When you attend a training event at Get Trained Be Ready, you’ll notice quickly, the enthusiasm and respect that Rob puts into the training of students. It’s an important aspect of his way of doing things. He considers himself a steward of skills and knowledge that other students should have, and he makes it a point to be front and center to help students gain a new perspective on intuitive defense shooting.
It is his goal to bring to bear, his knowledge, experience, and understanding of the shooting industry, tactical and defensive training and general life experience to help those students who trust Get Trained Be Ready to get them to where they want to be. You’ll understand his passion at the end of the class, when you are worn out, but feel great about what you have accomplished and the capabilities you find yourself in possession of.
Rob is the type that works hard at what he does, he recognizes that not much of anything comes easy if it’s worth it, and his story of how he became the founder of Get Trained Be Ready proves that. It was in his private observance of his lack of skills and experience to protect his family at the highest level, when he first got married, that led him to spend many, many hours gaining, practicing and refining his skills in the areas of defensive shooting and situational response.
His natural charisma and sincere desire to see students succeed, becomes obvious quickly, and gives his classes a unique feeling, as students begin to understand why he takes this work so seriously. He sees so many other instructors in the industry simply using this work as a means to a paycheck and doing what he calls: “Hacking their way through it”. It’s why GTBR is so aggressive at improving course offerings, and refining content and curriculum. He doesn’t want any student under any GTBR trainer to feel like they haven’t gotten a legitimate value and improved their skillset comprehensively after a class with the company.
It is a constant “to-do” item for Rob, to find passionate instructors that can add to the success of students and continue to build a team of some of the top talent in the region for GTBR. He is looking forward to expanding content of training sessions to include specialized training for Church Safety teams, Instructor development for the company’s already substantial base of trainer-specific curriculum, and of course, more individual and team defensive shooting courses.
Rob has so many memorable interactions with the clients of GTBR, as he truly enjoys working with people to improve their safety, capability of response and technical skills. Two memories come to mind as rare treats for a trainer who is always looking to find a connection with their clients to bring the student to the next level.
The first was during a law enforcement team training that included high risk warrant servers and bounty hunters that work across the United States to track criminals that have “gone on the lam”. Rob encouraged them to train under the full load of gear that they would use in their normal course of operations, instead of in normal clothes. The enhanced experience helped the group to whittle down their gear options to improve functionality and helped them to refine their movement under legitimate loads and in a realistic scenario. You might think that’s a simple ask, but the group was surprised to be asked to bring their gear to train in. Other instructors never felt that it was important to train in real world conditions. It’s another little thing that GTBR knows about, communicates to the client, and incorporates into the training to bring professionals and civilians alike, up to their peak of performance.
Another time, a woman was particularly worried about attending a training with “Rambo types” and unsure if she would feel comfortable or be able to learn anything, considering the class might be geared to a higher level. After a couple of weeks of “hand-holding” over the phone, and a great two-day training, the woman was ecstatic about the outcome and her newfound confidence with handling a firearm. She also made friends.
Again, these instances might seem mundane, but every experience can be a huge benefit to some party to the experience. Get Trained Be Ready is structured to make sure that beneficial experience happens every time for every student. It’s about finding the way that each and every class member can reach a personal best in class and leave better than they came.
Rob is just a regular guy, in fact you might learn a thing or two about him by understanding his hobbies outside of teaching and shooting. He enjoys backcountry Jeep travel - unplugging, hiking, camping, seeing things most people don’t get to see in places most people don’t ever go. To him it’s about the trip – the weather isn’t so important. Hot, cold, wet, or dry. The journey is the adventure, not the destination. He knows that finding God in the backcountry is physically tiring, but spiritually exhilarating. He has visited the wild places in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, South Dakota. He’s had dust in his Jeep from all those places.
Rob Jennings is just a regular guy.
Because of that, Rob knows that for civilians, the one interaction they may have with their Concealed Carry Weapon in their lifetime is every bit as important as the frequent interactions that law enforcement or military will have with their duty weapons. He has trained all types of users. Everybody who needs to rely on a firearm and their defensive knowledge, deserves to be trained well, and have the tools necessary to stop a threat and react to a hard situation. It’s why the curriculum is constantly being refined, why trainers are selected from the best available and pushed to be better each day. It’s why Get Trained Be Ready is focusing on training new trainers that can run a legitimate training business and learn how to properly train others - and then being supported afterwards to help them succeed. It’s why GTBR is training Church Safety teams to react to potential concerns that are all too common anymore. It’s about the legacy of teaching the right way, by making sure each and every student gets what they came there for and leaves more capable than when they arrived.
Rob is an Intuitive Defensive Shooting Instructor under the I.C.E. company umbrella. He is a certified NRA Training Counselor and the state of Arkansas Training Liaison to the NRA Training and Education Department, NRA Certified Chief Range Safety Officer, Refuse to Be A Victim Regional Counselor, Arkansas Concealed Carry & Enhanced Concealed Carry Instructor, NRA Advanced Defensive Shooting Instructor, NRA Rifle Instructor, Commissioned School Security and Private Security Officer Training Administrator through the GTBR Institute of Instruction, Church Safety and Security Team Instructor, ALICE Active Shooter Instructor, 2 day LRF Active Shooter Instructor graduate, USCCA Instructor, and most importantly, a perpetual student.
Rob Jennings is the founder of Get Trained. Be Ready.
NRA Training Counselor Number: 170212791
USCCA Instructor Number: 1352918
ASP CHCL Instructor Number: 09-584
Contact:
training@gettrainedbeready.com