INSTRUCTOR

Filmer “Cazz” Casteneda

Tactical Instructor

A highly regarded tactics and firearms instructor, Cazz was formerly a staff instructor at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) where he trained a variety of international special operations units and U.S. Embassy-Amman response force personnel. Served 12 years in the U.S. Marine Corps and was the Detachment Commander, 2nd FORECON, Maritime Special Purpose Raid Force.

Cazz served 12 years in the U.S. Marine Corps and was the Detachment Commander, 2nd FORECON, Maritime Special Purpose Raid Force during Operation Restore and Continued Hope in Somalia. Following his honorable service, he became a training lieutenant for a nuclear site preparing armed responders to defeat acts against radiological sabotage and later joined the ranks of the Federal Air Marshals.

During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Cazz performed high-risk dignitary protection for U.S. and Foreign Diplomats. He also trained Free Iraqi Fighters (FIF) in Baghdad, and Kurdish (Peshmerga) militia in Northern Iraq to augment perimeter defenses and Counter Assault Team members. He has trained countless international security personnel in support of the U.S. Department of State and Department of Defense. Additionally, he was responsible for tactical and technical methodologies and mentorship to prospective firearm and tactics instructors for US State Department certification.

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