At Elevated Readiness
We specialize in threat management solutions — a practical, combined approach to reducing harm in uncertain situations by improving awareness, decision-making, response, and recovery. We help you see what others don't — so you're ready for what's next.
Backgrounds in military service, emergency medical and public-safety response, law enforcement, and unarmed self-defense training allow us to combine the philosophies behind each into one layered, synergistic framework:
- 1RECOGNIZE problems sooner — awareness and context.
- 2REDUCE exposure — planning, boundaries, avoidance, and de-escalation.
- 3RESPOND when forced to act — non-lethal defense aids, unarmed self-defense, and firearms training where lawfully appropriate.
- 4STABILIZE the injured and manage the scene — trauma treatment fundamentals and CPR.
- 5SUSTAIN and recover through disruption — disaster preparedness fundamentals for when expected resources are delayed or unavailable.
Threats — human and environmental — can't be fully eliminated, but what can be improved is how early we recognize risk, how well we avoid it, how effectively we respond when avoidance fails, and how we manage the aftermath.
Certifications
- ▸NRA Instructor #214141830
- ▸USCCA Instructor #4077581
- ▸CA DOJ Certified CCW Instructor #1132
- ▸Red Cross First Aid / CPR / AED Instructor #0261A45
Our Founder
Kevin Mills
I've spent a lifetime in high-stakes environments: military combat, emergency response, global travel, media production, and entrepreneurship. Every one of them showed me the same thing. Uncertainty is inevitable, but being unprepared doesn't have to be.
My early years bridged two worlds, suburban prep schools and the wild streets of 1980s Los Angeles, and taught me to read people, manage tension, and adapt fast. I served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps with the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment during Operation Desert Storm, riding through a tank/air power/artillery war in an unarmored Humvee. That experience cemented my belief that preparation and composure are everything.
After a medical retirement from the Army, I worked in film, stunt/safety diving, and music production. I volunteered as a public safety diver with the L.A. Sheriff's Search and Recovery Dive Team and as an L.A. County certified EMT. I've managed a touring band through post-Soviet eastern Europe, and I survived a catastrophic backcountry accident that required hours of self-rescue before EMS could locate me.
Readiness isn't toughness. It starts with awareness, adaptability, and action. I'm not a toughguy. I've just learned that outcomes improve with proactive engagement with our environments, and I want to teach others to do the same.