Augusta, Georgia

Professional Training for Real-World Protection

Defensive firearms instruction, simulator-based skill development, trauma response, and safety program development for churches and organizations — built on measurable standards, not tactical theater.

Training Protection Intelligence
What We Do

Capability, Built Deliberately

Rockbrook develops capable, responsible protectors through structured curriculum, realistic simulation, and standards you can actually measure yourself against.

01

Individual Training

Defensive skills instruction for private citizens, from first-time carriers to experienced shooters who want measurable improvement.

  • Defensive pistol & carbine
  • Concealed carry performance
  • Home defense fundamentals
  • Low-light and movement work
  • Performance Lab simulator sessions
See Course Catalog
Primary Focus
02

Church & Organizational Safety

Complete safety programs for congregations and organizations — assessment, written plan, team training, and annual sustainment.

  • Facility safety assessments
  • Written safety & emergency plans
  • Safety team development
  • Medical response & de-escalation
  • Annual readiness evaluation
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03

Emergency Medical

Trauma and bleeding-control training taught by a former Special Forces medic — for individuals, safety teams, and range staff.

  • Bleeding control & tourniquet use
  • Trauma response fundamentals
  • Tactical medical for armed citizens
  • Medical planning for safety teams
  • Range emergency action planning
See Course Catalog
The Method

Simulator. Coaching. Live-Fire Validation.

Most training gives you a day of repetitions and sends you home without a way to know whether anything actually improved. Rockbrook is built the other way around.

Skills are taught in a controlled environment, built through high-volume correct repetition in the Performance Lab, coached against observable deficiencies, then validated under live fire at a partner range — with your performance recorded against a defined standard and a prescription for what to practice next.

The Performance Lab

Our Smokeless Range simulator is not a video game and not a substitute for live fire. It is a way to build hundreds of correct repetitions — draw stroke, presentation, trigger control, transitions, judgment scenarios — safely, affordably, and before you burn a single round.

01 — Teach

The skill and the safety standard, in a controlled classroom or simulator environment.

02 — Repeat

High-volume correct repetition in the Performance Lab, where mistakes cost nothing.

03 — Coach

Measurable performance, observed and corrected against a defined benchmark.

04 — Validate

Live fire at a partner range, scored against the standard — not just rounds downrange.

05 — Prescribe

A written record of where you stand and exactly what to work on before you return.

The Rockbrook Standard

A signature qualification that is demanding but attainable — with annual requalification for those who want to keep it.

Rockbrook Church Safety

Most Church Emergencies Aren't Armed Attacks

They're medical events, disruptive visitors, custody disputes at children's check-in, and parking lot incidents. A serious safety program plans for all of it — and our lead instructor is a former Special Forces medic.

01

Safety Assessment

An on-site walkthrough of your facility, entry points, children's areas, and current procedures — delivered as a written report with prioritized findings your leadership can act on.

$750 – $1,500Starting point
02

Written Safety Plan

A complete safety and emergency action plan: team structure, roles, response procedures, medical protocols, communication, and the policy language your board needs to adopt it.

$1,000 – $2,500Core deliverable
03

Team Training

Full-day training for your safety team — situational awareness, access control, de-escalation, medical response, and armed response standards where your church has authorized it.

$1,800 – $3,000Per group
04

Annual Sustainment

Refresher training, live drills, readiness evaluation against the Church Safety Team Readiness Standard, and an annual update to your written plan.

$800 – $1,500Per year
Full Church Safety Program
Course Catalog

Open-Enrollment Training

Class sizes are kept deliberately small so every student gets coached, not just supervised.

Course Format Class Size Tuition
Defensive Pistol Fundamentals Simulator + live fire 6 – 8 $150
Defensive Carbine Simulator + live fire 6 – 8 $200
Concealed Carry Performance Simulator + live fire 6 – 8 TBD
Home Defense Fundamentals Classroom + practical 6 – 10 TBD
Tactical Medical for Armed Citizens Classroom + practical 8 – 12 $125 – $175
Performance Lab Session Simulator 1 – 4 TBD
Private Instruction One-on-one 1 – 2 TBD
Note

Prices shown in gold are placeholders pending final pricing. Course schedule and registration are handled through the inquiry form below until online booking is live.

Your Instructor

Patrick Gemme

Founder & Lead Instructor

In a training company, the instructor is the product.

Rockbrook was built on a background spanning special operations, federal protective work, tactical medicine, and instruction — and on the conviction that professional training should produce measurable capability, not just a certificate.

The approach is deliberately unglamorous: clear standards, honest assessment, and instruction calibrated to where a student actually is rather than where the marketing says they should be. Civilians, church safety teams, and professionals are all taught to the same standard of care.

Why the medical background matters

The most likely emergency at a church, a workplace, or a range is a medical one. Trauma response and emergency medicine are treated here as core competencies — not a thirty-minute block bolted onto a shooting class.

Background
  • U.S. Army Special Forces — including Special Forces medic and warrant officer service
  • Federal agent with high-risk protective operations experience
  • Extensive military instructor and course-development background
  • Executive protection and security program planning experience
  • Threat and protective intelligence expertise
  • [Add civilian instructor certifications as they are earned]
Why Rockbrook

The Difference

01

Measurable Standards

You leave knowing exactly where you stand and what to work on — recorded, not guessed at.

02

Real Medical Capability

Trauma response taught by a former Special Forces medic, as a core skill rather than an afterthought.

03

Small Classes

Class sizes kept low on purpose. Every student gets coached individually, every time.

04

No Tactical Theater

Professional instruction for serious people. We compete on credibility, not on being the loudest brand.

Get In Touch

Request Information

Whether you're booking a class, asking about a church safety assessment, or arranging training for your organization, this reaches us directly. All inquiries are handled discreetly.

  • Phone(706) 421-2198
  • Email[email protected]
  • Service AreaAugusta, Georgia & the CSRA — including North Augusta and Aiken, SC
  • TrainingConducted at partner ranges and on-site at client facilities
Church & organizational inquiries

We offer a free 45-minute presentation on realistic safety planning to interested congregations and associations — no cost and no obligation. Select "Church Safety" below.