Adam Painchaud
Senior Instructor
Adam Painchaud is currently the senior instructor at the SIG SAUER Academy. He has over 14 years of federal law enforcement and military special programs experience. Adam is Army Ranger qualified and has served the Air Force as an anti-terrorism team leader on numerous high-risk protective missions all over the world. He has been a lead firearms and tactics instructor for the Department of Defense for over 13 years and has provided instruction to various special operations, counterintelligence, and protective service organizations. Most recently before joining the SIG Academy team, Adam was the Firearms and Tactics Program Manager at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for a major federal criminal investigative/counterintelligence agency responsible for more than 2000 federal agents. He is a member of the U.S. Air Force Reserves as a firearms and tactics instructor.
Education
- Associate of Science Degree, Criminal Justice, College of the Air Force, Maxwell AFB, AL
- Associate of Science Degree, Instructor of Military Technology and Science, College of the Air Force, Maxwell AFB, AL
- Master Teaching Certificate, Occupational Instructor, College of the Air Force, Maxwell AFB, AL
Instructor Certifications
- SIG SAUER Academy
- Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
- United States Air Force
- United States Army
- United States Department of Homeland Security
- United States Department of Defense
- United States Department of the Treasury
- Armament Systems and Procedures
- Pressure Point Control Tactics
- Krav Maga Defensive Tactics
- Action Target Academy
- International Training Incorporated
- Professional Association of Diving Instructors
- Verbal Judo Institute, Law Enforcement
Professional Associations
- National Rifle Association Life Member
- International Law Enforcement Training Agency
- International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors
- American Society of Industrial Security
- International Defensive Pistol Association (Master Class, SSP)