Thomas Burnett, Ph.D.
Monday, April 5, 2010 at 4:03PM
Dr. Burnett was born in Germany as an American Citizen, the son of the military occupation mayor of Nuremberg during the American occupation. He grew up and attended school in Texas, receiving a Ph.D. in Earth Science from the University of Texas in Austin.
He joined the Marine Corps in 1966 and is a Vietnam War veteran. After leaving the Marines, he joined the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. While there, duties included serving as a training officer and as a forensic investigator. After retiring from the sheriff’s department, he moved to Hawaii in 1997.
He is a certified Hawaii State firearms instructor, a Utah State Concealed Carry Weapons instructor, lifetime member of the National Rifle Association and NRA certified firearms instructor and range safety officer, and a Department of Civilian Marksmanship - USA Shooting (Olympic) riflery coach.
Dr. Burnett is also a Major in the Civil Air Patrol, a member of the Optical Society of America, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Association of Forensic Scientists, the National Sheriff’s Association, and the Law Enforcement Alliance of America.
He is a lifetime member of the International Police Association, the Texas State Rifle Association, and the Second Amendment Foundation.
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