Built on service. Focused on performance.
Archway Defense was founded in 2014 to bring the standards of military, law enforcement and federal counter-terrorism training to the agencies, organizations and communities we serve.
A professional training company headquartered in Billings, Montana. Since 2014 we have trained state, local and federal law enforcement and military personnel, alongside businesses, security firms, churches and responsible citizens.
How we train
Performance over checking boxes
We break skills into their component parts, find each student’s gaps and fix them. The goal is to make people better, faster.
Built for where you work
Curriculum is shaped around what you face, from an airport concourse to a sanctuary to a patrol beat.
Left of bang
The best outcome is an incident that never happens. We teach people to spot the precursors to violence and act early.
Peter Johnson
Air Force veteran, former Federal Air Marshal and founder of Archway Defense.
Before founding Archway Defense, Peter served five years as an international team leader with the Federal Air Marshal Service, conducting counter-terror missions and surveillance around the globe. In 2010 he earned Top Gun honors at the Federal Air Marshal Academy.
Prior to that, he served six years in U.S. Air Force Air Base Defense, deploying for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Deployed, his duties included serving as a designated marksman, conducting reconnaissance and gathering intelligence. Stateside, he was a pre-deployment trainer and combat arms instructor, and assisted the Inspector General’s office in testing base defense vulnerabilities.
Peter holds a B.A. in Criminal Justice with an emphasis on counter-terrorism. He speaks on workplace violence and threat mitigation and has written on immersive training for Domestic Preparedness.
Archway instructors are drawn from a network of professionals serving in military, law enforcement and federal units.
Milestones
- USAF
Six years in Air Base Defense, with deployments for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
- 2010
Top Gun at the Federal Air Marshal Academy, followed by service as an international team leader.
- 2014
Archway Defense is founded.
- 2016
Peter serves as Chief Tactical Trainer for Viridian Weapon Technologies.
- 2019
Peter co-founds Deep Attic, bringing immersive virtual and mixed-reality technology to training.
- 2024
Archway Defense moves its headquarters to Billings, Montana.