Lucien Black, aka Michael Douglas Thervil; World’s Worst Firearms Instructor
You’ve probably seen this guy, Michael Douglas Thervil who goes by Lucien Black on Facebook. He claims to be a military-trained firearms instructor, that he trained special forces soldiers in firearms handling and he claims that he was a security officer while he was in the military, among other things;
He has an executive protection company according to his LinkedIn profile.
Bob Owens, Barstool Sports and Maxim have all called him the “World’s Worst Firearms Instructor”.
He makes videos in which he unsafely handles firearms. ALL guns are ALWAYS loaded – you don’t point a weapon at anything you don’t intend to kill;
And you probably don’t want to shoot into the ceiling at the range;
And Assault with a Deadly Weapon is probably a disqualifier for weapons instructors;
Anyway, he did serve in the Army but his firearms instruction was minimal – he was a nutritional care specialist at the 28th Combat Support Hospital at Fort Bragg, NC (a hospital cook). He might have trained special forces soldier on how to eat healthy, but luckily, he didn’t teach them how to shoot;
He had 18 months on active duty and he left as a Private First Class (E-3), so you can’t blame his poor firearms training on the Army. I understand that the NRA pulled his instructor certs because of some of his videos. I guess he forgot all of the military firearms training as well as his military nutritional training.
Category: Phony soldiers, Valor Vultures
I guess he forgot also what the Army really trained him for.
Nice Muffin Top Dude.
OMG I shot Momma
BEACHED WHALE! QUICK! PUSH IT BACK INTO THE OCEAN.
And that, boys and girls, is how the oceans flooded the coastal cities. It wasn’t AGW or GloBull Warming.
Hospital Jello maker. Way more high speed than just being a regular old line cook.
And to think, with that gut he was once an Army nutritionist…he could have made some money on those firearm instructional videos if he had sought out corporate sponsorship…like a XXXL tee shirt that says “Utz Potato Chips”
He stands a better chance being sponsored by Putz. Or maybe All Points Logistics.
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Shut the fuck up asshat! You look like a toasted jelly donut with your dumbass pistol draw shoulder shrug.
Racism in 3… 2… 1…
Best comment ever!!!!
They should just mace him and watch what happens.
Oh no….he’s just too damn good in original form…you mace him and his reply, after deeply inhaling, “that be some good shit, man”
Ooooooooooooh, cuh-rapppp!
Too early. Not enough caffeine.
Just the right amount of caffeine, not enough desk to bash my forehead into.
Might I recommend for this instance a nice 1″ thick Maple cutting board?
The thickness and density of the wood is perfect to allow the required force without collapsing, plus it is a very attractive kitchen accessory as well.
Thanks, dude. The gf will love it. 😉
Clown
I love the instructional video.
This is some straight up All-Points Logistics shit!
I couldn’t continue watching the instructional video after about the 1:20 point.
I just couldn’t.
Please tell me that he doesn’t also teach his ‘students’ to hold the pistol sideways later in the video. That would really put a fine finishing touch on all of this bullshit.
I bet Jon Giduck is jealous!
Who was that other fuckstick that was a phony SEAL running a gun course and going to Africa, etc., pretending to be a security specialist?
Is he out of prison yet?
There may be two you’re referring to
http://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=69485
William J. Burley
or maybe A.J. Dicken
http://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=54415
Dicken…that’s the loser.
If Dicken served the full 36 months, he’s due for release this month.
Wonder how long it’ll take for him to show up on the poser radar again?
Dicken was straight up awesome.
I mean he actually led a team into Africa based on his bullshit.
Original.
How long will it take for him to show up? 30+ months is a long time to concoct a bullshit story. I give him 6 months.
I hit up the NV inmate system. Seems they cut him loose around 2015.
Ha! I only lasted 30 seconds. I would suggest he hold the pistol a little farther from his face. But that’s just me.
What…what the fuq? That thing with the knife and shooting the range ceiling..also, the belly, also, the flagging, also, the booger hook on the bang switch, also….
Wait….where the fuck was I??
I think, you were going to ask if his belt was actually a anchor chain? Joe
Fork instructor, point end goes in first.
He has become VERY infamous in the Instagram community. A great group of individuals have been calling him out for a few months now. Great job Jonn as usual on adding critical information to the story. Another fun tidbit for TAH readers; head over to Urban Dictonary as this ding-dong has made it there as well 😄 (and give it a “thumbs up” if you agree).
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=vodaing
He’s famous in the gun blogger community as well.
Not in a good way either.
Never heard of him until now….when I viewed that first photo with him in that suit and glasses, seemed apparent he was just playing dress up to appear intelligent…damn, Jacques Clouseau has nothing on him…he’s funny in a fratricidal/matricidal/transcidal sort of way
The monkeys! The monkeys are on the phone in my room! No, they are playing dress up and pretending they are weapons instructors. This guy shouldn’t be allowed to teach anyone how to use a slingshot!
Did this guy wash out of hunters safety?
I don’t think they let him in in the first place…
So when you get the diabeetus and lose your fingers, here’s how you load the gun…BLAM!
Lol
He has a Masters, a Bachelors, and a Graduate in Sociology.
Not sure about that “Graduate” degree, never heard of that one.
LOVE the little video of him pushing the paper targets out of the way, and firing while his hand is in front of the muzzle! Great way to lose your graduate certificated fingers.
And what the holy FUCK is he doing in that last picture?
He has a master’s from a school that’s half a step from a diploma mill. In sociology.
ML – you just don’t understand. He wasn’t “pushing” those targets out of the way… if you look closely, he is holding a Deadly Pocket Knife and is stabbing the shit out of those targets while trying to shoot his hand off. Apparently, shooting someone point blank in the chest is not killy enough – one must enlarge the bullet holes with one’s Deadly Pocket Knife in order to ensure that you have killed him clear to death before you can engage the other bad guys who are out of range of your Deadly Pocket Knife.
You are welcome for the correction. 😉
I’m just wondering how he’s managed to not self-select out of the gene pool, so far.
Lying idiot.
Michael Douglas Thervil aka Lucien Black is not a trustworthy firearms instructor.
Michael Douglas Thervil aka Lucien Black is to be avoided at all costs when in the presence of firearms.
Michael Douglas Thervil aka Lucien Black was never a military firearms instructor.
Michael Douglas Thervil aka Lucien Black may be the worst person in the world to trust with any form of safety.
What a turd. And a fat one a at that.
18 months = Substandard Discharge = Shitbag.
It does appear that we have found “Turd” Bolling’s (Ambassador Worldwide Protection Agency – both national and international)long lost fat ass brother.
Well I’ll be Hogswhistled- when I lived up on Long Island NY, I shot at the Nassau County range, The Freeport Police range where non LEO’s could belong to and shoot at their range, Delray Beach shooting center, world of guns range in Pompano Beach. What I noticed in all of the ranges were holes in the ceilings, holes in the sides of the booths and holes in the walls. I always thought that the ranges were built like that for maybe air circulation. So for 47 years,that’s what I thought of until today when I read the above post. LOL,LOL,LOL.
Jeff,
I also shoot at Delray Shooting Center and Gun World of South Florida in Pompano
I prefer Gun World as they allow me shoot at paper plates while Delray insists I buy their targets.
Both have holes in the ceiling as they rent full auto submachine guns
The public cannot grasp the idea of 3 round bursts, so the gun climbs.
Concealed carriers need to practice drawing from concealment and the only range I know that allows that is Revere Range in Pompano
And they have plenty of bullet holes in the floor and door to show for it
Can’t help asking this:
If being charged with Asaault w/a Deadly Weapon is supposed to prevent someone from owning one, what is he doing with one/any?
Difference between being charged and being convicted.
One may be charged with all sorts of crimes. But until proven guilty in a court of law, we must still consider the accused to be innocent.
We don’t have anything presented to us (yet) about the outcome of that charge. Was there a plea bargain, was he found innocent, were charges dropped, or has he not yet had a court appearance on the charges?
Until found guilty in a court of law of an offense that would remove that right, he has every right to keep and use a firearm.
That does not mitigate against him being an unsafe idiot with firearms. He has the right to be an idiot until his idiocy gets someone hurt or killed.
Was this idiot the armorer for the “Lethal Weapon” series? Or was that just where he learned his technique from?
Dunno what he thinks he studied at ECU…but they have no undergrad or grad programs in Logistics
I studied at ECU back in the day. I was honorary Captain of the Panty Raid detachment.
I was relieved of Command for excessive confiscation of thongs over size 9.
I honestly thought I was doing a service to the public.
Those things should be illegal.
Back in my day, the pantys were never thongs. Lacy, sheer, colored or white – but never thongs.
Times change.
I’m into granny bloomers
GILFs
Grrrrrrrrr
lubbs me some GILFs
Frequently
You’re so sweet, IDC_SARC.
Damn, I was going to attend a personal protection firearms class because Lawton is supposed to come kill me today.
I guess this guy can’t help me, unless Lawton tries to come through the ceiling to kill me. What am I to do now? I thought this guy might have some handy tips on how he dealt with insurgents coming through the ceiling in a crowded chow hall.
Now I don’t feel safe going to Waffle House. This fat phuk appeared to be experienced with defending his food.
Just curious – what is the defensive round de jour? Something from a donut shop? A gift certificate for 1/2 off at the daily DRG session at the dumpster?
Also – are there any concerns that PETA or SPCAA might get involved if you do have to get physical with Lawton? What about those at MHMR?
Dave? You still alive?
Sadly, my kids have been going around the house putting their names on the things they want.
I think they put a Yard Sale advertisement in this weekends paper to get rid of the rest of it.
The Soviet picked up my Dress Blues from the cleaners yesterday…I think she is still hopeful.
Sitting here felling like Walt.
Poor Dave.
He does look like a VERY highly trained and experienced Jelly Doughnut Assassin.
Didn’t have my glasses on, and mistook the first photo for Daymond John from Shark Tank.
Thought for a second that some ABC producer had shit the bed and booked APL to pitch their service…
“We currently steal valor in forty-two states and six foreign countries. Each of our hand pricked…er…picked agents is equipped with an HD tricycle (knockoff) and trained to disorient potential threats with the shoulder-to-shoulder bling on their “poser”…um…I mean “pride” vest. We also retain the services of world-renowned weapons experts like Lucien Black to instruct members to subdue subjects by deploying our patented Phildo™ non-lethal stimulation…uh… suppression device.
We’re seeking $750 dollars in bail money and a box of day-old-donuts in exchange for a fifty percent stake in our company
I wonder what Psulie-Boi would ask for his “woman-owned company” and Elaine Ricci’s current location?
Somewhere in the neighborhood of the $9000 he’s getting sued over and a mailbox door, I’d guess.
I can see Mr. Wonderful offering the nine grand as a line of credit* and collecting a dollar royalty for every mailbox door recovered.
*Whereabouts of Elaine Ricci not included.
I agree he is an incompetent firearms instructor, but this is the Stolen Valor section. And the worst possible statement I see quoted was that he said “I’m also military.” Well, he went through basic, and presumably qualified with his service weapon.
He may be well over his head in trying to teach weapons handling to anyone, but I just don’t see this as a “Stolen Valor” posting.
“He claims to be a military-trained firearms instructor, that he trained special forces soldiers in firearms handling and he claims that he was a security officer while he was in the military, among other things;”
First paragraph refers to his embellishment. This story wasn’t categorized under stolen valor.
When he qualled in BCT it would’ve been with an M16. Rifle shooting and pistol shooting are completely different games. I can poke a hole through a man from 350m away with an M16/M4, but can’t hit the broad side of a barn with a pistol (or so I assume, I’ve only shot a pistol once.)
Wait…What? Can someone translate what he said in the video because I only caught a word here or there. That has to be some of THE dumbest firearm handling shit I have ever seen. I mean, if he’s helping the ‘boys in da hood’, that’s one thing, otherwise it was a short course in how to kill friends, neighbors, bystanders and yourself. Please God, don’t let anyone innocent be downrange from the fat ass hat if he pulls his weapon in a Walmart.
I keep thinking “Paul Blart: Mall Cop”.
Dude would look hip on a “pimp my ride” Segway…
I also wonder what would happen if someone placed a bowl of jelly beans in the corner?
I’m betting this fat cat was a weight control program enrollee from day one.
And of course there’s nothing better than being in a MOS where you get to eat your own mistakes every day.
I believe he’s the living embodiment of that old saying that you should never eat the chow prepared by a skinny cook.
He’s got a new video up on FB.
Everybody else is apparently….jealous. 🙂
Jealous? Of what?
His size? His appetites? His ignorance in gun handling?
What a strange person.