Meet the Team

Always pursuing a better version of myself

Here is a little information about me and my background. Because after all its hard to take some ones advice on something if you don't know where it is founded from.

I am fortunate to serve full time for the National Guard. I have had a successful military career thus far and I hope for it to continue in the same fashion. The Army has afforded me to attend some of the most rigorous training this country has to offer and I can say I am better for it. I have also had the honor of serving my country all over the world.

In my previous billet I served as the Officer in Charge of a Search and Extraction School that is charged with the mission of training Soldiers and Airmen throughout the country in US&R in effort to increase the countries readiness to respond to an all Hazards threat.

My goal is to take my experiences good and bad and help others make better choices whether that be the right gear selection, proper training, or what adventure to take next.

CPT Richard Payne, MBA

Civilian Certifications

BA Business
MBA
Pro-Board Rope Rescue Technician
Pro-Board Structural Collapse Technician
Pro-Board Confined Space Technician
Pro-Board Vehicle / Machinery Technician
ICS 75, 100, 130, 200, 230, 235, 300, 400, 546, 700, 702, 800
O'Gara Defensive Driving and Shooting

Military Qualifications

Army Ranger School Graduate
SAPPER Leader Course graduate
Airborne qualified
Air Assault Qualified
Rappel Master Qualified
Foundation Instructor Facilitator qualified
Army Instructor

Robert WAGNER AKA uNCLE bOB

Hello All,

My name is Bob Wagner. I have a passion for the outdoors and the Rescue Field. I have been fortunate to travel the world demonstrating advanced rescue techniques to multiple nations. I spent a large part of my career on a Rescue Truck for the Indianapolis Fire Department. I then moved on and began to follow my true passion on instructing. I spent years teaching the United States Military Rescue competencies better preparing the country for a large scale response. In 2021 I was hand selected to represent the United States in an International Rescue Competition.

I am also a Subject Matter Expert in the field of Weapons of Mass Destruction and have been published on my work in the field. I hope to take my experience and help others by providing dynamic training experience.

Education

2015-2017

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2011-2014

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