Chris Comfort

With over thirty-two years of combined experience in High Risk Security, Law Enforcement, SERT leader and trainer, SWAT operator, and Close/Force Protection operator and trainer. I have developed and employed many skills and attributes that have enabled me to effectively instruct and deliver positive results associated with the subject matter as well as supervising.

During my time working abroad I have held the positions of Director of Training for Special Operations, Detail Leader, Team Leader, Assistant Team Leader Close Protection Operator, and Force Protection Operator (All of these positions rate at a GS-13 to GS-15 and higher regarding the pay grade). My duties have ranged from training, to managing close protection academy course and directly supervising, and commanding large teams, all assignments and details which include scheduling and coordinating team assignments and subject material. I conducted and supervised route and site reconnaissance on high-risk protective details as well as been responsible for the dissemination of information through briefings with Command Staff and operational personnel in both Military and Civilian areas of operation. Often the recipients of these briefings were foreign as well as host country nationals this subject material was also tough in the academy courses.

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Travis Fultz

Travis is a life long student of competitive/defensive shooting and shooting performance overall. He has been with Paratus Training for a number of years training, helping out and instructing. He has is our lead instructor for pistol/rifle training.

Travis’ training background is primarily self taught, but he has also spent hundreds of hours training with reputable firearm instructors, local law enforcement agencies, SWAT teams, and other law enforcement/military personnel. As a former Sheriff’s Deputy with SBSO he has taken hundreds of hours of firearms training with members of SWAT, SET, and other specialized teams. Additionally, he has taken part in numerous advanced courses put on by competitive shooters such as Frank Proctor.

Travis is formerly EMT-basic certified and has taken medical courses such as TECC (Tactical Emergency Casualty Care) to make sure his students can always be cared for. He continues to put in countless hours of personal training in order to ensure his personal skills and performance are always kept at high standards of speed and accuracy. 

Travis thoroughly enjoys growing his shooting performance capabilities and levels of preparedness. He loves introducing new students into the world of shooting in a safe, comfortable, professional, and controlled environment while helping them become better prepared themselves.

Travis also helps men with self-improvement, training, getting fit, preparedness, and acquiring gear on his blog.

Dan Massey

Dan is retired Law Enforcement with 35 years of service. The majority of that tenure Dan was in a supervisory capacity.  Training has always been a huge part of his career ranging from field officer training, investigations to firearms.  Dan has been a firearms instructor since 1985 certified by both the National Rifle Association and the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

Dan successfully transitioned his department from the revolver to a semi-automatic pistol (Sig Sauer P220).  He authored a training manual for the pistol.  He acquired AR-15 rifles for the department and wrote a two-day lesson plan incorporating the rifle into their existing training program. Dan overhauled the departments firearms training program by taking a modern realistic approach on how to train and to train for a purpose. “In part, we reviewed crime incidents nationally and structured our training to counter and stay ahead of trends.” 

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