JIM WAGNER'S COUNTERTERRORISM TRAINING & EXPERIENCE
It is said that A picture is worth a thousand words. Therefore, to help you better understand and appreciate Jim Wagner's extensive counterterrorism career (since you and your child, or children, will need some of the techniques, tactics, and training methods that he knows and teaches) here are just a few photos to help you decide if he is worth the money and time to be your instructor.
BALERIC LIBERATION ARMY
Jim's SWAT team authorized him to form and train a "terrorist cell" in 1990, eleven years before 9-11, to be an Opposing Force (OPFOR) for SWAT training.
PREPARING FOR A CAREER
Years before Jim was a counterterrorist agent, he was teaching counterterrorism courses, like to these U.S. Border Patrol SWAT agents on a Gas & Oil Platform.
U.S. MARINE FAST SHIP ASSAULT
Jim ran his students here, of the U.S. Marines Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team (FAST), through realistic counterterrorism scenarios on a ship.
TRAIN ASSAULT
Jim's FBI, US Army, and various law enforcement agencies students, run through a train assault scenario that he set up for them after teaching techniques.
AIRCRAFT ASSAULT
The U.S. Air Force 21st Security Forces at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado had Jim teach Aircraft Assault to their personnel three months after 9-11.
COUNTERTERRORISM SCHOOL
Jim (right) at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in New Mexico on a live-fire range training to be a U.S. federal counterterrorist agent.
HOSTAGES IN FRANCE
Jim had a chance to teach his Terrorism Survival in France, and jump in on training as an observer when French commandos taught their portion of the training.
TRAINING OTHER CT UNITS
The German Military Police School sent all of their instructors, for years, to several of Jim's courses, including his original Terrorism Survival course.