instructors
Meet the Instructors
The instructors at Armed Everyday bring backgrounds from military service, law enforcement, and professional firearms training. Our goal is to provide responsible citizens with practical training rooted in real-world experience while maintaining a strong emphasis on safety, discipline, and accountability
Dallon Fondren
Co-Founder / Instructor
Dallon Fondren is a United States Marine Corps combat veteran and former law enforcement officer. During his military service, he worked in small-arms maintenance and armory leadership, developing extensive experience with firearm function, inspection, maintenance, accountability, and safe handling.
Following his military service, Dallon continued his professional development in law enforcement, receiving training and experience in patrol operations, defensive tactics, firearms, and decision-making under stress. His technical and operational background allows him to help students understand not only how to handle firearms safely, but how their equipment functions and how to make responsible decisions in defensive situations.
• Responsible firearm ownership
• Safe firearm handling under stress
• Defensive decision-making
• Situational awareness
Josh Sharette
Co-Founder / Lead Instructor
Josh Sharette is a U.S. Army combat veteran with sixteen years of experience in intelligence, targeting, operational planning, and support to special operations. During his military career, he trained soldiers preparing for deployment during the Global War on Terrorism, with instruction covering weapons employment, counter-IED procedures, convoy operations, land navigation, security, and urban combat.
Following his military service, Josh served as a patrol deputy in Idaho, gaining additional experience in firearms, defensive tactics, crisis response, and decision-making under pressure. As Armed Everyday’s Lead Instructor, he combines operational experience with a practical teaching style focused on helping students build safe, repeatable skills they can apply under realistic conditions.
• Safe firearm manipulation
• Structured training environments
• Developing confident and capable shooters
Training Philosophy
At Armed Everyday we believe firearm training should go far beyond simply learning how to shoot. Responsible firearm ownership requires discipline, sound judgment, situational awareness, and respect for the responsibility that comes with carrying a firearm.