Tier 1 Group formally known as Aggressive Training Solutions is an American private military company, founded by retired Marine Steve Reichert in

Jacksonville, North Carolina Jacksonville is a city in Onslow County, North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 72,723, which makes Jacksonville the List of municipalities in North Carolina, 14th-most populous city in North Caroli ...

. Tier 1 Group provides marksmanship training, military tactical training, tactical driving/mobility training, breaching training, tactical medical training, and law enforcement training in and outside the U.S.

History

Tier 1 Group is owned and funded by Cerberus Capital Management which also owns

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, Bushmaster Firearms International, LLC, Inc., and DPMS Panther Arms among other companies. Tier 1 Group was formed in 2006.

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. Eventually purchasing land in Arkansas.

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 Hamza Khashoggi (13 October 1958 – 2 October 2018) was a Saudi journalist, Saudi dissidents, dissident, author, columnist for ''Middle East Eye'' and ''The Washington Post'', and a general manager and editor-in-chief of Al-Arab New ...

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