My name is Kent Hower.  I am the chief instructor here at Green Mountain Defense.  I have enjoyed my path as a perpetual student of firearms and defensive concepts.  Like most red blooded American males, I came to the shooting sports with the assumption that my heritage naturally endowed upon me a higher than average level of shooting skill.  After all my father taught me and he couldn't possibly be wrong. I spent the next 10 years or more learning just how flawed that initial assumption was.  I have had the privilege of training with some amazing instructors and mentors.  Below is a list of some of the training I have partaken in and the credentials I have been humbled to build.  For transparency and total clarity I am not military or law enforcement.  I am not a world champion shooter (though I do compete).  I am an every day citizen who has leveraged sales, communication, adult education, and presentation skills into the ability to convey firearms concepts to the average citizen.  

Sonoran Desert Institute- Associate's Of Science in Firearms Technology 
Rangemaster Certified Instructor
National Rifle Association- Certified Pistol Instructor 
National Rifle Association- Certified Rifle Instructor
International Defensive Pistol Association- Certified Safety Officer 
Sig Sauer Academy- Multiple Classes Completed 
Modern Samurai Project- Multiple Classes Completed 
Tim Herron Shooting Practical Practical Performance Alumni
Amtac Shooting Bill Rapier Alumni 
Vigr Training- Multiple Classes Completed 
Handgun Combatives- Multiple Classes Completed 
Tactical Response- Fighting Pistol Alumni

Instructor Insurance provided by Outdoor Insurance Group 

For additional questions or to discuss my background in further detail please feel free to reach out kent@greenmountaindefense.com