Instructors

A young African-American male in a blue shirt and khakis points a pistol at a target while an older Filipino man in a two-tone blue shirt and khakis watches on.

Our Mission

The Academy of Modern Defense is dedicated to providing quality firearms training and education to residents of Central Virginia. We are committed to constantly enhance our knowledge, skills, techniques,

and mental attitude to allow us to impart the same to our students.
Providing the best quality of training to our students prepares them best for any eventualities they may face in the future.
Because we want peace, we are ready to prepare for war.

Our Vision

It is our vision to create the best firearms training venue.
We aim to continuously improve our platform to share them with our students. Not only in the safe use and handling of firearms but to continue pushing students to achieve firearms proficiency, to enhance safe and responsible firearms ownership. We promise to train responsible and law abiding firearms owners to not only view their training to defend themselves but the public in general.
In our desire for peace, we prepare for war.

Meet Our Instructors

Two Caucasian men are standing in military uniform with red berets behind a board covered in papers celebrating them.
A Filipino man (Pat Dimaano) stands to the side in a khaki-colored shirt with a backdrop of trees.

Cory Hall:

U.S. Army (Ret.)

Airborne Infantry / Paratrooper

Certified Pistol Instructor # 263361941. 

Certified GLOCK Armorer.

Pat Dimaano: 

Master of Science

Criminal Justice: Homeland Security

Certified Pistol and Rifle Instructor #150191450. 

Range Safety Officer. 

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