Owner/Founder and Lead Instructor: 

Professional Background

Doy, as the owner/founder, brings decades of experience in military survival instruction, federal law enforcement training, and operational leadership to Sentinel Tactical & Survival. His career spans advanced instructional roles across the Department of Defense and Federal Law Enforcement, with a focus on preparing individuals and teams for high-risk, high-consequence environments.

He retired from the United States Air Force as a Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) Specialist, where he served for more than a decade as an instructor, trainer, supervisor, and training superintendent. During this time, he designed and delivered survival and resistance training to aircrew and special operations forces across multiple environments, including arctic, desert, jungle, and maritime settings.

Following military service, he continued his career as a Federal Law Enforcement Officer and Instructor, serving in both operational and senior instructional roles, including two instructor assignments at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC).

His instructional portfolio includes firearms, counterterrorism, SERE, high angle rescue, tactical rappelling, use of force, active threat response, land navigation, man-tracking, small-unit tactics, search and rescue, ATV/UTV operations, and high-risk field operations.

Instructional & Leadership Experience

• Former Federal Law Enforcement Instructor and Specialist

• Law Enforcement operational experience as:

  • Patrol Officer

  • Field Training Instructor

  • District Supervisor

  • Chief of Law Enforcement Operations

• Instructor and Program Manager for large-scale Military Training Organizations

• Training Superintendent responsible for programs supporting 1,200+ DOD personnel

• Operations Superintendent for a multi-billion dollar Air Force Special Operations Acquisition program

His instructional approach is grounded in adult learning theory, risk management, and performance-based outcomes, informed by real-world operational demands rather than competition or trend-based methods.

Specialized Training & Certifications

• SERE Advanced Training (Arctic, Ocean, Jungle, Desert)
• Military Freefall & Basic Airborne Parachuting
• Sniper, Advanced Sniper, Counter-Sniper, and Sniper Instructor
• Combat Survival Instructor
• Counter-Terrorism Instructor (CRI – Israeli-influenced doctrine)
• Air Education and Training Command (AETC) Instructor
• Protective Security / PSD Training (CRI – Israeli-influenced doctrine)
• Tactical Driving & Vehicle Operations
• Tactical Rappelling/High-Angle Rope Rescue
• Certified CCDW Instructor – Kentucky Department of Justice
• Active Threat / Use of Force Instructor
• Man-Tracking & Backcountry Tactics
• Search & Rescue Operations

Education

• Master’s Degree – Instructional Design & Technology

• Bachelor of Science – Management / Human Resources

• Associate Degrees:

  • Instructor of Technology

  • Search & Rescue

  • Human Resource Management

  • Construction Technology

Training Philosophy

At Sentinel Tactical & Survival, instruction is built on three core principles:

• Responsibility – Training is conducted with a safety-first mindset and respect for the seriousness of defensive skills.

• Competence – Skills are taught to a standard, not a schedule.

• Endurance – Students are prepared not only for the moment of crisis, but for the physical and mental demands that follow.

The goal is not to create shooters or outdoorsmen for sport, but capable, disciplined individuals who can think, decide, and act effectively under stress.