PitStop John Meyer, Team One Network

John Meyer, former director of training at Heckler & Koch and founder of Team One Network, shares behind-the-scenes stories from the golden era of tactical firearms training in the late 1980s and 1990s. He recounts building one of the first live fire shoot houses from scratch—complete with a self-assembled vinyl roof and a 20-foot mobile training trailer equipped with moving targets and paintball guns that shot back, revolutionizing force-on-force training. His collaboration with martial artist Gary Klugowitz led to the development of 'active countermeasures'—a groundbreaking method for controlling suspects with a firearm in hand without using it as a club. Meyer also reveals how HK trained alongside Harley-Davidson police bikes, integrated tactical medicine with SWAT teams, and fostered a culture of relentless innovation. After being let go in 2002, he launched Team One Network, which now represents 30+ brands and runs the popular Battle of the Badges law enforcement competition. Despite being out of his depth with modern social media trends, he remains committed to authentic, high-impact training that prioritizes safety, fun, and real-world application over virality. The episode reveals a pivotal truth: the most transformative training doesn’t come from isolated experts, but from cross-pollination between disciplines—martial arts, medicine, motorcycle tactics, and even entertainment.