Chris Kluck

Lead Instructor

Master Sergeant (Ret) Christopher Kluck has over three decades of operational and instructional experience. Retiring from the US Army in 2003 with 23 years, 17 of those in the Special Operations community, Chris continued to serve his country in the Department of State High Threat Protection field.​

As a Special Forces soldier Chris accumulated over 12 years on Operational Detachments (ODA’s), working in numerous high threat environments throughout Central and South America. Fluent in Spanish, he was a decorated combat advisor in El Salvador, worked extensively in Panama, participated in Foreign Internal Defense missions in numerous countries, and performed close protection duties in Bolivia for the US Ambassador, as well as Bogota, Colombia for DOD General Officers and DOS Officials.​

In addition to his extensive operational background Chris served as a Special Forces instructor at the elite US Army JFK Special Warfare Center where he was an SME in demolitions, IED’s, target analysis, surveillance / surveillance, and threat vulnerability assessments. Some of Chris’ other military qualifications include Airborne Jumpmaster, Military Free Fall (MFF), Special Operations Sniper (SOTIC), Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat (SFAUC), Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape (SERE-C), and other Government Agency Advanced Target Analysis Formal Instruction (ITC)

After retirement Chris worked for two years as a Close Protection Officer in Afghanistan as part of the US Counter Narcotics program. He then went on to become a High Threat Protection / Third Country National (TCN)Instructor for Blackwater, and a Senior Lead Instructor, as well as Training Manager, for O’Gara Training and Services where he instructed and managed programs both stateside as well as Central Africa and Jordan. Chris has numerous Department of State High Threat Protection certifications to include Personal Security, Room Entry Tactics (RET), and as a firearms instructor for multiple weapons systems.

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