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\"Gunsite-2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Ken Campbell is a Gunsite<\/a> graduate, a Gunsite<\/a> instructor and a retired sheriff. He is now the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Gunsite Academy<\/a>. I had a chance to talk with Ken last week and he is as excited as any man I’ve seen with a new job. I expect Ken to help Gunsite<\/a> carry on the traditions that COL Cooper started and that Buz Mills maintained, while bring the Academy into the new millennium. Under Ken’s \u00a0keen eye I’m sure Gunsite<\/a> will continue to be the bar all firearms training institutions\u00a0strive to reach.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ken Campbell is a Gunsite graduate, a Gunsite instructor and a retired sheriff. He is now the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Gunsite Academy. I had a chance to talk with Ken last week and he is as excited as any man I’ve seen with a new job. 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