Meet OUR TEAM

Mia is “The Little Spitfire” behind Little Spitfire Training, LLC. She is passionate about helping people learn the essential skills to defend and protect themselves. She helps to empower her students new to firearms by gaining the skills needed to defend themselves, learn safe gun handling, and develop marksmanship skills.

As a mother, Mia is fiercely protective of her children and has a love for humanity, education, and teaching. Mia has a profound appreciation for self-defense and strongly encourages others to learn skills to build confidence.

As a woman, obtaining firearms skill can be an intimidating experience. Mia hopes to remove that initial fear and dispelling the negative stereotype about the use of firearms for her students with her hands-on, person-centered, customized supportive approach.  The emphasis is focused on encouraging students to ask questions throughout their learning experience.

Her greatest joy in this field is helping beginner students realize potentials, gain confidence, master safe gun handling, to become comfortable with firearms for the purpose of self-defense, protection and to enhance marksmanship skills. Mia's primary focus is on student success and empowerment.

Mia is an active member of the NRA, the Freeport Revolver & Rifle Association, is a NYS Lifetime Hunter and NYS Lifetime Bowhunter, and has trained with highly skilled instructors including: Gary Miller, NRA Certified Training Counselor, Chief Range Safety Officer & Instructor (The Meticulous Marksman, Inc.), Mattimore Armed Security Training Instructor, Steve Lollo (Nassau County Master Firearms Instructor), DefTech Academy / Lanteri Defense, LLC, Front Line Training Center, Legion Alpha (Merrick SOC), and Sheepdog Response Training-Protector One, amongst others.

Matt is an NRA-Certified Range Safety Officer,  NRA-Certified Basic Rifle and Basic Pistol Instructor, is an AVIRT (Active Violence Immediate Response Training) Instructor, Former NYPD Police officer, Retired FDNY Firefighter, is currently a NYS Armed Guard, a key part of the Little Spitfire Training team. In addition to his impressive credentials, Matt brings a calm, professional presence to every session, ensuring a safe and structured environment for all students on the range.

With a strong commitment to safety and a passion for responsible firearm ownership, Matt supports students through hands-on range sessions and helps reinforce the fundamentals taught in every course.

Glen is an NRA-Certified Pistol Instructor, Chief Range Safety Officer, and a self-defense consultant specializing in various defensive tactical systems. He brings decades of operational experience to the team. As an active firefighter, first responder, and former NYC paramedic, he understands why acute stress management is vital during reactive crisis incidents.

Glen's training platform is grounded in the use of defensive pistol tactics and practical shooting. He emphasizes situational awareness, personal protection, and conflict de-escalation — operating on the principle that drawing a firearm is a last resort. Whether you are facing single or multiple threats, Glen will help you build the confidence needed to perform under pressure.

He believes that confidence is not innate; it is developed through time, patience, and repetition. By creating a low-stress learning environment, Glen provides new shooters with the foundation necessary for survival and critical incident management. As a trainer, Glen builds high levels of student confidence both behind the pistol, and while the pistol is still holstered.

Gary is Mia's Training Counselor and is one of the best out there!  Gary is an NRA Training Counselor, Chief Range Safety Officer, and NRA Certified Instructor in Rifle, Pistol, and Metallic Cartridge Reloading.

Gary entered the shooting sports at age eight — a self-described Ralphie from A Christmas Story, who literally sold greeting cards door to door until he had earned enough to buy his first BB gun. The rest, as they say, is history. He has coached junior shooters for decades, and three of the juniors he coached went on to qualify for the Olympics. Gary is a High Power Competitor as well as a 3 & 4 Position Smallbore Competitor, and continues to shoot pistol recreationally and occasionally compete.

In the Army, Gary qualified Expert with the M-14 and M-16. As a Sergeant in Military Intelligence, he also qualified with a .38 snub nose revolver — his TO&E assigned weapon. While stationed in Germany, he founded and competed on an in-service rifle team for the 430th Military Intelligence Group. After his service, he became a regular competitor in Service Rifle National Match Course competitions. During the 1980s he coached Junior Rifle Programs on Long Island, sending his junior shooters on to NCAA and Olympic competitions, and he and his club sponsored and ran Junior Olympic Rifle Championships locally for many  high school rifle teams on Long Island.

Gary is a very active Second Amendment activist — a Benefactor Member of the NRA and NRA-ILA, and a member of the NYSRPA, S.C.O.P.E., The Second Amendment Foundation, and other 2A support organizations. He is also one of eleven “Frontlines Activist Leaders” (FALs) in New York State.