Experience-driven training from former Marine Scout Snipers and competitive shooters.
Instructor Cadre
Scout Sniper veterans and competitive shooters who know how to diagnose what a shooter is doing and teach the fix.
CEO / Chief Executive Officer
Co-founder of The Cadre and a Marine Corps Scout Sniper who taught roughly 350 snipers as a marksmanship instructor at 1st Marine Division Scout Sniper School. PRS Finale champion. Teaches the why behind every technique, not just the how.
COO / Chief Operating Officer
Co-founder of The Cadre and a former USMC urban sniper instructor. Matt runs operations and brings a planner's eye for detail to how every course is built and taught.
CTO / Chief Training Officer
Co-founder of The Cadre, still active duty. A Recon Marine turned Scout Sniper who runs our West Coast courses. Big on process over outcome: trust your fundamentals and the hits will come.
Instructor
Former Recon Sniper Course instructor, now a firefighter and lifelong hunter who serves as The Cadre's safety officer. He'd rather glass a hillside at dawn than run a stage on the clock, and he teaches the way he hunts: slow down, read your conditions, make the first round count.
Instructor
Former Scout Sniper and Wyoming hunting guide with a master's in coaching who has taught long-range shooting for over ten years. Ian coaches the way good coaches do: break the skill down, build it back up, and make it hold up in the field.
Instructor
Former USMC Scout Sniper and team leader who went through Scout Sniper School three times to earn his HOG's tooth. The Cadre's small-arms specialist, now contracting overseas in the security industry.
Director of Special Projects
Former U.S. Marine with 13 years of service and a Purple Heart from the Second Battle of Fallujah. From teaching firearms and tactics at Academi to running the Marine Corps' autonomous target systems, Beau's whole career has come down to making the shooter next to him better.
Instructor
Active-duty Recon Marine who helped build the Recon Sniper Course from scratch. Bought his first bolt gun off a Marine buddy at 29 Palms and took top sniper at his first match. One of the few Cadre instructors still on active duty.
Instructor
Retired Marine Scout Sniper team leader and breacher with 22 years of service across the Scout Sniper and Force Reconnaissance communities, including time as a First Sergeant at MARSOC. Hard-earned operational experience, real fieldcraft, and a focus on developing the shooters he trains.