. As a private military contractor, Rob was responsible for training the specialty teams of operators at the American Embassy in Iraq. He taught various weapon systems such as MK18, M4, Glock19, M110, M249, M240, and more.
Shortly after leaving Contract in 2018, Rob became the Chief Instructor of GPS Defense Sniper School, a sniper school of choice for elite military units, law enforcement, and civilian precision rifle competitors. Rob's first task was to rewrite the course outline and periods of instruction for the sniper school.
Rob now gives 100% of his attention to Emergency Response Tactical as his full-time job and passion.
Certifications held, and schools attended:
- Sig Sauer Sniper school
- Tacflow Advanced rural Sniper school
- O'Gara Training Group Personal Security Specialist course
- O'Gara Training Group Emergency Response Team course
- O'Gara Training Group Basic Field Firearms Officer course
- Formal School Instructor
- Basic Instructor Course
- Marine Corps Combat Marksmanship Coach
- Marine Corps Combat Marksmanship Instructor
- Marine Corps Combat Marksmanship Trainer
- Advanced Combat Tracking Course
- Squad Medic Course
- Combat Live Saver course
- Foreign Weapons Training Course
- Mountain Warfare Training Center
- Non Lethal Weapons Course
Billets Held:
- Point Man, Squad Medic, Radio Operator, Platoon Interpreter (Arabic), BATs Operator, Team Leader, Squad Leader, Combat Instructor
- Billets Held (Contractor)
- Personal Security Specialist (PSS)
- Personal Security Specialist and Firearms Instructor (PSS/FI)
- Integration Training Instructor (ITI)
Michael Pena
Instructor
Michael Pena, an FBI Special Agent, has an emphasis on Counterterrorism and Operational Medicine. Mike has been involved in EMS for 20 years as an educator, practitioner, and Critical Care Flight Rescue Paramedic. Mike also spent three years in Iraq, three years in Afghanistan, and six months in Israel as a high threat security detail medic for various private contract companies.
Mike received his Master’s in Education from ENMU and currently sits as an affiliate faculty for NAEMT, AHA, Phoenix college, and UMBC medical school. As a TCCC faculty member, Mike has been able to create tactical medicine courses with numerous colleges, SWAT teams, private contracting companies, special military operations units, and recently co-instructing a Care Under Fire course with the FBI Academy in Quantico.
Tracy Lamar
Instructor
Tracy served in the United States Air Force from 2005 to 2010 as a Security Forces Journeyman. After her term of service, she transitioned into federal service as an Air Provost Marshal for an additional year and a half. In 2011 she began contracting as a private military contractor and earned her National Registry AEMT certification between contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Throughout her years in service and contracting, she has been a force multiplier by delivering medical and security-related training to her coworkers and other essential personnel.
After 6 years of contracting, Tracy accepted an instructing position with The World Bank Corporate Security Office and The O’gara Training Group. Through these organizations, she has developed and delivered Women’s Security Awareness Training, weapons handling, and security for personnel traveling to high threat theatres.
Brian Lott
Instructor
Brian Lott enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserves in 1995, completing Basic Combat Training during the summer between his junior and senior year of high school. He enlisted into Active Duty upon graduation and served for 22 years until his retirement in December of 2017, having attained the rank of Sergeant First Class. During his military career, Brian served as an Early Warning Systems Operator before reclassifying to Cryptologic Voice Interceptor/Locator.
During his military service, he participated in multiple deployments (Bosnia-1999, Iraq-2006/2007/2009/2010, North Africa-2011), the majority of which he was a member of the Special Operations Community serving as a Special Operations Team-Alpha (SOT-A) team member.
Personal awards include: Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, two Army Achievement Medals, six Army Good Conduct Medals, two Overseas Service Ribbons, Kosovo Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Basic Parachutist Badge, and Combat Action Badge
Billets Held (U.S. Army)
- Early Warning Systems Operator
- Unit Armorer
- Linguist
- SOT-A Team Leader/Weapons Sergeant/Communications Sergeant
- Advanced Signals Intelligence Instructor
- Military Language Instructor
Certifications held and schools attended;
- S. Army Armorer Course
- Combat Lifesaver Course
- NTC OPFOR Course
- Basic Russian Language Course
- Army Airborne Course
- Tactical Combat Casualty Care Course
- NEK Special Operations Advanced Driving Course
- DARC Advanced Urban Combat Course
- DLI Instructor Qualification Course
- NRA Handgun Instructor Certification Course
- NRA Certified Range Safety Officer Course
- USCCA CCW & Home Defense Instructor Certification Course
- Rangemaster Instructor Certification Course
Certifications held and schools attended;
- S. Army Armorer Course
- Combat Lifesaver Course
- NTC OPFOR Course
- Basic Russian Language Course
- Army Airborne Course
- Tactical Combat Casualty Care Course
- NEK Special Operations Advanced Driving Course
- DARC Advanced Urban Combat Course
- DLI Instructor Qualification Course
- NRA Handgun Instructor Certification Course
- NRA Certified Range Safety Officer Course
- USCCA CCW & Home Defense Instructor Certification Course
- Rangemaster Instructor Certification Course
Desiree Hendle
Administraive Assistant
Desiree was born and raised in Northern Illinois. She graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater in 2008 with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration and a special focus in Marketing. In 2017, Desiree, her husband, and young son moved to Arizona and they are here to stay. Desiree enjoys spending time with family and friends, shopping, photography, and traveling.