Ralph Iannelli
Ralph Ianelli
Owner/operator
FULL BIOGRAPHY
Ralph has been passionate about firearms from his youth, and has been hunting and honing his long-range, bolt-action rifle skills ever since.
Since then, he has dedicated himself to learning as much as possible about the field and has sought out the best and brightest in regards to firearms training, tactics, and developing into a responsible United States citizen. As civilians, not soldiers, the rules, tactics, and knowledge needed to survive in a civilian society vary greatly. As such his strategy remains to impress upon his students this mindset.
He has been fortunate enough to train with some legends in this game
Field Craft Survival 2024-Present
Contracted instructor classes taught
Basic Pistol
Basic Carbine
Defensive Pistol
Defensive Carbine
Performance Pistol
Performance Carbine
Failed State Research 2020-2024
Owner / Head Instructor
- Head Instructor 2022 to Current
- AI instructor: 2020-2022
Lineage Defense 2018-2021
Instructor “contracted”
Risen Warrior 2018-2019
Instructor “contracted”
CivTac Industry’s 2017-2018
Owner / Head instructor
Santa Barbara Police Department
Job - Assistant Range Master 2005-2010
“ Worked under Head Range Master Gary Kerwood “
School
Bachelors degree in Criminal justice
California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks CA (2005-2010)
Certifications and Training Classes
Santa Barbara Police Department Swat training
- Dynamic Entry Mechanical Breach ballistic breach, 2016 & 2017 “RSO capacity only”
- Force on Force santa barbara police department
2016 & 2017
Trevor Huton TL for Santa Maria SWAT - 2 day Post Pistol course 2018
- 2 day Patrol Carbine post course 2018 & 2019
Christopher Gotschall “at the time of this class he was Head of SBSO training”
- 2 day Post pistol course 2018
CTT Solutions
- 2 day LEO pistol Instructor Course 2018
- Certified Instructor 2 day LEO pistol Instructor course 2019
John Henry Martin 18 Delta/zulu
- MARCH class 2021 & 2022 & 2023
- TCCC class 2021 & 2022 & 2023
- Tac-Med Class 2022 & 2023
Beyond his work with these true Patriots, without which he would not be where he is today, Ralph has also been involved in contract security work for over a decade , and is a graduate of the American Gunsmithing Institute (AGI).