Norman Hood retired as a Command Sergeant Major from the US Army after 24 years of service and then spent six years with the Alaska State Troopers including being a Field Training Officer before entering Government Security Contract positions. Norm has more than 50 years’ experience in operational law enforcement, training, logistical and support planning for private security companies, military, and state police organizations. He is a certified instructor of law enforcement subjects by the Alaska Police Standards Council. He has Extensive “Use of Force” training experience with lethal and less-lethal weapons and 30 plus years conducting rifle, pistol and shotgun training, including Concealed Carry courses as an independent contractor with a private firearms academy in Alaska and as a former adjunct instructor at Blackwater Worldwide, Inc. Norm is a NRA instructor certified in Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, Refuse to be a Victim, and Chief Range Safety Officer and holds the “NRA Distinguished Expert Pistol, Rifle and Shotgun” rating and has been appointed by the NRA as an Advanced Defensive Pistol Instructor. Norm has graduated from the Anchorage Police Department Citizens Academy, the South Bend Citizens Police Academy, and the St. Joseph County Citizens Police Academy. Norm is a member of the Church Security Alliance and is an Affiliate Instructor, Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network. He is a member of the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA), Illinois Tactical Officers Association (IOTA), and is certified by the State of Indiana as an Emergency Medical Responder, the State of Illinois as a Certified Firearms Instructor, Illinois Concealed Carry Firearms Instructor, GLOCK Armorer, and FEMA as an Active Shooter Responder Trainer. Norm is Rokudan, 6th Dan (6th degree Black Belt) in Hojutsu-Ryu (the Martial Art of Shooting) and runs the only Hojutsu-Ryu dojo in the Mid-west. He is also a student of Okinawan Shorin-Ryu karate. Norm is a 2015 inductee in the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame and Hall of Hero’s. Norm annually to attends advanced training classes to stay current on new techniques and allowing him to maintain an exceptionally high level of proficiency. In 2018 Norm completed Instructor Development training with Clint Smith at Thunder Ranch, Inc. Norm along with his wife Pat owned and operated P&N Training Associates, LLC, a Firearms and Use of Force training and consulting company since 2011 specializing in firearms, use of force, church, school, business, and personal security. They are members of Graceway Church of South Bend.
EXPERIENCE/TRAINING
Thunder Ranch Defensive Shotgun 24 hours
Thunder Ranch Urban Rifle 16 hours
Glock Factory Armor 8 hours
Optimal Snubby Skills based on OSS/CIA 16 hours
Force Options Select Fire 8 hours
Knife Skills for Concealed Carry 8 hours
Thunder Ranch Red Dot Defensive Handgun 24 hours
Situational Combative Pistol 16 hours
Hojutsu Godan (5th degree)
Indiana Emergency Medical Responder
Force Options Integrated Fighting 24 hours
FEMA Workplace Violence Awareness
Force Options Finish the Fight 4 hours
FEMA Basic Workplace Security Awareness
Thunder Ranch Tactical Revolver 24 hours
Progressive Combative Pistol 16 hours
Suibukan of Indiana, Youkyu
Reduced Light Pistol Skills 16 hours
AR 15/M16 Armorer 8 hours
FEMA Active Shooter: What Can You Do
Thunder Ranch Defensive Handgun
Interactive Pistol Skills 16 hours
Instructor Development 24 hours
Realistic Advanced Combatives Seminar 8 hours
SAFTD Master instructor
Illinois Registered Firearms Instructor
Thunder Ranch Mid-Range Rifle 24 hours
USA Martial Arts “Hall of Fame” Inductee
Thunder Ranch Handgun 1 24 hours
Thunder Ranch Handgun 2 24 hours
Medical preparedness class 8 hours
Anchorage Police Citizens Academy
SAFTD Range Officer
Enhanced Combative Pistolcraft Skills 16 hours
Advanced Combatives Pistol 16 hours
Utah Concealed Carry Instructor
Thunder Ranch Urban Precision Rifle 24 hours
Interactive Pistol Skills 16 hours
NRA Advanced Defensive Pistol Instructor
Critical Space Combative Pistol 16 hours
World Class Pistol Skills 16 hours
NRA Distinguished Expert (Pistol & Shotgun)
Oleoresin Capsicum (Pepper Spray) Instructor
Close Quarters Tactics 16 hours
NRA Advanced Personal Protection Inside and Outside the Home
State of Alaska Methods of Instruction 40 hours
Alaska Certified Police Instructor
US Marshals Advanced Court Security 16 hours
State of Alaska Field Training Officer 40 hours
Proactive Driver’s Training 8 hours
Defensive Handgun 1 20 hours
Methods of Instruction Facilitator 40 hours
Defensive Handgun 2 24 hours
Tactical Carbine 20 hours
Tactical Shooting/Low Light 28 hours
NRA Chief Range Safety Officer
NRA Certified Instructor (Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, RTBAV)
Home Defense 8 hours
ASP Tactical Baton Instructor
Practical and Tactical Handcuffing 8 hours
Tactical Flashlight 8 hours
Force on Force Instructor 16 hours
Document Identification and Deception 4 hours
Respiratory Compliance 2 hours
Weapons of Mass Destruction 8 hours
Domestic Terrorist Groups 2 hours
Use of Force 8 hours
Controlled Weapon Retention 1 hour
Response to Active Shooters 1 hour
FBI Firearms Instructor 24 hours
FBI Defensive Tactics 40 hours
FBI Defensive Tactics Instructor 80 hours
US Army Sergeants Major Academy 356 hours
US Army Military Police Investigator 120 hours
US Army Military Police Basic Training