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Laser Ammo Launches Recoil Enabled H&K USP Training Pistols

Wednesday, June 18th, 2025

GREAT NECK, N.Y. – June 16, 2025 – Laser Ammo USA Inc. is excited to announce the launch of its Recoil Enabled H&K USP training pistols, offered in both Compact and Full-Size .45 models. These innovative training pistols, officially licensed Heckler & Koch USP from Umarex, are outfitted with Laser Ammo’s REAL (Recoil Enabled Airsoft Laser) Conversion Barrel and feature a PST (piston) cap in Red or Infrared laser. Designed to provide a realistic and effective training experience, these training pistols deliver authentic recoil, trigger response and point-of-aim feedback. The Recoil Enabled H&K USP training pistols, based on the Compact H&K Platform and H&K USP Full-Size .45, are now available for purchase.

“The H&K USP is widely trusted and used by law enforcement and military professionals in Europe, and now Laser Ammo is proud to introduce these training pistols to the U.S. market, as well as to our clients who demand realistic, high-quality training tools,” said Matan Keller, Laser Ammo’s European Managing Director. “Our team set out to deliver a training solution that replicates the feel and performance of the real firearm. We’re proud to offer a system that not only supports effective skill development but also enhances safety and readiness.”

The Recoil Enabled H&K USP Compact is ideal for concealed carry training and small-handed shooters, offering exceptional training for holster draw, trigger control and target transition drills. The compact model features an ambidextrous magazine release, an extended trigger guard and white 3-dot combat sights. Additionally, it includes functional slide lock, magazine release and takedown features for a comprehensive training experience.

For shooters seeking duty weapon simulation, the Recoil Enabled H&K USP Full-Size .45 is designed to accurately replicate the weight and feel of the pistol that inspires it. The Full-Size model is excellent for holster draw practice, trigger control, reload drills and tactical movement. It includes a functional slide, safety, magazine release and takedown lever, all built on a durable polymer frame with a metallic alloy slide. Engineered for long-term use and high-volume dry fire sessions, this training pistol ensures that shooters can train with confidence without wear and tear.

With the launch of the Recoil Enabled H&K USP training pistols, Laser Ammo continues to lead the way in providing advanced training solutions for law enforcement, military and civilian markets. By adding spare magazines or pairing with Laser Ammo’s interactive multi training target system (i-MTTS) and/or the Smokeless Range® shooting simulator, serious shooters can further elevate the H&K’s training experience. The Recoil Enabled H&K USP Compact is available to purchase here for an MSRP starting at $425.00. The Recoil Enabled H&K USP Full-Size .45 is available to purchase here for an MSRP starting at $425.00

For more information on Laser Ammo, visit LaserAmmo.com or find Laser Ammo on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter/X or YouTube.

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NEW Army Training Requirements Regulation – Doc Is Cut In Half!

Saturday, June 7th, 2025

The Army has just published a “major revision” to the draft version of AR 350-1 Army Training and Leader Development, which has been floating around in draft format for the past few months.

The new directive is half of the size it used to be!

This major revision, dated 1 June 2025—

• Removes “resilience” (common mandatory training) (table C–1).

• Incorporates guidance from Executive Order 14183 (throughout).

• Incorporates guidance from Army Directive 2018-02, Global Cultural Knowledge Network, 4 April 2018 (throughout).

• Incorporates guidance from Army Directive 2018-07-4, Prioritizing Efforts-Readiness and Lethality (Update 4), dated 26 April 2018 (throughout).

• Incorporates guidance from Army Directive 2018-07-05, Prioritizing Efforts-Readiness and Lethality (Update 5), dated 9 May 2018 (throughout).

• Incorporates guidance from Army Directive 2018-07-11, Prioritizing Efforts-Readiness and Lethality (Update 11), dated 26 June 2018 (throughout).

• Incorporates guidance from Army Directive 2018-07-17, Prioritizing Efforts-Readiness and Lethality (Update 17), dated 28 November 2018 (throughout).

• Incorporates guidance from Army Directive 2018-07-18, Prioritizing Efforts-Readiness and Lethality (Update 18), dated 4 January 2019 (throughout).

• Incorporates guidance from Army Directive 2018-22, Retention Policy for Non-deployable Soldiers, dated 8 November 2022 (throughout).

• Incorporates and rescinds guidance from Army Directive 2019-31, Integration or Refresher Training for Prior Service Personnel, dated 3 October 2019 (throughout).

• Incorporates guidance from Army Directive 2021-08, Implementation and Sustainment of Army Medical Department Individual Critical Task Lists, dated 19 March 2021 (throughout).

• Incorporates guidance from Army Directive 2021-17, Lateral Appointment to Corporal and Eligibility for Basic Leaders Course, dated 21 May 2021 (throughout).

• Incorporates and rescinds guidance from Army Directive 2022-05, Army Combat Fitness Test, dated 23 March 2022 (throughout).

• Incorporates guidance from Army Directive 2023-11, Army Body Fat Assessment for the Army Body Composition, dated 9 June 2023 (throughout).

• Incorporates guidance from Army Directive 2025-02, Parenthood, Pregnancy, and Postpartum, dated 24 February 2025 (throughout).

• Incorporates guidance from Army Directive 2025-04, Initial Entry Training for Reserve Component Soldiers, dated 25 March 2025 (throughout).

• Incorporates guidance from Army Directive 2025-06, Army Fitness Test, dated 17 April 2025 (throughout).

• Changes Army Combat Fitness Test to Army Fitness Test (throughout).

• Removes requirements for Home Station Master Plan, Army Training Strategy, and Army Leader Development Strategy (throughout).

• Deletes previous chapters on Culture and Language and Distributed Learning Program (throughout).

• Reduces Training Support System content in this regulation; rather referring to specific regulations (throughout).

I realize it won’t make everyone happy but it eliminates some extraneous mandatory training requirements and allows commanders flexibility to concentrate on more mission focused training.

Get your copy here.

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Rock’a Lock’a Bang! Bang! II

Wednesday, June 4th, 2025

During last week’s Operator Expo I spoke with Sparrow Lock Picks and I learned about the upcoming Rock’a Lock’a Bang! Bang! II. What I heard was simply amazing. I don’t think there has ever been another training opportunity quite like this one. I’d go further than calling this training. This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

The event takes place in a prison. If you choose to take this mission, your three day prison sentence is in Carson City, Nevada, SEPTEMBER 11-14, 2025.

Subject matter experts will lead this group of prisoners through a wide range of learning.

Lock picking
Breaching
Impressioning
Safe and Vault manipulation
SERE … including resistance training
Vehicle Extraction with TNT RESCUE Tools
Night Vision training and Lock Picking
Bypass tools
Safe and Vault drilling
Vehicle Work
Desert Survival
Prison Tattoos
CQC with former Navy SEALs
Hostage Negotiation for intel Gathering

All of these skills will then be put to use on the final day as participants are placed into Tiger teams and assigned multiple tasks in seemingly real world environments.

You’ll stay in Reno and all meals and transportation to and from the prison in Carson City each day will be provided.

Here’s a video from last year’s inaugural event.

To learn more, visit www.sparrowslockpicks.com/products/rocka-locka-bang-bang-ii.

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Flintlock 2025: 20 Years of Enhancing SOF Readiness in Africa

Wednesday, May 14th, 2025

JACQUEVILLE, CôTE D’IVOIRE

Flintlock 2025, U.S. Africa Command’s annual, combined special operations exercise, kicked off in Côte d’Ivoire today. From April 24 – May 14, Flintlock 25 will bring together approximately 500 personnel from more than 30 nations to strengthen collective readiness in response to shared threats.

“Twenty years of Flintlock and our resolve is stronger than ever. Together, with our partners and allies, we are forging lethal forces ready to deter aggression and win on the battlefield,” said U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, Commander of U.S. Africa Command. “U.S. Africa Command is committed to countering threats to the United States and working alongside our African partners as they play a leading role in providing for their own defense.”

This iteration, hosted by Côte d’Ivoire, reflects the dedication by African partners to address regional challenges independently while still working with international partners for global peace. The exercise will consist of academics, then shift to a staff and command post exercise.

Exercise scenarios are designed to strengthen partner nations’ collective abilities to counter violent extremist organizations, collaborate across borders, provide security, respect human rights and build trust with civilian populations. The exercise also bolsters information sharing between African, U.S., and other partner nation military and law enforcement organizations through an interagency fusion cell.

“Flintlock demonstrates our long-term commitment to improve partner-nation operational independence,” said U.S. Army Maj. Patrick Temperato, Flintlock lead planner. “Integrated operations planned on a foundation of shared values and interests are critical to reinforcing an extended network of like-minded nations capable of decisively meeting the defense challenges of today and tomorrow.”

For more information, visit www.africom.mil/what-we-do/exercises/flintlock.

Story by Staff Sgt. Zachary Wright

Special Operations Command Africa

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SOF Week 25 – Boresight

Friday, May 9th, 2025

From Australia comes Boresight and their family of target drones. Designed to be used as an aerial target, the BQ400 quadcopter is a low-cost drone. It has a flight duration of 25 minutes and can fly over 2500m at speed of up to 17.5 m/s.

Using the ground control system, routes are preprogrammed and fly consistently sortie after sortie for live fire gunnery (both kinetic and non-kinetic) training. The one to many control allows one operator to fly up to 10 drones on the same route to mimic swarm scenarios.

Boresight also has a US footprint in Huntsville, Alabama. They are introducing new target drones including a larger quadcopter and Class 1 fixed wing model.

www.boresightuas.com

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Achilles Heel Tactical Launches “Field Notes” – A No-BS Resource for Sharpening Skills, Tactics, and Mindset

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025

Achilles Heel Tactical, founded by Rick Crawley, is proud to announce the launch of Field Notes, a new section of the AHT website dedicated to delivering hard-earned knowledge, straight from the front lines of the firearms training industry.

This isn’t your average blog. Field Notes is a raw, insightful, and skill-driven content hub created for shooters who take their craft seriously—whether you’re a law enforcement professional, an armed civilian, or a responsibly armed American who refuses to be a victim.

Drawing from his experience as a Marine Corps Infantry veteran, law enforcement officer, and founder of one of the most respected training companies in the industry, Rick Crawley breaks down skills, tactics, and gear in a way that actually makes you better.

“The mission is simple: give people the tools and mindset to be more lethal, more capable, and more prepared,” says Crawley. “Firearms training isn’t just about punching holes in paper—it’s about decision-making, discipline, and being dangerous for the right reasons.”

Field Notes covers everything from:

– Proven shooting drills that build real-world performance

– Deep dives on red dot optics, rifle setups, and EDC gear

– Tactics that translate from the range to the street

– Mental frameworks that separate good shooters from great ones

Every post is designed to cut through the fluff and deliver actionable insights that shooters can immediately apply.

If you carry a gun for a living—or carry one to protect what matters—this is for you.

Start reading now at: www.achillesheeltactical.com/field-notes

Stay sharp. Stay dangerous. And stay ahead of the threat.

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Army Streamlines Training Requirements to Enhance Warfighting Readiness

Thursday, April 3rd, 2025

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army will unveil an updated version of Army Regulation 350-1, Army Training and Leader Development, on June 1, 2025. This revision, which streamlines the regulation from over 250 pages to fewer than 100, will enable small-unit leaders and tactical formations to focus on training to fight and win on modern and future battlefields.

The updated regulation marks a significant step toward simplifying training requirements while enhancing warfighting readiness and effectiveness across the force. In addition, it will remove administrative burdens and unnecessary distractions, allowing Soldiers to focus on essential warfighting skills.

The revised AR 350-1 reduces the number of mandatory training tasks from 24 to 17, reduces requirements, eliminates redundancies and highlights tasks that are essential to warfighting, readiness and lethality. The updates focus on retaining only the essential training required by Department of Defense policies, as well as critical Army-specific tasks that support combat readiness.

Six tasks have been shifted to optional training, at the discretion of commanders, and one task has been eliminated entirely. Outdated programs, including “Resilience Training” and “Structured Self-Development,” have also been removed.

These revisions aim to alleviate the burden on commanders by granting them greater flexibility in customizing training schedules to meet specific mission requirements. The new regulation eliminates restrictions on the duration and locations of certain training events and encourages alternative methods of training delivery.

These changes are part of the Army’s broader effort to prioritize readiness by eliminating unnecessary administrative burdens and sharpening the focus on preparing Soldiers for decisive action in combat. The revised regulation also reorganizes appendices for improved clarity, emphasizing tasks related to warfighting capabilities.

This update reflects the Army’s commitment to ensuring that Soldiers are better prepared for real-world missions while reducing non-essential requirements that can detract from operational effectiveness.

To read the draft of AR-350-1, click here.

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Register Now for LEGION Legends

Saturday, March 29th, 2025

SIG SAUER Presents the First LEGION LEGENDS Event

This is a fully immersive range experience featuring veterans of the US military’s most elite forces, brought to you by the team who hosts the legendary Camp LEGION.

At this industry first event, level up your shooting game with combat professionals – Kyle Lamb, Kevin Holland, JR Cook and Chili Palmer – four legends that have fought for our freedoms.

DATES: May 21-24, 2025

LOCATION: Dallas, Texas

LEGION LEGENDS builds off the iconic Camp LEGION event and adds a truly unique experience to enhance your firearm skills with a curriculum designed by legendary combat professionals.

With the small group attending this event, attendees will have an unprecedented opportunity to engage exclusively in powerful discussions and 1-on-1 with the LEGION LEGENDS, learning the core values and skills that define the most elite military leaders.

About LEGION LEGENDS Event:

An all-inclusive three-night / four-day experience and range program. From the time you check-in with the SIG Events team, your experience includes:

Luxury hotel accommodation at the Omni Frisco at the Star located just north of Dallas, Texas.

All meals

Event transportation

Firearms and ammunition for range events

LEGION LEGENDS swag pack

Event firearms purchase opportunities and discounts

Wednesday, May 21 – Saturday, May 24, 2025

Limited spots available. The experience is $4,199 per guest.

LEARN MORE AND REGISTER NOW FOR LEGION LEGENDS

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