Willis N. Dabbs, M.D.


Education and Training

2002 - 2005
University of Mississippi Family Medicine Residency

1998 - 2002
University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, MS
- MD May 2002

1996
Combined Arms and Services Staff School, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas

1996
U.S. Air Force Arctic Survival School, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska

1995
U.S. Army Aviation Officer Advanced Course, Ft. Rucker, Alabama

1991
OH-58A/C Aviator Qualification Course, Ft. Sill, Oklahoma

1991
CH-47D Aviator Qualification Course, Ft. Rucker, Alabama

1990
U.S. Army Rotary-Wing Flight School
- Distinguished Graduate

1984 - 1989
University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering

1987
U.S. Army Airborne School, Ft. Benning, Georgia

1986
U.S. Army Northern Warfare and Mountain Survival School, Ft. Greeley, Alaska


Honors and Awards

2004

1992 - Present

Chief Resident—UMC Department of Family Medicine

Daddy, Third Award

1997

2002

Meritorious Service Medal; Army Commendation Medal; Army Achievement Medal X 4;  Overseas Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Army Service Ribbon; Senior  

Army Aviator Qualification; Initial Entry Rotary Wing Flight School Qualification; U.S. Army Parachutist Badge

Class President, University of Mississippi School of Medicine Class of 2002


Extracurricular activities and employment

2020 - present
GunCrank—weekly column on guns, politics, and life

2019
Produced 880 pieces of advertising copy revamping www.SpringfieldArmory.com

2019 - present
Weekly column on guns, history, and politics for www.GunsAmerica.com

2019 - present
GunCrank Diaries—Bi-monthly column in American Handgunner

2019 - present
Movie and Entertainment Editor—Firearms News

2018 - present
Fixed-Wing Aviator

2014 - present
Shooter’s Rx—Bi-monthly column in GUNS Magazine

2014 - present
Contributing Editor GUNS Magazine

2013 - present
Contributing Editor American Handgunner Magazine

2013 - 2022
Contributing editor Small Arms Review

2009 - present
Owner of Advanced Tactical Ordnance LLC, a licensed type 07/02 manufacturer of firearms and suppressors

2007 - present
Adult Sunday School Teacher—First Baptist Church, Oxford, MS

2006 - present
Reserve Deputy Sheriff Lafayette County Sheriff Department, Oxford, Mississippi

2005 - present
Owner of the Urgent Care Clinic of Oxford, Mississippi

2003 - present
Lecturer to various Medical, Law Enforcement, Civilian, and Military audiences on small arms, citizenship, and history

2003
Guest Lecturer at the North American Sniper Championship hosted by the MS Tactical Law Officers’ Association—“Acute High-Velocity Lead Poisoning-Tactical Anatomy and Wound Ballistics for the Armed Professional”

1997
Commissioned Officer in the Regular Army of the United States
- Resigned at the rank of Major
- 1,100 Flight Hours Piloting CH-47D, OH-58A/C, UH-1H, and AH-1S Helicopters

1997
Aviation Liaison Officer, Rockhampton, Australia

1997
Commander of the U.S. Army Alaska High Altitude Rescue Team