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Labyrinth Guides Consulting

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

You may have already heard about Scot and Tom Spooner and their new training company Invictus Alliance Group. But, you probably haven’t heard about their other day job, Labyrinth Guides Consulting. The concept is simple and they lay it out in this statement, “Take combat proven military experience, including leadership, team work, decision making, deliberate and contingency planning, and coalesce this information into the proper format, tone and delivery…”

You can read all about Scot and Tom’s backgrounds on the website and it’s pretty amazing having both served in Special Forces as well as a selectively manned unit. Invictus is already out there making their name by providing some great training but we thought that Labyrinth Guides Consulting might might pique the curiosity of our industry readers. You see, they provide some very specialized leadership training unavailable anywhere else. And while this training might be very enticing for those on Wall Street or other large industries, it seems custom built for the tactical industry.

In their flagship course, entitled “Battlefield to Boardroom” not only is there some extensive shooting as well as confidence and team building exercises, they also offer unprecedented access to veteran special operations personnel. During these sessions, combat veterans will provide leadership pointers and put them into the context of their real world experiences.

This is exactly the kind of experience that many companies have been asking us about. Not everyone in the firearms or tactical industries has military or law enforcement experience and this is a great way to get a glimpse at how the user community rolls. Additionally, companies often want to sponsor training opportunities for employees whether on an individual basis or as teams. Either of Labyrinth Guides Consulting’s current offerings; Boardroom to Battlefield or the shorter Black Ops Experience can be used either way. Additionally, they will custom develop an experience specifically for your needs. In their own words:

The dated industry standard of one-sided leadership lectures, canned workshops, and 3-day seminars make unrealistic attempts to fit all business models, teams and leaders into rigid pre-cast molds. We strongly believe that the “one size fits all” approach to executive consulting is inefficient and inadequate. Labyrinth Guides use a customized approach to understand an organization’s unique needs, which enables us to formulate training and consulting interactions with pin point accuracy.

Labyrinth experiences take place through a formal partnership with the 2,000 acre Rockcastle Shooting Center and Park Mammoth Resort in Park City, Kentucky.

Class sizes are 8 – 12. The next Boardroom to Battlefield experince is 30 January to 3 February, 2012. Be there…

You can follow Invictus or Labyrinth on Facebook. Additionally, you can learn more about Tom Spooner at warriorsos.blogspot.com.

For more information visit labyrinthgc.com.

Some Words of Wisdom from LAV

Saturday, December 31st, 2011

“Speed is Fine, Accuracy is Final is the motto I adopted when it comes to combat marksmanship. The reason is simple; the only way to guarantee ending a gunfight in your favor is accurate hits on target – fast misses don’t cut it.”

Larry Vickers, Founder Vickers Tactical

Make Ready With Paul Howe – Advanced Tac Pistol/Rifle Operator

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

Panteao Productions has announced their latest video with US Army Special Operations Veteran Paul Howe. Following the success of the Tac Pistol Operator and Tac Rifle Operator videos, Howe expands on those concepts with Advanced Tac Pistol/Rifle Operator. Topics include: working with barricades, using vehicles as cover, dealing with full and partially exposed targets, the hallway pie, masking targets, and more. Additionally, Howe reviews the 100-7 Drill, the Line Drill, and the 25-Yard Diagnostics.

Learn more at www.panteaoproductions.com/products/advanced-tac-pistol-slash-rifle-operator. Make Ready members can purchase videos at a discount or watch segments at their leisure right on their computer at makeready.tv.

Why Quality Firearms Instruction is Right for You

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

Written by LAV, the host of Tac TV for the Sportsman Channel Blog, is a great primer for those interested in taking their first firearms training course. It might also be a sanity check for those who have taken a class or two from some of the less-than-stellar “trainers” taking people’s money. It’s well worth your time to go and read it.

www.thesportsmanchannel.com

Costa Launches Full Website

Monday, December 12th, 2011

As we reported last month, Chris Costa has established his own school and now there is a fully featured website to tell you all about it.

Chis Costa explains his training philosophy on the site:

Costa Ludus conducts training for the game of life, where the knowledge and skills learned in training may one day translate over to the streets or battlefield, determining life or death. We train others with the understanding that life is bigger than us. We understand the sacrifices that others make on a daily basis for our freedoms – that is why we take training so seriously.

The site does a great job of going over the various courses offered by Costa Ludus and offers a training schedule allowing you to register directly for each training iteration. Another handy feature is that the schedule offers links directly to host venues for course registrations not handled by Costa.

However, one of the most interesting sections of the website is entitled “Syndicate.” It covers the firearms and gear that Chris relies on and many fans will pour over this page looking for the items they have seen him use in classes.

Finally, they’ve got some pretty cool shirts in both long and short sleeve versions.

Overall, it’s a great looking site and certainly worth your time to explore, so head on over.

www.costaludus.com

Red Stitch Tactical: New Rifle Targets

Sunday, December 11th, 2011

Red Stitch Tactical is a Veteran Owned Small Business that designs and manufactures a number of different steel target platforms, including a very simple but well designed dueling tree that can mount up to six targets. The newest Red Stitch AR 500 dueling tree is rated for rifle rounds – it will withstand .223, M855 5.56mm, even 12-gauge slugs. You can see their target systems on their website or on Facebook. For you gyrenes and former gyrenes, the man running Red Stitch Tactical is a former Gunny. Oh, and if you want to buy one before Christmas, enter SSD or let them know you read about them on Soldier Systems and they’ll give you 10% off.

Red Stitch Plate, 6 Target Dueling Tree

6 Target Dueling Tree; Plate after several hundred rounds.

-DR

Red Stitch Tactical 2-Plate Dueling Tree

The Red Stitch Tactical 2-Plate Dueling Tree.

Make Ready with Travis Haley: Adaptive Kalash

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

Panteo Productions has introduced Make Ready with Travis Haley: Adaptive Kalash. With over 100 million Kalashnikov variants produced it is the most widely proliferated military rifle in history. For those operating overseas, chances are good you will run onto one and for those of us here CONUS, they are inexpensive and readily available.

Haley discusses various models you will encounter and goes over correct loading techniques, safety manipulation, and dealing with malfunctions. Additionally, he addresses common misconceptions surrounding the use of the AK platform at long ranges are addressed, along with establishing a zero that works for your situation.

Make Ready with Travis Haley: Adaptive Kalash will begin shipping at the end of December and pre-orders are already being accepted by Panteao.

www.panteaoproductions.com

Costa Adding Second Carbine Course with Falcon Ops Group

Monday, November 28th, 2011

Chris Costa is considering adding a second Carbine course to his lineup with Falcon Ops Group. The dates are set at 2-4 Jan but at this point they haven’t finalized whether it will be a Carbine I or II class. If you are interested, head over to falconops.net and let them know your opinion. These will be Costa’s first courses after leaving Magpul Dynamics.