STAFF WRITER
AUTO- BIOGRAPHIES
MICHAEL HAUGEN - 
Michael Haugen grew up in North Dakota until joining the US Army in
1978. Michael spent over 26 years in the Army the last 17 of which were
in Special Forces. He has attended over 22 military schools and has been at
stationed Ft Bragg, Ft Lewis and Okinawa Japan. Prior to his retirement
Michael ran all of the advanced combative skills training for the 1st
Special Forces Group (Airborne) which included unit research and
development, sniper and urban combat courses. Michael currently lives in
Washington state with his family and remains active in the sniping and
special operations communities.
JOHN SCARBROUGH,
II - 
John Scarbrough II joined active duty with the Marine Corps in 96 until 2000.
During that time he spent 3 ½ years with a sniper platoon and held such positions as
Team Radio Operator, Assistant Team Leader, Team Leader and was the also
Platoon Gear NCO. He joined the Marine Corps Reserves in 2000 and is currently
an E-6 acting as a Platoon Sgt in a Sniper Platoon. In March of 2003 his unit got activated in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
and was activated for 8 months. During that time he spent 4 months in Iraq as a Sniper Team Leader.
He has also held positions as a Squad Leader of an Infantry Platoon from 2000-2001.
John is an instructor for TEES, Tactical Response (head precision rifle instr.), NRA, and others.....
He started doing high threat PSD work as a contractor in Iraq
in 2004 and is now on his third contract.
Mr. Scarbrough has attended over 38 combative schools to include:
School of infantry (0311, Rifleman), USMC, 1996
Squad leaders course, USMC, 1998
2nd Marine Division Scout Sniper School (8541), USMC, 1998
SOTG Urban Sniper Course, USMC, 1999
Scout Sniper Advanced Course, USMC, 2004
Scout Sniper Platoon Commanders Course, USMC, 2004
Mountain Scout Sniper Course, USMC, 2004
KEVIN MUSSACK - 
Kevin R. Mussack is a fifty-two year old business executive
who lives in
Upstate New York.
Kevin holds degrees in Natural Resources Conservation, Mechanical
Engineering and Organizational Management.
Mr. Mussack enlisted in the United States Army in 1975 and was
discharged
from the USAR in 1994 with the rank of Major (Infantry). His service
included the regular Army, Army National Guard and the Army Reserve.
As a civilian he has completed the following tactical/firearms training:
Long Range Rifle I, Storm Mountain Training Center, 9/99
Basic Long Range Rifle Marksmanship, Badlands Training Facility, 3/00
Long Range Rifle II, Storm Mountain Training Center, 5/00
Basic Long Range Rifle Marksmanship, Badlands Training Facility, 3/01
Police Sniper School, Operational Tactics Inc., 8/01
SWAT/Sniper Symposium, Operational Tactics, Inc., 1/02
Sniper II, Coastal Carolina Community College, 3/02
SWAT/Sniper Symposium, Operational Tactics, Inc., 1/03
Sniper Training Seminar, Badlands Training Facility, 6/03
SWAT/Sniper Symposium, Operational Tactics, Inc., 1/04
Handgun Combat Master Course, American Small Arms Academy, 8/04
Advanced Sniper School, Operational Tactics, Inc., 9/04
Sniper Instructor Certification, Operational Tactics, Inc., 9/04
SWAT/Sniper Symposium, Operational Tactics, Inc., 1/06
He regularly competes in sniper competitions across the country.
He is a private pilot and a motorcycle enthusiast.
MIKE MILLER -
Retired after 25 years police work. Tactical Team Sergeant. Specialties are sniping, and Close Quarters/Entry work.
Law Enforcement Experience:
Worked as a Sniper, Sniper Instructor, Entry Man, and Team Leader
Over fifteen years as firearms and tactics instructor, working with various
pistol, submachine guns, shotgun, carbines, impact and sniper systems.
Department Armorer with pistol, rifle and shotguns.
Seven years experience as a Detective/Detective Sergeant. Investigated Homicide
and Sex Crimes. Worked four years, under cover felony investigations, as plain
clothes officer.
Certificates:
POST (CA. Police Officer Standards and Training) certificates in:
Police Supervision, Middle Management
FBI SWAT Basic x Advanced
FBI Sniper Basic x Advanced
Impact Weapons Instructor/Instructor Trainer
High Speed and Defensive Driving Instructor
Firearms (Rifle, pistol and shotgun) Instructor
Sig, Armalite in AR15 M16, Remington 700 and 870 Armorer
Various small arms schools in sniping and small arms
Basic, intermediate and advanced scuba diving.
Steele/ITG Graduate
Additional Experience:
Guest Instructor USMC Scout/Sniper School Camp Pendleton CA and US Army National
Guard Snipers, Camp Roberts, Ca.
Owner Tactical Intervention Specialists. A Company that makes sniper related products, used by many military and police units around the free world.
Competitive shooter with many top ten finishes in national and international events.
Mr. Miller is the owner of Tactical Intervention slings;
John Boyette is a nine year combat veteran
of the U.S. Army with
deployments from two peace keeping missions and one deployment on the
G.W.O.T. During his deployment in Iraq john started to develop an interest
in Sniper operations and Sniper tactics. Upon John’s return from OIF-I;
he
started to shoot competitively in long range tactical matches across the
southeastern part of the country and still competes in sniper competitions
regularly. Some of the classes John has attended are:
U.S. Army A.M.U. Squad Designated Marksman Instructor Course
Jan 05
Bi-monthly Sniper training with an law enforcment department 04-05
U.S. Army Jump Master School Nov 2002
82nd Airborne Div. M.O.U.T. Platoon level Instructor cert Nov 2000
82nd Airborne Div. Crew Served Machinegun Leaders Course Sept 98
U.S. Army Javelin Anti-Tank School May 97
U.S. Army Airborne School Mar-97
U.S. Army Basic training and Infantry School Nov 96- Mar 97
Tony Gimmellie was born in Cleveland
Ohio in 1972. 
He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1991 – 2001.
During his time in the Corps Tony served in two Scout Sniper Platoons, 3/2 STA and 3/6 STA.
While with both Platoons he served as the Chief Scout and also as the Platoon Sergeant.
Tony also served with FAST Co. 3rd Platoon. (Fleet Anti Terrorism Security Teams).
While with FAST Co. Tony was selected by name to become an Instructor at the Close Quarters Battle School- (CQB) for the Marine Corps Security Force Training Battalion.
While there Tony instructed room clearing, Hostage Rescue, Explosive and Mechanical Breaching Techniques, and the Employment of Snipers and Designated Marksmen in support of CQB operations.
Tony has attended over 32 schools.
Most of his training and schooling stems from his time in the military and with his current occupation as a Officer in the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division where he works as a member of the Vehicle Inspection Teams and as a Magnetometer Advance Officer for Presidential and Foreign Dignitary Protection details.
Some of his most notable training is as follows: Scout Sniper Basic Course Scout Sniper Advanced Course Mountain Scout Sniper Course CQB Course CQB Instructor Course HRP – High Risk Personnel Course FBI Firearms Instructor Course Basic Airborne School UK Explosive Search School Recon and Surveillance Course (SOTG) Bill Rodgers Shooting Course (Pistol, Sub gun, & Shotgun) FLETC – Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Secret Service Academy in Beltsville, MD
Tony has served on multiple weapon and optics test projects for the Military and currently enjoys competing in a variety of shooting sports, testing and evaluating weapons, gear and equipment along with writing in his free time.