Logan Copeland is the founder of Surgical Precision, a premier Long Range Shooting School based out of Mobile Alabama. Growing up on a farm in the south, Logan began hunting small game with pellet rifles and .22 Long Rifles at the age of 8. As he grew older this progressed into deer and hog hunting. During this time, Logan grew to be proficient with his Remington 700 chambered in .270 Winchester. Naturally, as time moved forward, Logan signed up for service in the U.S. Military. Serving in the Army National Guard for over a decade, most of that time as a Special Operations Combat Medic. Logan during this time completed the Special Forces Sniper Course (SFSC) and stood out as an excellent and passionate sniper and became a viable source of information to his peers. During this time frame, Logan also served as a competition Marksman for the Army National Guard where he competed in "Sniper" style shooting matches representing the Alabama Army National Guard. Logan is also the former team leader of a SWAT sniper section, during which he wrote policy, tactics, and lead training events for multiple agencies and their operational SWAT snipers. Logan hand picked Mike and Chris, two of his former colleagues and began to lead world class training for anyone wanting to learn the art of Long Range Shooting and more specifically help prepare aspiring backcountry hunters for scenarios often presenting with shots over 1000 yards.

Mike Blackwood is a instructor with Surgical Precision and a decorated and retired combat veteran with 30 years service, the last 24 of which were active duty. The last 20 years of his military career was focused on training and operations. Mike also served as the Non-commissioned Officer in Charge of the Marksmanship Program for the Alabama National Guard and developed strategic, organizational and tactical instructional programs designed to improve rifle, pistol, machine gun, and sniper marksmanship skills in all units of the Alabama National Guard. He has been an avid reloader for over 20 years and has attended the basic Law Enforcement Sniper Course. Mike has served as match director for both military combat and sniper competitions and has competed in many military, USPSA, NRL and PRS matches. Through the thousands of people Mike has trained, he fine tuned the unique ability to take complex tasks and break them down so that a new shooter can fully grasp them.

Chris Oteri was born and raised in Massachusetts. He grew up being drawn to the outdoors. Starting with Boy Scouts, Chris was introduced to all that nature had to offer. After high school, Chris became an EMT and eventually a firefighter. Chris watched the attacks on 9/11/2001 from the break room TV at his firehouse. Following the events of 9/11, Chris became a police officer, he served in patrol, Narcotics, Maritime enforcement and was a founding member and SOP developer for the regional SWAT Team. After a significant life event, Chris realized he had not done enough for his Country. Chris joined the Army in 2010 after 8 years in Law Enforcement to become a Green Beret. Chris became a Green Beret at the end of 2012 and has been serving since. Chris has extensive experience in the special operations realm and has deployed multiple times to various corners of the world. Chris and Logan met in the Special Forces Sniper Course where they quickly realized they made a perfect team and had similar thought processes on how to solve problems. Chris devotes his free time to God, his loving wife and four children splitting their time between Florida and their remote property in Tennessee.