Our Instructors

Chief Instructor David Nash

David is a former U.S. Marine Corps noncommissioned officer, correctional supervisor and firearms instructor for the Tennessee Department of Correction. He is presently employed as a Fixed Nuclear Facilities Emergency Management Planner II for the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency. When not teaching first responders how to protect citizens against radiological emergencies, David teaches the next batch of criminal justice profesionals as an Adjunct Criminal Justice instructor for Kaplan Career Institute's Nashville Campus. At Kaplan, he is the faculty advisor Kaplan's chapter of the American Criminal Justice Association's honor society Lambda Alpha Epsilon, their pistol team coach, and their XVT Firearm Simulator operator.

David's pistol team just won first place in the professional pistol team division of the American Criminal Justice Association's Region 5 conference. David won first place in the profesional division, and he had a member place third in the lower collegete division.0

David an alumni of Jacksonville State University where he earned a BS in Emergency Management with a minor in Homeland Security.

David has been a member of the firearm community all his adult life. He is an NRA member, training counselor, and recruiter. Among David's many licenses are Tennessee Handgun Carry Permit Instructor, Tennessee Certified Security Guard Trainer, Utah Concealed Firearm Instructor, North Dakota Concealed Weapon Test Administrator, OCAT Pepper Spray Instructor, and Monadnock Advanced Baton Instructor.

He is also a member of the International Defensive Pistol Association, International Association of Law Enforcement Firearm Instructors, International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainer's Association, and the Oath Keepers.

He has completed numerous additional courses though the Department of Homeland Security in such subjects as: Emergency Management, Response to Terrorist Attacks, Hazardous Materials, Radiological Response, and Critical Incident Stress.

David is a state certified Hazardous Material Technician, and has completed many courses in the area of WMD and Terrorism response.

He also has an active membership in the Emergency Management Association of Tennessee, and has recently recieved their highest certification, Emergency Management Professional.