Our friend Christian Lowe was given unprecedented access to both the Special Forces Sniper Course (old SOTIC) as well as the Special Forces Advanced Reconnaissance, Target Analysis, and Exploitation Techniques Course.
Be sure to check his video out.
Archive for the ‘Training’ Category
KitUp! Visits SFSC and SFARTAETC
Saturday, May 28th, 2011Tactical Night Vision Night Operator Course
Thursday, May 19th, 2011TNVC is offering their first ever, commercial night vision training course. They have assembled a very special training staff that comes from the finest the military and LE communities have to offer in order to bring you some of the best NV training available.
In order to ensure they are delivering the finest NV training, a state of the art 12,000 sq ft indoor facility located in Brunswick, Georgia will be utilized. Military, LE and civilian professionals alike will find it to be one of a kind, as it’s tailored strictly for night operations training.
For those of you who cannot travel to the NV training facility, TNVC also offers a complete mobile training team to train at your facility. In addition to the new commercial course, TNVC will still continue to offer restricted Mil/LE NV courses, so please contact them with your organization’s specific operational needs and requirements.
They have established online email enrollments for all NV courses, located on the TNVC web site training section www.tnvc.com/training
Grey Group Opens Course Training Reviews Database
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011Grey Group has already succeeded in offering the most diverse training opportunities in industry and now they have made the experience even better. With the goal of providing a single source to find out the real information on the best instructors on the planet, they launched what is essentially a “consumer reports” for tactical training. In addition to new After Action Reviews (AAR) as they become available, Grey Group is working hard to add existing training reports to the website. These include photographs as well as in depth information on the training experience as it relates to both the subject as well as the individual instructor.
Panteao Productions Special Offer
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011Based on the amount of interest they received from the Carolina Cup side match article, Panteao Productions has made this generous offer to SSD readers.
From now until Sunday enter “SoldierSystems†in the voucher field during checkout in the online shopping cart and will receive 15% off their DVD purchase. Also, the 5th order that comes with that discount code will receive a free DVD (of PP’s choice) along with his/her order.
Corps Strength – The Wheelhouse
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
One of the big “Buzz words” in the fitness industry nowadays (they always need a new buzz word) is Core Training. Before you say it, the title of my book “Corps Strength” is not one of these, as “Corps” relates to my Marine background. However training your Core is very important for those who use their bodies to make a living. Military members, firemen and law enforcement people rely on their Core much more than the average weekend athlete.
But what really is your Core? Many years ago when I had dreams of being a professional fighter (a boxer that is, MMA wasn’t around in the late 70’s) my old school trainer use to preach to us about using our “Core” to generate real punching power. However he never used the word Core, he called it the “Wheel house”. Roughly the area from your belly button to your knees. This is the place where the most powerful muscles of your body hang out; your upper legs, hips, butt and lower back, it’s where knockout power really comes from, not in your arms. But this area doesn’t just help in hitting power but for every important movement in sports as well as for everyday physical work. It needs to be trained and conditioned, for not only brute force but also for endurance, flexibility and remaining injury free. I learned how to do this correctly many years ago and include these methods in my training system. You will never maintain real strength, health and endurance without a well conditioned “Wheel House”. Sorry that I brought back an old buzz word to describe a new one, but to be honest I like the old one better.
Be safe and good luck.
MGunz
Panteao Productions Announces Streaming Training
Monday, May 9th, 2011Panteao Productions has launched streaming video on the Panteao Productions website which allows subscribers to watch streaming video direct from the Panteao website in either Standard or High Definition.
Panteao brings you instructors like Paul Howe, Bill Rogers, Massad Ayoob, Bill Jeans, Dave Harrington, Dean Caputo, Jessie Abbate, Bob Vogel, Mark Redl, and Tom Yost with more instructors coming next month.
Each month Panteao will be adding additional video titles to the website. There will also be exclusive content only available online through membership. Subscriptions are available either monthly or yearly, offering unlimited 24/7 access to the entire Make Ready library. Along with being able to watch all the videos available from Panteao online, members also receive a discount on DVDs purchased from the Panteao site.
Blackwater North Now Impact Training Center
Saturday, May 7th, 2011This might not be news to everybody, but I don’t think that everyone knows about it. Impact Training Center used to be known as Formerly Blackwater North/US Training Center and is located in Illinois, right in America’s heartland. It is now owned and operated by former Blackwater/US Training Center instructors.
Impact Training Center offers courses for everyone involved in shooting and shooting related sports. From Beginner Pistol courses to Advanced Sniper Conditioning, Impact Training Center has a course to meet the needs of all at a cost well below the industry standard. In addition to resident training, Impact Training Center also offers courses via Mobile Training Team to any destination within the United States.
Additionally, they are involved in the Veteran’s community, hosting the upcoming midwest M1 for Vets event.
For full information visit www.impacttrainingcenter.co.
I Corps CSM Leading Charge to Build ‘Tactical Athletes’
Sunday, May 1st, 2011We’ve written several articles on the need for a more rounded physical training training program for armed professionals. The important thing is to focus on occupational or functional fitness. According to a story by SGT Lindsey Kibler of the I Corps Public Affairs Office, Corps CSM John Troxell is doing just that with his new Physical Mentally Emotionally Hard Gauntlet which he developed while serving as the Brigade CSM of 4th Bde, 2nd ID, during their 15-month deployment to Iraq in 2007.
“We had 60 to 80 pounds of kit on, going long distances, and I needed my guys to be physically fit, to be hard,†CSM Troxell said. “Hard in the sense that they need to be physically, mentally and emotionally strong to make it.â€
His realized that having Soldiers strictly train for the Army Physical Fitness Test wasn’t enough because the APFT wasn’t designed for the rigors of combat. Once he assumed his new position he set about to do what NCOs do; train Soldiers but this time he could train even more by training the Corps’ subordinate unit Sergeants Major. In turn, once trained on the basic concepts, they can return to their units with this new physical fitness methodology and effect change within their own organizations.
On April 29th, CSM Troxell gathered the Corps’ most Senior NCOs for a PT session, but one unlike anything they had ever done before. Designed to work more than those muscles used on an APFT; it forces the body to work its core, back, hips and upper thighs. CSM Troxell and his command team set up 21 different stations consisting of various non-standard equipment items like wrecker chains, logs and tires.
“This isn’t about testing your strength against me or anyone else out here. I’m too busy smoking the dog crap out of myself to pay attention to anyone else,†Troxell told SGT Kibler. “It’s you against you, and only you will know if you’ve cheated yourself or not.â€
Participants spent a set time at each station and moved round robin style to the next event. As the session progressed, fatigue set in and this is exactly what CSM Troxell wanted to to see. The point is to push individual limits. In his program there are mental and emotional components to comprehensive Soldier fitness. You have to reach down and work through the challenge.
“You need something to compensate for your physical deficiencies. Your mind, soul and spirit are what will keep you going,†he said. “We are tactical athletes. We face dynamic things on the battlefield, and we need to be prepared for that.â€
This is great stuff and it is awesome to see a Corps CSM take the lead on something like this. As the Army transforms its physical fitness program we hope that programs like this are incorporated into a larger program. The old pushup, situp, 2-mile run APFT is a relic of the Cold War. It has a sausage factory feel being more suited to administrivia than combat applicability. Oddly, the Army had a more combat focused draft-era PT test up until the early 80s when it switched to the three event test. America fields the most professional Army this world has ever seen. It is about time that it gets to the work of making the most of its combat Army and doing the things for the sake of being the best rather than being the easiest to manage.
