JT Timmons Tactical Instructor
JT Timmons was a member of a full time Special Response Team at Savannah River Site for 7 years. He was his team sniper and was also breacher qualified and aerial door gunner qualified. While on the SRT team, he was a member of the SRS/DOE SPOTC competition shooting team for 3 years. He and his team won the National Championship shooting competition held at the National Training Center in Albuquerque, NM 2 of those 3 years.
JT left SRS in 2007 and joined the Greenwood County Sheriff's Office. JT held the rank of Sergeant and served as a member of the SWAT team, the training unit and the narcotics unit. In 2012 JT was involved in a shooting that forced his early retirement. He received 2 Medals of Valor for his performance on that day.
Since his retirement in 2012, JT started Timmons Precision Weapons Company and builds custom guns for a living.
JT joined the Government Training Institute's instructor cadre in 2016 and teaches several law enforcement tactical courses along with civilian rifle and pistol courses.