The Christian Soldier Self-Defense System, Security Operations, Missionary Operations, Wilderness Survival, and Urban Survival training courses that are available here on this website to Christians in an increasingly violent world, could have only come about by God's guiding of Jim Wagner's unique training and experience in the tactical world "for such a time as this." Most people who join the military, or become a law enforcement officer, remain in one organization their entire career, and that's because it takes a lot of years to gain seniority and rise up through the ranks. Few people are willing to risk giving up that security blanket. Yet, some "Type A" personalities do manage to work for two tactical organizations until they retire, such as going from the military and into law enforcement or going from a local law enfocement department to becoming a federal agent. Serving in three or more tactical organizations in a lifetime is practically unheard of, but Jim Wagner did just that. Not three, but 12 different tactical organizations. Through opportunities, personal decisions, resignations, and even being forced out of a few organizations by some evil men, God allowed Jim Wagner to be at places that he needed to be at, to obtain the many skills that he needed to have, to be able to teach God's people the full tactical spectrum. This path, that could have never been planned, included be an American Soldier, twice in his life, (combat communications, Military Police, Security Forces, Special Reaction Team, and instructor), a pilot with the U.S. Auxillary Air Force, a corrections officer (to learn the criminal mind by being locked up with them and develop reality-based self-defense from those survival experiences), a municipal police officer (dealing with every type of crime under the sun), a SWAT officer (being crossed trained in every element - Command & Control, Intelligence, Logistics, Crisis Negotiations, Entry, and Scout/Sniper), a county deputy sheriff (search & rescue, patrol supervisor, and dignitary protection), a U.S. federal counterterrorist agent (during the Global War on Terrorism), a private security officer (for a few Fortune 500 companies), a bodyguard (for Hollywood celebrities, retired military generals, and Christian leaders and musicians), an armed church security officer (two decades before most churches saw a need security teams), and an instructor in 20 countries (teaching foreign military units, law enforcement agencies, private security companies, and civilian martial arts instructors because his articles and videos with Black Belt Magazine, Budo Magazine, and other self-defense publications started the "reality-based" movement). Such a background seems to be impossible for one person to have. But, you don't have to take our word for it. Just Google "Jim Wagner" and you'll find plenty of articles, videos, news reports, and products from around the world confirming Jim Wagner's service and influence on the civilian martial arts. And yes, you'll even find plenty of lies and character assassination from the wicked if you dig deep enough. The bottom line is that Jim Wagner has techniques, tactics, and training methods to share with you could possibly save your life or the life of someone you care about.

Law Enforcement Agencies, Military Units, Correctional Institutions, And Private Security Companies That Jim Wagner Has Trained at Their Facilities

4th Military Police Battalion, California State Guard, Los Alamitos 1/18 Cavalry Regiment, U.S. Army Reserve, Los Alamitos California 1/185 AR Support Detachment, California State Military Reserve 21st Security Forces Squadron, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado 30th Security Forces Squadron, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California 40th Military Police Company, JFTB, Los Alamitos, California 693rd Quartermaster Company, JFTB, Los Alamitos, California 759th Military Police Battalion, Azusa, CaliforniaAkademie Aegis, Prague, Czech Republic (private security academy) Amtrak Railroad Police, Phoenix, Arizona Ausbildungszentrum Spezielle Operationen, Pfullendorf, Germany (Special Operations Training Center) Blizzard Entertainment, Irvine, California (Blizzard Security) Brigada Militar do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Batalhão de Operações Especias, Porto Alegre, Brazil (Special Operations Battalion of the Military Police of the State of Rio Grande do Sul)British Columbia Sheriff’s Department, Vancouver, Canada Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of the Interior Специално оперативно милиционерско поделение (СОМП), Special Unit for Combating Terrorism, Sofia, BulgariaНационална Служба за Охрана, National Service for Protection, Sofia, Bulgaria Calackamas County Sheriff’s Office, Oregon California Department of Corrections, California Clark County Sheriff’s Department, S.W.A.T., Jefferson, Indiana Communauté Urbaine de Montréal Police, Montréal, Canada Dallas Police Department, S.W.A.T., Dallas, Texas Dignitary Protection Unit, Orange County Sheriff’s Department, California Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), San Diego Office, California Escambia County Sheriff’s Department, S.W.A.T., Pensacola, FloridaGrupo de Operaciones Especiales (GOE), Polícia de Misiones, Misiones, Argentina (Special Operations Group) Grupo de Ações Táticas Especiais (GATE), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Special Actions and Tactics Group) Grupo Especial de Polícia da Aeronáutica, Batalhão de Infantaria, Comando da Aeronáutica, Quinto Comando Aéreo Regional, Canoas, Brazil (Special Air Police Group, Infantry Battalion, Air Command of the 5th Regional Air Command) Grenzschutzgruppe 9, Sankt Augustin, Germany (GSG9 national counterterrorist team) Grenzschutzschule, Lübeck, Germany (Federal Border Police Academy) Grossmont/Cuyamaca District Police, Community College District, Grossmont, CaliforniaHarbor Police, Unified Port District, Port of San Diego, California Helsinki Police Department, Helsinki, Finland Israel Police Operational Fitness Academy, Havatselet Hasharon, Israel Lakeport Police Department, Lakeport, California Los Angeles Airport Police, Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles Housing Authority, Los Angeles, CaliforniaLondon Metropolitan Police, London, United Kingdom Marine Security Guard Detachment, American Consulate General, Frankfurt, Germany Matsqui Institution, Abbotsford, Canada (prison guards and Emergency Response Team) McCook Police Department, McCook, Nebraska North Miami Beach Police Department, S.W.A.T., North Miami Beach, Florida Oakland Police Department, Oakland, California OE Investigation Services, Zürich, Switzerland (private security) Orange County Sheriff’s Department, Dignitary Protection Unit, California Pensacola Police Department, Pensacola, Florida Polícia Local, Almería, Spain Poliisikoulu,Tampere, Finland (National Finnish Police Academy) Placentia Police Department, Placentia, California Playas de Rosarito Seguridad y Carcel Publica Municipal, Baja California, Mexico (Security and Public Municipal Jail) Politie, Korps landelijke Politiediensten, Leusden, Holland (National Police Force) Politie, Regiopolitie Amsterdam-Amstelland, Holland (Police Training Center) Prime Minister Protection Detail, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ottawa, Canada Quinault Nation Police, Quinault, WashingtonRoyal Dutch Marechaussee, Holland (Schiphol Airport Counterterrorism Police and S.W.A.T. team)Royal Westminster Regiment, Canadian Army Reserve, New Westminster, Canada Security Forces, Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, CaliforniaSecurity Police, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Los Angeles, California Security Police, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington Scout Sniper School, Division Schools, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton Skagit County Sheriff’s Department, Mt. Vernon, Washington Special Anti-Crime Unit of Trinidad & Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago Special Response Team, Housing Authority Police Department, Los Angeles Spezialeinsatzkommandos (SEK-Einsatz), Polizei Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany (Special Deployment Commando) Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department, S.W.A.T., Boston, Massachussettes Tel-Aviv University Sports Club, Tel-Aviv, Israel United States Air Force Auxiliary / Civil Air Patrol, Los Alamitos, California United States Coast Guard, Sector Los Angeles and USCG Cutter Sherman United States Marine Corps, Division Schools, Camp PendletonUnited States Marine Corps, Provost Marshal Office Special Enforcement Branch, Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, and Marine Corps Air Station Yuma) United States Marine Corps Special Operations Training Group (SOTG), Camp Pendleton, CaliforniaUniversité Paris X, Nonterre, France (University of Paris Security)Vancouver Police Department, Vancouver, WashingtonUniversity of Washington Police, WSU, Washington
Another way you can determine the quality of an instructor is when law enforcement agencies, military units, or private security companies send their personnel to the instructor for training when venue is not at their own location.

Law Enforcement Agencies, Military Units, Correctional Institutions, And Private Security Companies That Officially Sent Their Personnel to Jim Wagner for Off Site Training

19th Special Forces Group, Military Intelligence Detachment, Camp Pendleton 184th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, California National Guard 759th Military Police Battalion, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Baldwin Park Police Department, Baldwin Park, California Beverly Hills Police Department, Beverly Hills, California Boston Police Department, Special Operations, Boston, Massachusetts Brea Police Department, S.W.A.T., Brea, California Brinks, Berlin, Germany (Security) Calexico Police Department, Calexico, California California Highway Patrol, Yuma, Arizona Cambridge Health Alliance Police, Boston, Massachusetts Canadian Forces Military Police, British Columbia, CanadaCanadian Pacific Railway Police, British Columbia, Canada Capitol Police Department, Washington, D.C. Carlsbad Police Department, Carlsbad, CaliforniaCentro de Instrução de Guerra na Selva (CIGS), Comando Militar da Amazônia, Amazonas, Brazil (Jungle Warfare School for Military Leaders) Clovis Police Department, Clovis, California Clark County Sheriff’s Department, Washington Coalinga Police Department, Coalinga, California Concord Police Department, Concord, CaliforniaCorrectional Services, Ontario, Canada Crown Point Fire-Rescue, Indiana Delta Police Department, Surrey, CanadaDetention Services, North Las Vegas, Nevada Devon & Cornwall Constabulary (Police), Exeter, United Kingdom Diplomatic Security Service, Department of State, San Diego, California El Centro Police Department, El Centro, Californa Esquimalt City Police Department, British Columbia, Canada Federal Bureau Investigations (FBI), S.W.A.T., Phoenix Office, ArizonaFederal Protection Service, Washington, D.C. Feldjäger (German Military Police) Fire Service, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada Fisheries and Oceans, British Columbia, Canada Flagstaff Police Department, Emergency Special Response Team (E.S.R.T.) Flagstaff, Arizona Fort Worth Police Department, S.W.A.T., Forth Worth, Texas Gabinete Militar Do Governador, Roraima, Brazil (Government Cabinet Office) Golden West College Criminal Justice Training Center, Huntington Beach, California Grupo de Operaciones Especiales II, Sante Fe, Granada, Spain (Spanish Army Special Forces) Grupo de Ações Táticas Especiais (GATE), São Paulo, Brazil (Special Actions and Tactics Group) Grupo de Operações Especiais (GOE), Polícia Civil, São Paulo, Brazil (Special Operations Group) Hawthorne Police Department, Hawthorne, California Hemet Police Department, S.W.A.T., Hemet, California Honolulu Police Department, Special Response TeamHuntington Beach Police Department, S.W.A.T., Huntington Beach, California Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), San Diego, California Infanteriebataillon 13 KP III, Swiss Army, Switzerland (13th Infantry Battalion) Infranterie-Ausbildungszentrum, Walenstadt/St. Luzisteig, Swiss Army, (Infantry Training Center) Justice Institute of British Columbia, Police Academy, Canada Kantonspolizei, Zürich, Switzerland Kern County Sheriff’s Department, Kern County, California Kreispolizeibehöde Siegen – Wittgenstein (District Police), Siegen, Germany La Habra Police Department, S.W.A.T., La Habra, California Lewisville Police Department, Lewisville, Texas Los Angeles County Probation, Los Angeles, California Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, California Madera County Corrections, Madera, California Milpitas Police Department, Milpitas, California Navajo Nation Police, S.W.A.T., Arizona Nebraska State Game & Parks Commission, Nebraska Nebraska State Patrol, Nebraska New Jersey Department of Correction, New Jersey New York State Unified Court System, New York City, New York North Bay Village Police Department, North Bay Village, Florida North Bergen Police Department, North Bergen, New Jersey North Las Vegas Police Department, Nevada Norton Police Department, Kansas Oberlin Police Department, Kansas Offenbach Stadtpolizei (City Police), Offenbach, Germany Oklahoma City Police Department, Oklahoma Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Lexington, Oklahoma Placer County Sheriff’s Department, Placer, California Polismyndigheten i Skåne Länspolismästarens stab Kompetens & utvecklingscentrum, Malmö, Sweden (Skåne County Police Instructor Staff) Polícia Civil, Estado de Santa Catarina, Brazil Polícia Civil Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil Polícia Local, Adra, Spain Polícia Local, Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Polícia Militar, Minas Gerais, Brazil Polícia Militar Santa Catarina, Estado de Santa Catarina, Brazil Polícia Rodoviária Estadual, Espirito Santo, Brazil (Federal Highway Police) Polizia di Stato, Squadra Volante, Ravenna, Italy (State Police Emergency Squad) Pretrial Services Office, United States District Court, Southern District of California Rancho Mission Viejo, Ranch Deputy, Orange County, California Redwillow County Sheriff’s Department, NebraskaReggimento “Nizza Cavalleria” (1st), Italian Army Riverside County Sheriff Department, Riverside, California San Bernardino Fire Department & Fire Prevention, San Bernardino San Diego Police Department, Special Response Team, Prisoner Transportation Unit, and custody officers San Diego Regional Public Safety Training Institute (police academy), San Diego, CaliforniaSan Francisco Police Department, San Francisco, California San Francisco Sheriff’s Department, S.W.A.T., San Francisco, California San Jose Police Department, San Jose, California Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Department, Santa Cruz, California Seattle Police Department, Seattle, Washington Sheriff Coroner Marshal Placer County, Placer, California Snohomish County Sheriff’s Department, Washington Southlake Police Department, Southlake, TexasSouthwestern Community College Police, San Diego, California Spanish Foreign Legion, Viator, Spain Spezialeinsatzkommandos (SEK-Einsatz), Polizei Berlin, Germany (Special Deployment Commando) Tustin Police Department, Tustin, California United Nations Security, New York City, New York United States Border Patrol, San Diego United States Army Reserve Center, El Monte, California United States Attorney’s Office Anti-Terrorism Task Force, Oklahoma City,OklahomaUnited States Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), CaliforniaUnited States Department of Veterans Affairs Police, Los Angeles Field Office United States Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Germany United States Marshals Service Special Operations Group, San Diego and Washington, D.C. Field Offices United States National Park Service, California United States Secret Service, Los Angeles and San Francisco Field Offices University of British Columbia, Campus Security, Vancouver, Canada Vancouver Police Department, Vancouver, Canada Ventura Police Department, Ventura, California Washington State Patrol, King County, WashingtonYorba Linda Police Department, S.W.A.T., Yorba Linda, California

TIER ONE PRINICIPALS THAT JIM WAGNER HAS PROTECTED

Religious Leaders
Ken Blackwell (Family Research Council Senior Fellow) Ben Courson (founder of Hope Generation & author) Franklin Graham (President of Samaritan’s Purse) Jack Hibbs (Calvary Chapel Chino Hills) Dr. David Hocking (Christian radio preacher) Rabbi Joshua Hoffman (CEO of the Academy for Jewish Religion California, author)Greg Laurie (evangelist/author) Jan Markell (Director of Olive Tree Ministries)Naghmeh Panahi (Executive Director TAF Foundation and speaker)Tony Perkins (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom) Chuck Smith (Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa)Amir Tsarfati (Director of Behold Israel, author and speaker)
Music
Steven Curtis Chapman (Christian Singer and song writer) Andy Mineo (Christian hip hop artist, producer, and music executive)Chris Tomlin (Christian singer and songwriter)Crowder (Christian singer songwriter)Danny Goeke (Christian singer and songwriter)Dennis Agajanian (Christian singer and musicianFor King & Country (Christian band)Graham Saber (Christian singer and songwriter)Hollyn (Christian singer and songwriter)Izzy Ray (singer and songwriter)Jeremy Camp (Christian singer and songwriter)Jordin Sparks (singer, songwriter and actress) John Tesh (TV host, pianist)KB (Christian hip hop artist and music executive)Lecrae (Christian hip hop artist, songwriter, and music executive)Lincoln Brewster (Christian musician, singer, and songwriter)Marty Goetz (singer and composer)MercyMe (Christian band)Newsboys (Christian band)Phil Wickham (singer and song writer)Randy Travis (country singer and song writer)Skillet (Christian rock band)TobyMac (Christian hip hop artist, songwriter, and producer) Tupac Shakur (rapper)
Politicians
Ofir Akunis (Israeli Minister of Innovation, Science & Technology) Michele Bachmann (former U.S. Congresswoman) Hecor Barreto (Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration)Sebastian Gorka (Former Deputy Assistant to the President) Jody Hice (former U.S. Congressman) Rosario Marin, (41st Treasurer of the United States)Mike Pompeo (former Director of the CIA and U.S. Secretary of State)Roger Stone (political consultant and lobbyist)
Military
Brigadier General Baldwin (General of the California Army National Guard) Lieutenant General William “Jerry” Boykin (RET.)Lieutenant General Michael Flynn (RET.)
Corporate
Mike Lindell (CEO of My Pillow, Inc. and author) Dr. Sol Lizerbram (President of the Jewish National Fund USA)Russell F. Robinson (CEO of the Jewish National Fund USA)
Law Enforcement
Sheriff Lee Baca (Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department) Sheriff Michael Carona (Orange County Sheriff’s Department)
Justice
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (lawyer and author)
Medical
Doctor Simone Gold (founder of America’s Frontline Doctors)Doctor Stella Immanuel (physician and speaker)Doctor Sherri Tenpenny (osteopathic physician and author)
Media
Ben Shapiro (Commentator)
Actors & Movie Producers
Tom Arnold (actor)Scott Bakula (actor) Jon Erwin (producer)Mel Gibson (director/actor) Kelsey Grammer (actor)Angelina Jolie (director/actress)Matthew Perry (actor)Brad Pitt (actor) Jonathan Roumie (actor)
Sports
Joe Cortez (boxing referee) Darryl Strawberry (Major League Baseball)

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips. Proverbs 27:2
Listed are the “praises” that Jim Wagner has received from “strangers” (various agencies & units) throughout his tactical and self-defense career.

AWARDS & HONORS

Army National Guard
California Service Medal (10 years of service to the California National Guard)California Commendation Medal (x2 meritorious service in the training of troops) California State Service Ribbon (active duty during a declared State Emergency)Commanding General’s Certificate for Excellence (service in dignitary protection)Pistol Expert (Marksmanship Qualification Badge)
California State Guard
Outstanding Service Ribbon Training Excellence Ribbon (2x for training outside military units)Drill Attendance Ribbon Volunteer Ribbon Professional Development Ribbon (3x), California Recruiting Achievement Ribbon (3x)
Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration
Pistol Expert (Marksmanship Qualification Badge) Academics Award
Costa Mesa Police Department
Life Saving AwardS.W.A.T. (Special Weapons and Tactics Badge)
United States Army, Regular
Rifle Expert (Marksmanship Qualification Badge)
Foreign Countries
Honorary Police Officer Instructor of the Amsterdam Police Training Center (Politie, Regiopolitie Amsterdam-Amstelland), Holland
Honorary Member of the Brazilian Air Force(Membro Honorário da Força Aérea Brasileira) Canoas, Brazil
Civilian
Defensive Tactical Instructor of the Year 2015 Universal Martial Arts Hall of Fame UMAHoF
Excellence in the Martial Arts 2013 Martial Arts History Museum Silver Life Achievement Award 2011 Masters Hall of Fame
Self-Defense Instructor of the Year 2006 Black Belt Magazine Hall of Fame
Outstanding Achievement 2006Budo International Hall of Fame

JIM WAGNER'S RESUME IN A NUTSHELL

Jim Wagner’s background includes the United States Army (combat communications), Costa Mesa Police Department (patrol police officer, S.W.A.T. officer, D.A.R.E. officer, background investigator, Citizens Police Academy instructor, and custody officer) Orange County Sheriff’s Department (Reserve sergeant, Team Leader of the Dignitary Protection Unit, Patrol Supervisor, and Search & Rescue Unit), United States Marine Corps certified Range Safety Officer (small arms, including explosives), U.S. Federal Air Marshal Service (federal counterterrorist agent), Noncommissioned Officer in Charge of Security Forces at Joint Forces Training Base (Master Sergeant, Reserve, supervisor of security dispatch, perimeter security, uniform patrol, dignitary protection, special events, military tactics & Combatives instructor, Terrorism Liaison Officer, and team leader of the Special Reaction Team), private security guard (Disneyland Resort Security), private security supervisor (SECURITAS – the largest private security company in the world, Allied Universal – the largest private security company in the United States, and Blizzard Entertainment Global Security –the largest gaming company in the world), Executive Protection agent (The World Protection Group, Inc. and Sunset Protective Services – protection of Hollywood celebrities), an instructor for dozens of private security companies worldwide, Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa Director of Security, and currently a training instructor and armed security agent for his church, which will remain unnamed for Operations Security reasons. Jim Wagner is also currently an Infrastructure Liaison Officer (ILO) through the FBI, and a Pistol Instructor and Chief Range Safety Officer with the National Rifle Association (NRA). Jim Wagner has been an official instructor for the Israel Police Operational Fitness Academy (משטרת ישראל), the U.S. Secret Service, Germany's national counterterrorist team GSG9 (Grenzschutzgruppe 9), Bulgaria’s national counterterrorist team SOBT (Специализиран отряд за борба с тероризма), Argentinean GOE (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales), FBI SWAT, Brazilian GATE (Grupo de Ações Táticas Especiais), the U.S. Marshal Service, all the branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, and many more units and agencies, along with being an instructor for a dozen churches (ranging from small to mega churches). Jim Wagner has taught in several states and in 20 countries: the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Trinidad & Tobago, United Kingdom, Sweden, Finland, Spain, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Bulgaria, Italy, Czech Republic, Israel, Ireland, and South Africa.