AFPD's advanced tactical training is directed by Roger Gehring, a retired U.S. Navy SEAL with twenty years in special operations and holder of the Master Training Specialist designation — the Navy's highest instructor qualification. A decorated combat veteran, he spent his career not only operating at the elite tier, but training the people who do.Across two decades with Naval Special Warfare, he served as a lead instructor across multiple SEAL Teams on the West Coast, developing and delivering instruction from foundational through advanced warfighting levels. He built and led counter-terrorism courses and train-the-trainer programs for each West Coast SEAL Team, ran pistol, rifle, and heavy machine gun programs, and served as a BUD/S instructor developing new SEAL candidates. He was also the lead instructor for the Navy's SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) mini-submarine program, for both training and combat deployment.His qualifications span the full range of the discipline: small-arms and heavy-weapons expert, demolition expert, hand-to-hand combat instructor, combat diver and SDV pilot, and certified range, demolition, and diving safety officer. Few instructors anywhere carry that breadth — and fewer still have the Navy's top instructor credential standing behind it.At AFPD, Roger applies that standard to the civilian and private sector, designing real-world, scenario-based instruction across firearms, close protection, and counter-terrorism for law enforcement, security professionals, and government clients. As Director of Evolutionary Training he also develops the school's own instructors, carrying elite military training standards into every program AFPD runs.