Haley Strategic Partners recently held a Disruptive Environments Urban Darkness exercise in New York. Participants were a mix of law enforcement narco/counter terrorism background.
In the photos, look for BCM, Mayflower Research, Smith Optics, Mechanix Gloves, Battery ACOGs, EOTech, HSP Thorntail Light Mounts, Surefire Mags, HSGI pouches, G-Code Holsters, B5 Systems and Arcteryx LEAF.
HSP discovered that Arc’teryx Wolf Grey is great for interiors but found Croc actually more suited to the “yellow” light of the NYC night. The team ran a mix of Croc tops with their civy Raider pants in graphite.
It’s good to see an instructor get out there and set the standard. Here he is demonstrating a drill for his Reliance Arms ID Class. Way to go Costa! Not too sure on the location of the photographer.
Yesterday was day one of Blackheart International’s five-day Foreign Weapons Course. Bottom Line Up Front – Excellent. Once we got going, I quickly realized that this is not only a great course for trainers, advisors and shooters, but also for intel guys (both collectors and analysts) to acquaint themselves with the weapons in order to prepare more accurate reports.
Blackheart offers a very comfortable bunkhouse for students with full facilities including kitchen. Upon arrival, I settled right into my room. In the morning we arrived at their training facility and grouped up into Army and Navy tables. This is a class of mixed units so it is small. Usually, unit classes are much larger. Everything was very organized yet casual and you could tell that the instructors are well versed in their craft.
Right off the bat, we started off the course with a quiz, identifying weapon and associated caliber as well as a visual ID test of our knowledge of ammunition. Remember, this is a Foreign Weapons Course so for several of us (me included), the quiz was challenging. While I knew most of the calibers, I wasn’t familiar with what some of them looked like, particularly when paired next to each other.
We then set about going over pistols and SMGs, discussing origins, characteristics, loading, unloading, and maintenance. Each of us had our own weapons to practice with right along with the lecture. Remember those Army and Navy tables? When the primary instructor brought up the SIG family, the Army table hadn’t handled them much and when the subject turned to the Beretta, the opposite was true.
After a working lunch we hit the 50m range and got to familiarize ourselves with the various guns, demonstrating proper handling from the morning’s classroom portion of training. During the range work, instructors would quiz us on handling and caliber of the various weapons which included the Tokarev, Makarov, PPSh-41, PPS-43, and Sten, among others.
Here’s a clip of me firing the PPSh-41. I don’t know if I enjoyed it or the Sten more but I can tell you, anyone who carries a Sten into battle has big brass ones and string thumbs. Sten mags are a chore to load. Although it was rainy, the temperature was comfortable and it let up for much of our two hours of shooting.
After the range we headed inside for weapons maintenance and were afforded the opportunity to break them down and give them a good going over (including magazines). Once all of the weapons and magazines had been squared away we each took our turn in the barrel with an end-of-day quiz. The instructors took all of the weapons apart and placed them in a pile along with dummy rounds corresponding to each weapon. One-by-one, we then had to assemble the weapons, answer any questions during reassembly, find the associated ammunition, properly name it and complete a function check. All of this repeated hands on helped really sink the material in. Today is a big day…AKs. I can’t wait.
Due to the duties of my fellow students there were few opportunities for pictures.
Panteao Productions has just announced a follow-up video to Bill Rogers’ Reactive Pistol Shooting. Bill is a former FBI Agent and inventor of the first Kydex Holster in 1972. He started the Rogers Holster Company in 1973, later purchased by Safariland in 1985. To this day he continues to develop cutting edge technologies for the shooting industry. Bill developed a training program and a high speed moving target system. The program replicates the minimal amount of time a shooter will have to successfully neutralize an adversary. Reactive Carbine takes you through carbine setup, proper stance and grip, engaging multiple targets, moving, transitioning to a pistol, how to zero your carbine, shooting steel and alternative targets, shooting from different positions, and much more. Also included with the video is the the In-Brief by Bill Rogers covering his training program.
Morrison Industries, LTD has released their new military training program and website. The Morrison System is the first and only system of physical training specifically designed for special operations forces It was designed specifically to address shortcomings in current US military physical fitness training regimes. The system is composed of three parts; a 272 page book, 111 page planning workbook, and membership-based support website which contains a library of tutorial videos, articles, questions & answers and supporting documents.
Despite its focus, The Morrison System is available to the general public and uses a principle-based programming model. It can be adapted to accommodate any training goal or modality. Examples include calisthenics, kettlebell training, running, swimming, powerlifting, etc.
Morrison Athletic has announced the impending release of, ‘The Morrison System: The Art & Science of Training for War.’ This book is really just the tip of the iceberg. Perhaps their description of the book will help you to understand the totality of what they are proposing.
“This revolutionary new book blends cutting edge sports science, martial arts and military operations. This is the first book ever published containing a physical training program specifically designed for Special Operations, Military, Law Enforcement, Adventure Athletes and Obstacle Racers. It provides a simple template based model that anyone can follow. The book contains all of the pertinent sports science information required to educate the reader. You will not find this level of detail in any other fitness book, period!
Accompanying the book is the simultaneous release of The Morrison System Planning Workbook. This workbook takes you step by step through the planning process and provides blank templates for an entire year’s worth of training. This remarkable product also has an 8 week training plan example spelled out in easy terms for you to follow along with and reference.
Together these two books represent the most revolutionary paradigm shift in physical training in recent decades. No one has ever refined the complexities of periodization into such a quick and easy format. Nor has anyone ever broken the code of what the armed professional really needs in his training. These books will change the way you look at physical training forever.”
The goal is to create The Morrison System as a complete system of training for the armed professional. Look for a dedicated website soon. Until then, keep up with the latest new on The Morrison System at www.alpin-gruppe.at/the-morrison-system.
Our friends at Mayflower Research & Consulting recommend The Spartan Mind reading list. Granted, the site is a bit dated (and includes some popups) but the list is sound.
Redback One released a photo of their new RB1 Combat Training Target, the ‘RB1 Skeleton.’ The concept came from Redback One and they enlisted the design genius of Steve Web St-Louis of Webtechgear to give it that perfect look.
It will be available for purchase in their Pro Shop soon.
