Marksmanship

in application,

not in isolation.

About Mike

founder/Head instructor

Mike Pannone is a former operational member of U.S. Marine Reconnaissance, Army Special Forces (Green Beret) and 1st SFOD-D (Delta Force) as well as a competition USPSA pistol shooter holding a Master class ranking in Limited, Limited-10 and Production divisions. He has participated in stabilization, combat and high-risk protection operations in support of U.S. policies throughout the world as both an active duty military member, and a civilian contractor.

Specifically, in conduct of his duties as both a Special Operations soldier and a high-risk contractor, he has carried a handgun, trained others in the use of a handgun, and carried one as part of force protection and or combat operations.

The following countries he has carried a handgun as force protection and/or for combat operations or high-risk protection operations.

·        Papua New Guinea - force protection due to extraordinarily high crime rates and lawlessness

·        Haiti – during operations in Port Au Prince and while conducting training with Nepalese Contingent to MNF

·        Direct Action operations with 1st SFOD-D (Delta Force)

·        Bosnia/Croatia/Srpska/Serbia as part of the formal protection detail for Gen Meigs, COM/SFOR in Bosnia

·        High Risk protection Iraq

·        Combat operations Iraq

·        Training and force protection in Kuwait

 Mike has conducted dedicated instructor development training for and with but not limited to the following organizations:

·        Created and implemented pistol training curriculum for the Federal Air Marshal Service as the head range instructor at the school in Atlantic City

·        Created and implemented pistol training curriculum for the Seattle Field Office as the head in-service instructor.

·        Created and implemented pistol, rifle and tactics curriculum for the Asymmetric Warfare Group, taught to every element of the 82nd Airborne Division prior to their deployment on the IZ surge in 2007.

·        US Army 82nd Airborne Division 1/325 PIR

·        USMC- 1st and 3rd SOTG, Marine Security Forces (pistol and rifle)

·        US Navy Special Warfare (pistol and rifle)

·        US Navy EOD (pistol and rifle)

·        US Secret Service (pistol and rifle)

·        Federal Bureau of Investigations (vehicle tactics, pistol and rifle)

·        US Drug Enforcement Agency (vehicle tactics, pistol and rifle)

·        LA Sheriff’s Department (pistol and rifle)

·        Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department (pistol and rifle)

·        Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department (CQB, pistol and rifle)

·        Riverside Sheriff’s Department (pistol and rifle)

·        Kuwaiti Special Forces Special Police (urban tactics, pistol and rifle)

About Pat

Co-instructor and chief Operating officer - Ctt Solutions west

Patrick Dougherty is an active Police Sergeant with 21 years of service with the Long Beach Police Department. He is currently a swat team leader, and range master. Prior to joining the department, he served six years active duty as a Marine infantryman.

Patrick is currently a swat sergeant and team leader, with 16 years of experience as a sniper, entry team member, explosive breacher, and EMT.  He has numerous POST certifications, and real-world experience in patrol, swat, and plain clothes operations. He has conducted hundreds of swat missions including dignitary protection, ship boarding/water operations, high-risk warrant service, hostage rescue, and fugitive apprehension.

He brings a vast knowledge on current law enforcement procedure in relation to field operations, tactics, and training.    

Mission statement

"Cutting-edge Technical and Tactical Solutions for a dangerous world.” CTT Solutions provides the highest level of firearms and tactical training, related program construction and technical consulting available.

CTT Solutions’ difference:

Applicable skills to move and shoot aggressively using principle-based, experience-driven techniques of marksmanship in application not individual techniques in isolation. We believe in focused, principle-based training in your firearms journey so that you can use it to perpetuate your personal, individual training long after the course is over. Our classes are purposely smaller to ensure more instructor interaction facilitating greater personal feedback, less down time and a more valuable experience. All training is designed to meet and exceed industry standards and client expectations on a client driven custom basis.

Testimonials

“Mike Pannone's Performance Carry course stands as an example of Occam's Razor applied to curriculum development and delivery. Rather than focusing on the minutiae of equipment and technique, Mike utilizes a platform-agnostic, principle-based approach devoid of flash and jargon to deliver immediately implementable instruction with minimal verbiage.

Mike pushes himself and his students very hard with challenging courses of fire, realistic-sized targets, and par times demanding economy of motion. Mike has the unique ability to scale the difficulty of any drill to match the skill of the student in order to reduce both the masturbatory boredom common in courses with large targets and high round counts, as well as the frustration experienced by newer shooters who experience rapid task saturation.

Mike's diverse experiential background informs his perspective on every aspect of the curriculum and makes it immediately relatable to a wide cross-section of students who carry for personal and/or professional reasons.

I highly recommend Performance Carry to students looking for a no-nonsense, principle-based approach to concealed carry where the focus is on efficacy and efficiency rather than war stories and trinkets.

 Thank you both for the excellent class this week, I had a great time and processed some phenomenal takeaways that will enhance both my instructional capability and my personal training time.”

-Sean xxxxx