The 2012 24-Hour Sniper Adventure Challenge is coming soon. It will be held 27-29 JULY 2012 at SniperCountry in Washakie, Box Elder, Utah. It’s a grueling two-day competition that challenges competitors through a series of physical, mental and tactical problems.
Arc’teryx LEAF has teamed up with Deliberate Dynamics as a Gold level sponsor in support of the event. Look for them onsite.
competition-dynamics.com/24-hour-sniper-adventure-challenge-2012
Haley Strategic has just bundled their lineup of training targets into a single zip file for free download. These are the same targets we used at the recent Disruptive Industries event and are used by Travis Haley not only to keep his shots tuned up but to train his students. Now you can use them too. You get Twister Drill, Lucky Charms and Shift Gears from HSP as well as The Practical Shooting Academy’s Trigger Stripe. I find them to be very effective training tools and think it’s great that HSP is sharing them.
www.haleystrategic.com/downloads/HaleyStrategic_Target_Pack
This Special Tactics Selection Prep program is designed to help you max the PAST test. The author of this ebook is a Pararescueman. Read more about it at www.morrisonsystem.com/usaf-special-tactics-selection-prep-program.
Panteao Productions has announced a new Bob Vogel title. In Make Ready with Bob Vogel: Stage Tactics of Practical Shooting, Vogel shows you how to best approach and shoot a stage, or course of fire, in Practical shooting competition. He also reviews the gear he uses in USPSA and IDPA as well as the targets for both sports and their respective scoring methods. Using both IDPA and USPSA rules as a guideline, Vogel demonstrates match stages from the perspective of each sport. He also demonstrates the El Presidente drill, Mozambique drill, and One-and-One Drill.
Courtesy of ChenCenter.com’s ‘The Combat Corner’ is this piece on Blauer’s Ten Commandents of Street Survival.
I – THOU SHALT NOT NOT TRAIN
II- THOU SHALT NOT DEFEAT THYSELF
III- THOU SHALT NOT GIVE UP
IV – THOU SHALT NOT FEAR FEAR
V- THOU SHALT NOT TELEGRAPH YOUR INTENTIONS
VI – THOU SHALT NOT LOSE THE STREET FIGHT
VII – THOU SHALT NOT INVITE DISASTER
VIII – THOU SHALT NOT KILL, UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
IX – THOU SHALT NOT SETTLE FOR MEDIOCRITY
X – THOU SHALT NOT REBUKE OTHER SYSTEMS
Read the whole article to get the why’s and how’s of Tony Blauer‘s philosophy..
combativecorner.wordpress.com/2012/06/24/blauers-ten-commandents-of-street-survival
This is the fifth instructional video from Paul Howe in the ‘Make Ready’ series. ‘Tactical Drills’ is a concise video featuring the benchmark range drills taught by Paul Howe. Paul is a high-risk training instructor that served 20 years in the US Army, ten of those in Special Operations, including service in battle of Mogadishu that was later portrayed in the motion picture ‘Black Hawk Down.’
Paul takes you step-by-step through drills like the plate rack from a vehicle drill, engaging multiple targets from cover, interior movement drills, line drill, immediate threat drills, forward movement drills, dealing with wounds, 100-7 drill, battlefield weapon recovery, and the granddaddy of all drills – the 500 yard Scrambler.
Panteao is accepting pre-orders for the DVD and expects it to be released in July.
UTM will leave a mark…
Look for additional coverage of the culmination of HSP’s Disruptive Industries next week, here on SSD.
Disruptive Industries is a unique, invitation-only event bringing together industry, military, and law enforcement. It is designed to teach, inspire, build relationships, open communications and create new channels for innovation in the defense sector. Every experience has been devised to accomplish each of these tasks in one way or another, from training classes to meals as well as other organized social events.
We’ve already experienced two days of shooting, physical conditioning, and associated tactical training. Oddly enough, day 3 kicked off much like day 2, with another ass kicking from former Russian Spetznaz operator Saulius “Sonny” Puzikas. Except, this time, he really did kick our asses. During the various demonstrations of Systema hand to hand, pretty much every one of us got a chance to take a blow or two from Sonny. Naturally, we got to knock each other around a little as well. The training was no nonsense and focused on staying out of a grapple and incapacitating your aggressor. All in all, it was fantastic.
Next up were classes on surreptitious entry and restraint escape by Bryan Black of ITS Tactical. After lunch we ran through various room clearing drills. Scenarios focused on PSD work but the lessons could be applied to multiple scenarios.
As I mentioned earlier, D1 is very much about fostering innovation and relationships. One of the best things about Disruptive Industries is the opportunity to network and cross-talk. This includes all participants. Everyone has learned from our esteemed instructors and I’d hazard to guess that they have picked up a few things from us as well. Additionally, Mil and LE have been able to compare notes and share experiences with each other as well as interact with the industry reps. For the industry folks, this experience has been invaluable. In some cases, different companies have been able to discuss collaborations and, in every case, industry has gained knowledge from the interaction with military and LE attendees.
It’s been great working with the military and LE members as well as HSP’s industry partners HSGI, G-Code Holsters, Impact Weapons Components, Arc’teryx LEAF, Outdoor Research, US Palm, B5 Systems, Emissive Energy/Inforce, UTM, Rifle Dynamics, Dark Mountain Research, PNW Ammunition and Kill Cliff as well as media reps from ITS Tactical.
Don’t forget, ITS Tactical is also on hand so make sure you visit their site for additional photos. Look for the simultaneous release of an AAR from both of us soon. Until then, enjoy our serialized look at HSP’s Disruptive Industries.
