About
Rogue Protection Group is a veteran operated business that provides superior personal protection education, security assessment services, and seminars covering situation awareness, communication, and industry specific security education.
Our educators are highly experienced in both military-security and civilian-security operations and are NRA Instructor and DPSST Law Enforcement certified.
Kelly Sparlin
Kelly is an internationally licensed firearms and martial arts instructor for military, law enforcement, and private security with 25 years of security, communication, combat, and martial arts experience. He served 12 years in the U.S. Navy with the Special Operations Dive Community, leaving with extensive training, qualifications, and certifications to support his knowledge and skillsets. After separating from the Navy, Kelly spent 2 years in Japan training directly under Grand Master Masaaki Hatsumi. In 2013, he graduated from CRI, a world-renowned counter terrorism training school specializing in the Israeli counter- terrorism and shooting methods. Kelly has been to over 90 countries worldwide which gives him a very unique and diverse perspective for both communication and situational awareness mindset. The combination of physical security, tactical training, martial arts training, and world cultural knowledge lends Kelly a unique instructional style that demonstrates his versatility and dedication to all forms of combat.
Mike Swartz, PA-C
Mr. Swartz is a 31 year Army Veteran, enlisted and officer in conventional infantry, medical, and special forces units. His multiple deployments include the Middle East, Central America, Eastern Europe, SE Asia, Bangladesh and North America. He holds degrees in Nursing, Medicine, and Counterinsurgency, and pioneered multiple established techniques in austere medicine. Mike teaches classes all over the world in disaster and austere medicine, and is RPG's medical instructor.
Dustin Hagglund (Currently Deployed)
Mr. Hagglund enlisted into the USMC in 2008, and is still serving today as an Infantry Squad Leader in the Oregon National Guard. Dustin has been on two deployments to Afghanistan (once with the USMC and once with the National Guard). He gained valuable training through the 22nd Marine Expeditionary unit by conducting operations in various countries in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. He is currently working as a Tactical Training and Compliance Officer for a security company and long range instructor at RPG.
Schools and Certifications include: Pathfinder, Air Assault, Advanced Infantry Machine Guns Leaders Course, Combat Hunter Course, Warriors Leaders Course, SOTG, MEU(SOC), Infantry Small Unit Tactics, Terrorism Awareness, Armed DPSST, and Pepperball Instructor.
Ben Studebaker
Ben Studebaker was a member of the United States Airforce for six years from 97-03. As a Master S.E.R.E. Instructor he helped train thousands of High Risk of Capture Personnel in Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape. He personally administered over 3000 hours of Interrogation during his time teaching techniques in resisting Interrogation and exploitation from the enemy. Upon separating from Federal service he started a Private Investigations business back home in Southern Oregon where he was an owner/operator serving private clients and Insurance companies. By 2004 He took on another title with a then, small security company named BlackWater. His calm mind, cool nerves and mastery of marksmanship enabled him to participate in Personal Security Details (PSD) for the US State Department, Government Agencies and private clients. He spent a lot of time in both Iraq and Afghanistan living in austere and non-permissive environments. Being a family man, he desired to seek employment stateside and be around his children. He was hired shortly thereafter with the Oregon State Police as a patrol officer. By 2009 he returned back to his old teams overseas and spent the next year and a half with them before returning home and taking a full medical retirement. Over the years of contracting, Ben Studebaker garnered a BS in Workplace Education, Training and Development from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Once he retired from contracting, his education was utilized to consult with startup manufacturing companies in developing curriculum and standard operating procedures. Currently, given his training, experience and silent professionalism, Rouge Protection Group took him onto their team of staff members as a consultant in Firearm training and Security Details. His ability to read the student and administer individualized training has made him an important part of the team of Instructors with Rogue Protection Group.