Harriett is an amazing part of The Complete Combatant's team. Although a Veteran, Harriett did not fully start her journey into the firearms world until 2014. Starting with the NRA's Women on Target, Harriett learned she had a great passion for shooting and sought out opportunities to learn more and increase her skills. Since then, she has competed in pistol, rifle, and 3-gun matches across the US with much success.
Harriett also learned that her passion included introducing others to the joys of shooting. To that end, she pursued and achieved several instructor certifications, and formed the Stephens County chapter of A Girl and A Gun. She put her passion to work with her ever present cheerful and optimistic attitude to bring other ladies into the firearms world.
Seeing a need for training in the sport of 3-Gun competitions, Harriett created the 3-Gun Fun Camp, a 3-day training event for ladies to learn about all things involved in 3-Gun competitions. 3-Gun Fun Camp is now one of The Complete Combatant's Annual Events.
For over 20 years Harriett has worked as a support specialist where she learned to use her attention to detail and analytical skills to find and resolve issues her customers experienced. Her ability to quickly assess the situation, and work to a resolution served her customers well. Asking pertinent questions and assessing her customers level of understanding allowed her to not only solve issues but teach her customers in the process. She worked to be an effective communicator to provide training to her customers, so they understood the issues and resolutions to those issues. She is now using those skills to enhance her firearms training, allowing her to be an effective teacher and coach when she is introducing others to firearms.
Harriett is one of our instructors that specializes in those starting their journey into the world of firearms. She is also available to assist, be a range safety officer, she helps out with social media, is an absolute JOY to be around, and handles range admin duties on Brian's range. She believes in training and practicing via live fire and good decision making. She loves to train and feels that practicing for self-defense and competition can be fun and rewarding. She looks forward to being a part of your journey.
Harriett is the Treasurer & Secretary of a 501c3 nonprofit organization, Blue Line Ponies, Inc. Blue Line Ponies is a retirement range (we now have 2 locations in North Georgia) dedicated to our country's service horses. This usually includes Mounted Patrol Unit, police horses, prison horses, search & rescue, and border patrol horses. These mature horse age out or are retired due to "lameness" and can easily end up in a kill pen, an abusive home where they are worked until they collapse, or are sold over and over again and are never truly "retired". Blue Line Ponies mission is to love, safeguard the dignity and comfort of our hard working ponies and to continue to provide the best care throughout their retirement. They worked tirelessly working with their human partners and they deserve nothing but the best.
Why did they name it Blue Line Ponies? Good question! The "thin blue line" is a term that typically refers to the concept of the police as the line which keeps society from descending into violent chaos. The "blue" in "thin blue line" refers to the blue color of the uniforms of many police departments. They chose this name because it represents both police and police ponies, and the ideals of justice and freedom.
Accomplishments
Medical Instructor Certifications:
HSI Adult First Aid/CRP/AED
HSI - Child and Babysitting Safety
HSI - Pediatric First Aid/CRP/AED
HSI - Stop Life Threatening Bleeding
HSI - Bloodborne Pathagens
HSI - Bloodborne Pathogens in the Workplace
HSI - Epinephrine Auto-Injectors
HSI - Wilderness First Aid
NAEMT First on the Scene
Red Cross - Adult and Pediatric CPR/AED
Stop The Bleed - American College of Surgeons Stop The Bleed Coalition
USP, VP and HK45 (5 days = 3 modules) Certified Armorer through HK's Armory Program
