Eric grew up around hard work and the idea that your results are on you. Nobody at his house had to lecture him about discipline or self-reliance. That was just how things got done. When he looked at the Marine Corps, he wasn't after a paycheck. He wanted to find out what he could really do when the standard was high and there was no room to be sloppy.
He started in the infantry and worked his way into the Scout Sniper and Force Reconnaissance communities. Small teams, hard terrain, and missions where the small stuff is what gets you home or doesn't. The longer he was in, the more he leaned toward long-range precision, observation, and the patient problem-solving that sniping really is. He earned his spot in the sniper platoon the hard way. More time behind the gun, more time buried in ballistics, and more time drilling the fundamentals most guys are happy to skip.
By the time he got to sniper school it wasn't a box to check. He already had real time on glass and behind the rifle, so he used the course to sharpen what he was already doing instead of learning it from scratch. That's still how he works. Every school and every range day stacks on top of a foundation he already trusts.
Eric deployed on multiple combat tours and overseas rotations, working as a Scout Sniper and in several leadership roles. Dense city blocks, open rural country, steep mountains. He planned and ran reconnaissance and precision-engagement missions, worked sniper support into raids and personnel-recovery operations, and trained right next to other special operations units, law enforcement, and federal partners.
He didn't just pull a trigger. He led, and he taught. His command handed him the close-quarters tactics, the advanced sniper employment, and the high-risk training events, the stuff where a mistake costs you. He helped hundreds of Marines and students walk away with real skill instead of a certificate. Eric retired from the Marine Corps in February 2025 after 22 years, and he hasn't drifted away from it. He's still training and consulting in the precision world.
How He Teaches
Eric keeps it simple. Start with the fundamentals that actually matter: position, bone support, muscle relaxation, natural point of aim, and a clean trigger press. Once you can repeat the basics on demand, he layers in external ballistics, reading conditions, and the realities of what your cartridge is really doing downrange. He works you from positions you'll actually use, like barricades, alternates, and field setups, not just a clean bench. And he builds self-spotting and honest feedback into all of it, so you can call your own misses and keep getting better after the class is over.
These days Eric stays on long-range precision and practical rifle work. He runs the cartridges and platforms he learned to trust the hard way, precision bolt guns and well-built gas guns, not whatever the internet is hyping this month. He genuinely nerds out on external ballistics and cartridge selection, and you'll feel that in his classes. He wants you to know why your bullet does what it does, not just read a number off a card and hope.
He's just as comfortable with experienced competitors as he is with newer shooters who are serious about getting better. He'll give it to you straight and expect you to put in the work, but he'll also hand you the tools to make that work pay off. He isn't teaching to impress anybody. He's teaching so you can run the gun on your own, whether that's a mission, a match, or a hunt.
Train with Eric
If you want to understand the why behind every round instead of just running drills, Eric's your guy. Check the schedule to see when he's on deck.