Jon Barton

Trained at the Camp Pendleton school of infantry in 2001, with a PMOS of 0351, serving as both an infantry assault-man with 1st Marine Division, and then as a light armored vehicle (anti-tank) commander at LAR Battalion. Jon continued his training throughout the Marine Corps, earing certificates in over 27 different schools and training courses including NCO school in 2009, counter terrorism, reconnaissance, mountaineering, and A-MOUT (advanced military operations on urban terrain), just to name a few. After his first combat tour in 2003/4 he became the Echo company, 2nd battalion 23rd Marine regiment's dedicated mountaineering and asymmetric warfare instructor and, from 2008 to 2010, the asymmetric warfare instructor for Alpha Company, 4th Light Armored Recon battalion. Throughout his time in the Marines, he continued to develop a love of weapons and weapons systems, and in 2008 was one of only a handful of sergeants at Camp Pendleton who completed the comprehensive "long rifle" rang