OEW3: Meet your Generals

BIO:
John Peterson ("JP") is one of the leaders of 1st MAGOS, a MILSIM paintball team that consists of U.S Army and U.S. Marine operatives based out of Northern California. Peterson has participated in numerous paintball and Airsoft missions as well as participated in real world combat missions and training exercises that include Operation Desert Storm, Operation Desert Shield, Operation Team Spirit and CAX (Combined Arms Exercise) while serving active duty in the Marine Corps. He is the recipient of the National Defense medal, Good Conduct medal, Overseas deployment medal, a Meritorious Mast and Letter of Appreciation from the Commanding Officer of Marine Aviation Group 31. He is classroom trained and certified in terrorist counter measures, last riffle qualified as a Sharpshooter in the United States Marines, gas chamber qualified, open water scuba diving certified and vocationally skilled in Naval Aviation Electronics. Peterson has served his military and civilian duties domestically and abroad (40 countries) with his longest military sea service being in Japan and the Philippines for a period of one year. During his Airsoft and Paintball play, Peterson uses tactical military equipment that includes sophisticated comm, a BT TM-15, RAP4 T68, Tipmann US Army Alpha Black, RAM P99 Pistol, T68 Box Mag, etc. and commands the role of a Heavy Gunner, Sabre Rifleman and Squad Leader. Outside of Peterson's military background is Peterson's current professional background. He is the Vice President of Enterprise Technology at Barracuda Networks an Information Security company where he leads a global organization of Systems Engineers around the world as well as being the inventor of new technologies for the company. Throughout Peterson's career, he has been sought to consult with large enterprise corporations around the world, as well as the US Department of Defense and was instrumental in helping design the DoD's largest Firewall infrastructure for the Defense Information Systems Agency and NMCI (Navy & Marine Corps Intranet).

BIO:
Veteran United States Navy.  General Building and General Engineering Contractor.  Southern California native.  Currently, reside in Temecula with wife, Nancy and "world's best dog" Wilson.  We enjoy traveling in our motor home and exploring small towns on our scooters. 

Avid shooter; whether skeet, target, airsoft, or paintball.  Appreciate team competition and a strong proponent of ethical sportsmanship.  Enjoy playing woodsball at my family's private paintball field in northern San Diego County.   Frequent bruises taught the value of good camouflage, situational awareness, and flexibility in tactics. 

Magazine-fed paintball is great fun.  The use of limited paint and the reduced possibility of being hit by random spray dictates a game of strategy, awareness, and teamwork. Thrilled to be a member of AC Tactical at Operation End War.