Retired Army Special Forces Master Sergeant with 25-plus years of military experience teaching sniper and special operations skills.
Keith Gipple is a retired Army Special Forces Master Sergeant with more than 25 years of military experience, including 20 years in Army Special Forces. His background includes conducting special operations training, mission execution, and technical oversight at the detachment, company, and combined joint task force levels. He also completed military schools including Ranger School, Jumpmaster, Military Free Fall, Special Forces Engineer, Special Forces Operations and Intelligence, SFARTEATC, and the Special Forces Sniper course.
He is worth training with because his experience spans both doing the work and supervising how it is taught and executed across multiple levels of special operations. That gives him a practical perspective on marksmanship, field application, and the standards required in operational settings. After retirement, he continued serving in the defense industry as a consultant and trainer, working with military personnel preparing for current and future threats.
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