Tier 1 Group formally known as Aggressive Training Solutions is a private company located in Crawfordsville AR founded by retired Marine Steve Reichert. Tier 1 Group provides military training in and outside the United States, as well as civilian tactical medicine,

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and law enforcement training.

History

Tier 1 Group is owned and funded by

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which also owns Remington Arms, Bushmaster Firearms International, LLC, Inc., and

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among other companies. Tier 1 Group was formed sometime around 2005.

Shooting range plans

After efforts by Tier 1 Group to purchase land in Jones County, North Carolina to be used for a firing range and training facility, Jones County Commissioners passed an ordinance on January 25, 2008 to regulate commercial shooting ranges in the county. On February 1, 2008 Tier 1 Group filed a request to get rezoned in the Bentonville Township in Johnston County, North Carolina.

Training of Khashoggi assassins

In June 2021, the

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reported that four Saudi operatives involved in the October 2018 kidnapping and murder of journalist

Jamal Khashoggi Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi (; ar, جمال أحمد خاشقجي, Jamāl ʾAḥmad Ḵāšuqjī, ; 13 October 1958 – 2 October 2018) was a Saudi journalist, dissident, author, columnist for ''Middle East Eye'' and ''The Washington Post'', and a ge ...

had received paramilitary training from Tier 1 Group in 2017. The training, approved by the

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, included "safe marksmanship" and "countering an attack." Representatives of T1G stated the training was "protective in nature" and that the group was unaware of the Saudis' intentions to murder Khashoggi.

References

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External links

Official site
Private military contractors Companies based in North Carolina