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He claimed to be on the same roof with Travis Haley in Najaf when that now-famous video was shot, but I have no way to confirm this). He holds an assortment of certifications and instructor credentials, and has also been “downrange” at the pointy end of the spear (as a contractor with Blackwater, I believe. He went through his resume, which seemed pretty substantial by any real measure. One student had already taken Carbine 1 and 2 with CCJA. I think, in terms of formal classes, I was the most experienced, though there may have been students who had actually been shooting longer than me. Once we had all filled out some information pages and the usual waivers from liability, we started by introducing ourselves, where we were from, shooting backgrounds, and personal goals for the class. We got started in the classroom around 8:15. Three of the LE were women, and then, of the 6 civvies, there was a husband and wife couple, myself, and 3 other guys. There were 6 civilian students, and 4 law enforcement types joined us at 9 AM (more on them later). It was a decent, basic video, and a good way to get kinda psyched up for the class, I thought. The video covered the 7 fundamentals of shooting, safety, etc, with live “actors” doing all the demonstrations. I don’t know any details of this merge…I suppose you can contact Tom with any questions about this). The video was the Blackwater introduction to Handgun video (let me pause here and mention that Tom told me his company is merging with Academi, formerly Blackwater. He set up a video on the computer to run on the big screen during this time. He noted the locations of the break room with available coffee, water, soft drinks and snacks, and then had me sit in the classroom to await the rest of the students (I tend to be one of those annoyingly early people, in case you didn’t quite get that).

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Tom Perroni met me in the lobby, introduced himself, and led me through a series of doors to the classroom we would be using for the first half of the class. I walked into the building around 7:30, and was buzzed in the second door by an attractive receptionist who had me wait a minute. In short, he was looking for some publicity, but he expressly told me to write an AAR to include “the good, the bad, and the ugly”, not necessarily a purely glowing report.ĬCJA headquarters is located in an industrial park/complex off Rte 17 in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

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Tom offered me the class for free because he had seen other AARs I had written about other classes I’d taken (posted on a website), and felt like he wasn’t getting enough civilians in his classes.

Due to family obligations, I was unable to attend Handgun 2 the following day, though I would have loved to do so.

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Though I am not in any way affiliated with CCJA, in the interest of full disclosure I must reveal that I was invited to take the class by Tom Perroni–the owner/chief instructor of CCJA–himself, and he comped my registration fee, which is normally $200.

Unlike most classes I take, I signed up for this one only 5 days before the class was to take place. This course, Handgun I at Commonwealth Criminal Justice Academy in Fredericksburg, VA, was the fourth class I took in 2014.