Maggie is the Founder/Owner and Lead Instructor for Homeland Personal Protection Firearms Training. Her training is geared towards defensive shooting to defend against a potential lethal threat here in our Homeland, USA. As a female firearms instructor teaching the Certification Course for Multi-State Conceal Carry Weapon Permits, Maggie is known in the industry as CCW Maggie. Maggie is a Wife to a very supportive husband of (16) years, a Mom of (2) beautiful children and is a Woman who understands the importance of self-defense as a fundamental right.
In 2009 Maggie began her career by obtaining all the requirements necessary to become a CCW/CFP instructor which were the NRA Instructor ratings. For the initial two years, she offered the CCW/CFP courses with a few fundamental firearms training classes. With a great response from the community and student base following, Maggie taught and invested far more than the requirements necessary to become a NRA Training Counselor. In 2014 Maggie obtained her TC rating and has been teaching the NRA curriculums for students and instructor candidates to become certified.
“There is a big difference in learning how to shoot a gun vs. learning how to use a gun for self-defense”
Not only is self-defense a way of life for Maggie, it is also a passion. Maggie has found, there is much more to being a defense instructor than taking an NRA class, she lives with the philosophy “To be a great instructor, you have to be a great student”. Maggie has always felt she could better serve the community by teaching life-saving skills rather than competition or recreational shooting. Over the past 13 years, Maggie has had a steady diet of defensive education and training and she has offered her training to well over 14,000 students. In delivering the training materials for Multi-State CCW Permits, she feels the Firearms Possession Laws and Self Defense Laws are a critical portion of the courses in addition to the topics of Use of Deadly Force, the Force Continuum, and Criminal & Civil Liability. When you take a training course with Maggie, you will often hear her say “Self-Defense isn’t just a right, it is also a Responsibility” meaning you have the responsibility to yourself to defend and protect yourself as well as having greater responsibility to avoid a confrontation if possible. There is so much more to know about carrying a firearm in public for self-defense than what can be taught in an 8 hour CCW course. Maggie takes training seriously. She has stated, “There are times that I may be the one and only exposure for students to learn to defend themselves” and “Students may attend only one training course for various reasons and I want to deliver the very best information and training possible and I always encourage ongoing skill development and evaluation. In her opinion, taking a CCW Course is important, yet additional Counter Ambush Methodology and developing Automated Learned Responses are critical to your survival and has mastered a training program to support all shooters regardless of experience.
Maggie offers Defensive Firearm Training Courses as a Certified DFC – Defensive Firearms Coach through I.C.E. Training’s DFC Program which is powered by IDS – Intuitive Defensive Shooting. She is currently focused on becoming a Certified IDS Instructor and going through the vetting process to achieve ACTIVE STATUS. Maggie has taken training from several schools and instructors and feels the IDS Program has answered the technical “WHY” questions where other programs failed to. Maggie feels the IDS program is “The Program” that offers a realistic approach to defensive shooting based on science, physics, human performance factors and empirical evidence. Maggie is committed to having her students take away so much more than a plastic card that allows a person to Carry a Concealed Firearm. Her desire is that students develop personal skills through her instruction that may potentially save their lives or the life of a loved one.
Maggie currently offers several different training courses to Civilians, Law Enforcement, Armed Professionals and our Military.
Her most distinguished accomplishment to date was working with and training our great Marines at Camp Pendleton’s Edson Range in CA. Maggie is the first female non-military commissioned Instructor to train at Camp Pendleton making it a Life Changing event to always remember. A sign that the training was a success was when she was invited to bring her programs back to the base.
Maggie Mordaunt “CCW MAGGIE” – Owner Lead Instructor
I.C.E. Training IDS – Intuitive Defensive Shooting Instructor
I.C.E. Training DFC- Defensive Firearms Coach
USCCA Training Counselor
NRA Training Counselor
NRA Certified Instructor
NRA Chief Range Safety Officer
Authorized CCW/CFP Instructor for NV, UT & FL
Bass Pro Shops – Hunter Pro Staff Member
CONTACT
EMAIL: CCWMaggie@aol.com
DIRECT: 702-375-5900
KEN ORTEGA OWNER / LEAD INSTRUCTOR
CREDENTIALS:
Certified and ACTIVE – Intuitive Defensive Shooting Instructor through I.C.E. Training
Certified DFC – Defensive Firearms Coach
Certified USCCA Training Counselor
Certified NRA Instructor (Multiple disciplines)
Authorized CCW/CFP Instructor NV and UT
CHARLES SMITH / LEAD INSTRUCTOR
CREDENTIALS:
Certified – Intuitive Defensive Shooting Instructor through I.C.E. Training
Certified DFC – Defensive Firarms Coach through I.C.E. Training
Certified USCCA Training Counselor
Certified NRA Instructor (Multiple disciplines)
Authorized CCW/CFP Instructor NV and UT
RICHARD BERNARDO
Rich is a 23 year retired veteran of the United States Army. During his tenure in the military, he deployed into Iraq as an Infantryman, served in many leadership positions and retired as an Infantry Senior Sergeant. As a government contractor in diplomatic security, he worked his way up and became a Deputy Operations Manager of Security serving several tours in Afghanistan. Upon returning to the United States, Rich wanted to give back to the community and joined Homeland Personal Protection team as a Lead Defensive Firearms Instructor with an emphasis on personal defense against lethal threats.
Rich is a certified Defensive Firearms Instructor and has conducted both military and civilian training. He regularly participates in training with some of the best instructors from across the United States annually. He is qualified to teach the NV CCW, UT CFP, AZ CCW and holds multiple credentials such as the NRA Instructor – Certified Pistol, NRA Personal Protection In the Home, NRA Personal Protection Outside the Home, and NRA Range Safety Officer certifications. In addition, he is also a certified USCCA Instructor for Concealed Carry and Home Defense Fundamentals and recently completed an Intuitive Defense Shooting Instructor Development course, Active Shooter Response course, Armed Defense Around Vehicle course, and Two Person Armed Defense courses for Personal Defense powered by I.C.E.
Rich is dedicated to educating others and helping them to develop the skills that could potentially save their lives, their loved ones lives or the lives of others.
BRENDA OSBORNE
CREDENTIALS:
Certified – DFC Defensive Firearms Coach through I.C.E. Training
Certified NRA Instructor (Multiple disciplines)
Authorized CCW/CFP Instructor NV and UT
BJ MOORE
CREDENTIALS:
Certified DFC – Defensive Firearms Coach through I.C.E. Training
Certified USCCA CCHDF Instructor
Certified NRA Instructor (Multiple disciplines)
Authorized CCW/CFP Instructor NV and UT
JAY SMITH
CREDENTIALS:
I.C.E. Training Certified DFC – Defensive Firearms Coach
Certified USCCA Training Counselor
Certified NRA Instructor (Multiple disciplines)
Authorized CCW/CFP Instructor NV and UT
ALENN CORRALES
CREDENTIALS:
I.C.E. Training Certified DFC – Defensive Firearms Coach
Certified USCCA Training Counselor
Certified NRA Instructor (Multiple disciplines)
Authorized CCW/CFP Instructor NV and UT
ROBERT RAY
Credentials:
Certified NRA Instructor – Certified Pistol
Certified Bleeding Control Basic Course V. 1.0
Certified FEMA – Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Volunteer
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program educates volunteers about disaster preparedness for the hazards that may occur where they live.
ROBERT AYALA
Bio:
Robert is currently a 22-year veteran of a government contractor currently supporting our nation’s warfighter and national security efforts.
Robert has been affiliated with the HPP family since 2013 and is an Intuitive Defense Shooting course graduate, furthering his HPP journey in IDS, USCCA, and NRA Instructor disciplines. He embodies the philosophy of “every great teacher much first be a great student”. He’s committed as a life-long “professional student” who embraces the “ABL” (Always Be Learning) philosophy in his practices that he can deliver the most relevant and substantive knowledge and skills to improve his personal safety, and that of his family, community, and his fellow citizens.
Robert is an NRA certified pistol instructor and NRA range safety officer. He spent several years as an instructor in the Sabre Tactical Center Axis Relock combat shooting system. He is also a Front Sight Firearms Training Institute Graduate with focus on Defensive Handgun discipline.
He has personally invested in himself with years of time and money to train and certify with national and international experts most notably Tony Blauer (S.P.E.A.R.), Robert Koga (Law Enforcement Officer Safety Tactics – Koga System),
Eyal Yanilov (Krav Maga Global – Israel), and is pursuing competencies in the array of USCCA and IDS disciplines with HPP on his Instructor Development pathway.
He is currently an active Blauer Tactical SPEAR Personal Defense Readiness Trainer under Tony Blauer and SAFE Trainer under Yousef Badou. He is also an active member of the FBI’s Infragard Los Angeles chapter with multiple disciplines that include Active Shooter Mitigation, Workplace Violence Mitigation, School Violence Prevention, Advanced Situational Awareness, Terrorism Recognition Awareness + Prevention, and Open Source Intelligence. He is also an Infragard certified Terrorism and Infrastructure Liaison Officer. He has served on several school site councils advising principals and district student welfare directors on violence awareness, prevention, and intervention.
He is a former EMT/Paramedic spending a culmination of 10 yrs in the field and clinical environments. He more recently attained certification in Tactical Combat Casualty Care and Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support after the October 2017 Route 91 Incident when he was in town and at the Mandalay Bay that very night. In his earlier years, he was employed at a college Public Safety Department eventually attaining the rank of Chief, then subsequently certified as Police Reserve Officer with a large metropolitan Southern California police agency. Although he isn’t currently active in law enforcement or EMS, he still maintains his competencies and has an enthusiastic passion for sharing his skills and knowledge to anyone intent on enhancing and solidifying their safety IQ.
Robert enjoys training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu with his two children (13 and 16) and spending his down time with close friends and his family. His hobbies include meteorology and aviation. He is a National Weather Service Spotter and recently completed fixed wing private pilot and instrument ground school to be eligible to add-on a fixed-wing (airplane) rating to his FAA private pilot rotorcraft (helicopter) license.
