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Meet Your Instructor: Scott Perry

A Proven Leader in Security, Training, and Defense

With over four decades of combined military, law enforcement, and private sector experience, Scott Perry is a trusted authority in personal security and self-defense training. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1990) with a degree in Peace, War, and Defense, Scott has dedicated his career to enhancing public safety, corporate security, and civilian self-defense education.

Military Expertise and Service

Scott is a United States Marine Corps veteran, having served four years on active duty and seventeen years in the NC National Guard Reserve. His military training includes:

  • Small Arms Firing School

  • Unit Armorer Course

  • Squad Leaders School at Camp Lejeune

  • Recondo School at Camp Mackall (part of the Special Forces Qualification Course under the legendary Col. James Nick Rowe)

His outstanding service earned him a citation from the Vice-Admiral of the 6th Fleet for superior performance in Beirut, Lebanon (1983) and an honorable discharge in 1985.

Law Enforcement & Correctional Training

From 1991 to 2011, Scott served in the North Carolina Department of Correction, Division of Community Corrections, where he:

  • Supervised probationers and parolees.

  • Led training programs and conducted casework.

  • Became a Master Firearms, Self-Defense, and Baton Instructor.

  • Taught corrections training at the community college level.

As Chairman of Sentencing Services (1994-2001) and a member of the Governor’s Crime Prevention Board (1994-1998), Scott helped shape correctional and sentencing policies in North Carolina.

Civic Leadership & Professional Affiliations

Scott is an active leader in the veteran community, serving as:

  • Commander of American Legion Post 84.

  • Life Member of Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 6060.

  • Past Chapter President of the Sons of the American Revolution.

Train with an instructor who has lived the mission—protect, defend, and empower.

Professional Instruction & Certifications

Scott has trained military personnel, law enforcement officers, and civilians in various self-defense and firearms disciplines. His certifications include:

  • Firearms Instructor (1997): Qualified to teach Smith & Wesson Pistol & Revolver, Ruger Mini-14, and 870 Shotgun.

  • Monadnock Baton Instructor: Straight Baton, Expandable Baton, and Advanced Baton.

  • OC Pepper Spray Instructor (2000, 2008).

  • Control & Restraints Defensive Tactics Instructor.

  • CPR & Infectious Disease Instructor.

  • Unarmed Self-Defense Instructor.

  • Train the Trainer (PREA): Certified to teach Prison Rape Elimination Act Compliance.

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The Scent of Cedar and Salt

In his first novel, The Scent of Cedar & Salt, Scott Perry leads readers from the quiet waterfront of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, into the mud, blood, and terror of the First World War.

Corporal Seth Perry is no born hero. He is a sawmill clerk carrying the weight of men he has known since childhood. When the boys of the 119th Infantry are thrown against the Hindenburg Line, Seth learns that leadership is not about rank or glory. It is about impossible choices, loyalty, fear, and deciding how much of yourself you are willing to sacrifice to bring your men home.

As the familiar scent of cedar and salt gives way to chalk, gas, gunpowder, and death, Seth must face an enemy more dangerous than the German army: the fear that war will destroy the man he once was.

Inspired by the extraordinary heroism of the real Corporal Seth E. Perry, The Scent of Cedar & Salt is a powerful story of ordinary men caught in an extraordinary moment and the terrible price of finding courage when courage is all that remains.

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A Historical Narrative of the 119th Infantry

Seth E Perry American Legion Post 84 continues the traditions of service and sacrifice embodied by the only Pasquotank County resident to die in combat during World War I, Distinguished Service Cross winner, US Army Corporal, Seth E Perry, of the 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces.
War Department, General Orders 87 (1919)
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Corporal Seth E. Perry (ASN: 1316548), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Bellicourt, France, 29 September 1918. When a portion of his company was threatened with a counterattack and he had seen one runner killed in an attempt to reach them from company headquarters with orders to fall back, he volunteered for the dangerous mission. While crossing an open field under heavy fire, he was mortally wounded.

This historical narrative of the 119th infantry by Scott “Sargeant One Way” G. Perry, Commander American Legion Post 84 and descendant of Seth E Perry is well worth the read and all proceeds go to supporting Post 84 in its many worthwhile endeavors.

Ron Ben-Dov
1st Vice Commander
American Legion Post 84

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