Kris 'Tanto' Paronto

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Now that Kris is no longer doing government work, he is using his advanced knowledge and skill-sets in combat and weaponry to train others through his company Battleline Tactical.

Kris is a former Army Ranger from 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, and private security contractor who has deployed throughout South America, Central America, the Middle East, and North Africa. He has worked with the US government’s Global Response Staff, the US State Department Diplomatic Security High Threat Protection Program, and various private security companies to include Blackwater Security Consulting, Osen Hunter Group, Greystone LLC, and Nexus Security Consulting carrying  out security operations and firearms & tactical instruction throughout the world.  

Prior to starting Battleline Tactical he has held positions since 2005 as a Lead Firearms and Tactics instructor  for Blackwater Security,  Osen Hunter Group and Greystone LLC instructing US and Foreign Students on the use of various eastern bloc and western firearm platforms, surveillance, surveillance detection,  force protection, personal security detail operations, motorcade operations, principle rescue and evacuation, small unit tactics, close quarter battle, mobile operations in urban terrain and many other various tactical skillsets. 

Ben Morgan is a former member of the 75th Ranger Regiment,1st Ranger Battalion and a former U.S. Army infantry officer. He served in the 19th Special Forces Group while earning his Bachelor's Degree in History from Colorado Sate University. Ben worked in Iraq as a Close Quarters Battle instructor, teaching Iraqi and coalitions forces, and also worked in Africa as part of the ACOTA (Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance program), training battalion level staff officers to prepare for peace and support operations in Darfur. Ben worked for the U.S. State Department High Threat Protection program in Baghdad, Iraq and went on to invent the Dry Fire Pro Timer and establish Morgan Timing Systems, LLC to address a gap in the training needs he experienced while working overseas. Ben also heads ups the Tanto Vodka side of the house.

Jeremy Mitchell retired as a Sergeant First Class from the United States Army where he was a Technician with the Alabama National Guard Joint Force Headquarters (AL NG JFHQ) as the Physical Security Specialist (PSS) and later the Army Protection Program Manager with the Directorate of Military Support (DOMS), I am also tasked as the Operation Security (OPSEC) NCO, Intelligences Oversight (IO) NCO, Force Protection (FP) representative, and the Joint Operations Center (JOC) knowledge manager and IAA NCO for the Alabama State Military Department Domestic Operations Group (AL-SMD-DOG). 

He was with the Army National Guard since January 2000 to Jan 2017 before being medically retired after an injury. He served on active duty as a 31B Military Police (MP) in support of the War on Terrorism serving in Homeland Security, Force Protection, Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and managing the Joint Force Headquarters and State Military Department Protection Programs throughout the State of Alabama.

Jeremy is also the owner of Advance Defense Assessment Preparation Team (A.D.A.P.T) and developer of Operating Near Extreme Stress Drills (ONES-Drills)