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Friday, June 24th, 2011Rumors of Scott-Donelan’s Retirement Are Greatly Exaggerated
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011Despite word that he’s ceased to teach, rumors of David Scott-Donelan’s retirement are grossly exaggerated. He has stopped neither teaching nor consulting. He is, in fact, busier than ever.
For some time there’s been scuttlebutt Scott-Donelan had called it quits. Such rumors may have sprung from his abrupt resignation from the long-lived company he founded and ran previously for decades. They may have come from the well-meaning but uninformed, who might’ve assumed a brief, successful battle with skin cancer would convince him to take a well-deserved rest. It’s also possible, as some have alleged, certain unscrupulous competitors deliberately spread such rumors to win training contracts of their own—a disheartening thought, but stranger things have happened when there’s money involved.
If he is out of business, it will certainly come as a surprise to the people he’s been instructing over the last few months—among them the Australian Federal Police, 2/4 Scout Snipers, Queensland Police Special Operations, members of the New Zealand Army Tracking School instructor cadre, USMC Combat Hunters, Army scouts at the Ft. Bliss Border Hunter program, National Park Service personnel, NPS SWAT officers and several other U.S law enforcement agencies.
That’s staying pretty busy for someone who has retired or is too ill to leave his home.
Donelan is a veteran special operations officer with nearly fifty years experience either conducting counter-insurgency warfare or teaching others to do so. He served in the Rhodesian Army (Rhodesian Light Infantry, Tracker Combat Unit, Rhodesian SAS, the Bush Warfare & Tracking School at Lake Kariba and Selous Scouts) and later the SADF (5 Reconnaissance Regiment) and South-West Africa Territorial Force before emigrating to the US. He currently serves on the Committee of the Selous Scouts Association and is a member of the SAS Association of Southern African, the RLI Association (all open only to vetted veterans of those organizations) and the Rhodesian Forces Association. He has instructed US military and LE personnel from every branch and all types of agency. He still (despite recently celebrating his 70th birthday) routinely goes to the field with his students.
Donelan has been consulting for the Dept of Homeland Security and continues to visit Ft Leavenworth between tracking classes. There he works as a visiting practitioner for the US Army Counter-Insurgency Course. He is also apparently working on “T4â€, network of tracking groups and trainers from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Israel and other allied countries.
If you’re interested in tracking—tactical, search and rescue or civilian—contact Mr. Scott-Donelan via the Scott Donelan Tracking School (www.trackingoperations.com) website or FaceBook. He asks that you give them a few days to respond to e-mails, but stresses that busy as they are they will get back with you.
Cool Video – Redback One
Sunday, June 12th, 2011Our friend Ted Tae put together this cool video featuring Redback One. Then Chen Lee posted it on Youtube. It’s great to see so many friends working together.
StrikeMark Targets
Saturday, June 4th, 2011
Originally envisioned as a lightweight, low-cost sniper target, the SM-1 is manufactured from AR500 steel (3/8″ strike face) in order to withstand the repeated hammering of high caliber ammunition. I’ve had a couple of opportunities to see them in action and man, I can tell you, I’m impressed. The reset for this target is an amazing 1.5 seconds. Then, I found out the price and I was ecstatic. It retails at $999.00!
The SM-1 is powered by an internal battery which offers over 1500 resets per charge. It incorporates a carrying handle and is fairly lightweight (50 lbs) so it isn’t a big deal to carry it over to an outlet to recharge. While it is weather resistant, I don’t recommend leaving it out in the weather indefinitely. After all, it is manufactured from steel.
The StrikeMark SM-1 is an excellent sniper target, but they recently introduced an ingenious stand system in order to raise the targets up for pistol and other practical shooters. This has greatly increased its utility and opened it up for a whole other group of shooters. The spiked feet used to hold the target in place on the ground fit right into holes on the shelf of the stand so it isn’t going anywhere. Also, the legs are a standard pipe size so they can be cut to adjust for uneven terrain and are easily replaced.
A variety of targets have been developed including this one specifically for Advanced Armament Corporation and they are constantly developing new options.
In fact, look for StrikeMark Targets at the AAC Silencer Shoot this weekend at T1G.
At this price and capability, not only can LE agencies and private ranges afford to incorporate automated targets but individuals can as well. Additionally, StrikeMark will work with you to produce specialized targets for the SM-1.
KitUp! Visits SFSC and SFARTAETC
Saturday, May 28th, 2011Our 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.
Tactical 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.
