The Brushbeater Scout Course is designed to teach the fundamentals of marksmanship and small team skills to effectively employ three man teams to conduct reconnaissance, intelligence collection, and combat at extended ranges. Students did an excellent job over the duration of the course, getting far outside their comfort zone in a different type of small …
I've got a course in NJ scheduled for CQB and Urban Force on Force. The course is being held at the same site we did last spring's Scout Course, and its one of the better places to conduct a CQB course having several shoothouses arranged in a village. We'll be covering: Basic Urban Considerations for …
Want the best in improvised and survivalist communications taught anywhere, bar none? Come out to class- one more RTO Course left for the year with a lot more training opportunities on the schedule.
Hurricane Dorian should be out of here by noon tomorrow. No changes to training. See y'all this weekend.
I've had a lot of people ask about Dorian and how it might impact the tracking class this coming weekend. At this time, Dorian is on track to skirt the coast of NC with the central part of the state getting just over .14in of rain between Thursday and Friday. So the class is still …
According to Stars and Stripes, The USMC has successfully experimented with pairing Marines from the Radio Recon Team with Scout Sniper Marines in a recent exercise in Norway. The Marine Corps, like the Army, is recognizing the changes on the contemporary battlefield and applying outside-the-box thinking pairing signals intelligence specialists with their Scout Snipers. The …
Continue reading USMC Testing Scout Sniper & Electronic Warfare Concept
Watching a recent media piece on the FARC, I noticed a few shots of their radio equipment they were using to communicate between camps. Look familiar? Its a Yaesu 817 being run from a Sealed Lead Acid battery. Here's a better shot: Interesting layout by one of their RTOs: The old 817 appears to be …
The schedule for Fall 2019 is updated, along with a few dates for Spring 2020. The Scout Course will now be three days with the first day focused on marksmanship and the second and third days on tactical fieldcraft to get the absolute most out of the training over a weekend. The students will be …
Due to the unexpected demand, I've linked up with Kilo and scheduled a second Privacy Course for 14-15 September. So if you emailed me wanting the course and found out it was full, we've got you covered. In case you're wondering what the course is all about, check out this link. Course cost is $200. …
Continue reading Due To High Demand: Privacy, Security & Anonymity 14-15 SEP
I get a TON of emails a day- many more than I can usually get to- but this one stood out to me due to not just what it was asking but the context. I knew immediately from the writer's language that he was a former trigger puller, and had the exact same questions I …
Continue reading Context: Identifying Commo Needs For Former Action Guys
