What are the fundamentals of solid marksmanship? Steady PositionConsistent AimConsistent Breath ControlConsistent Trigger Pull I’m willing to build on this concept…just a bit. Notice that on each of those bullet points, aside form the first one, consistency is the key. And the first one, by the way, is only achieved through consistency as well- this …
You’ve got your column formed- the world has taken a turn for the worse, and the baddies are inbound for a raid. Fortunately, your team has the weapons they need and you agreed on a group standard with serviceable day optics and a combat load to go with it. Right on. Time to form up …
Continue reading Night Fighting: Basic Rules for Implementing NODs in a Guerrilla Column
Since I started the Brushbeater blog project back in late 2015, a constant question I’ve got in emails has been about communications security and very often how to use encryption over the radio. Back when I got into the civilian side of operational communications and I no longer had uncle sugar providing my equipment, I …
Continue reading No Encryption, No Problem: Analog Radio Operations For Guerrilla Units
Its always very rewarding hearing from students about what they learned in class- especially when it changes their thought process or point of view. I got this from a very capable student in the last Scout course: Then a note; the last Scout course catalyzed a revision in outlook and training - I train all …
Just one day after the course, I've already got the honor of a course review coming in by way of a student we'll call the Mastiff: The RTO classes (Basic and Advanced) are a MUST HAVE tool in the partisan toolbox. The classes are fantastic and the material is very well presented. The classes follow …
A few additional notes on the NJ Urban Combat Course- This is not a course on simply clearing rooms and moving from house to house. We will approach the topic from the perspective of the partisan with little to no outside support, whose operating environment is urban terrain. Additional Details: Weapons will be provided as …
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 …
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
The Advanced RTO Course takes what students learn in the Basic Course and builds on it, adding in practical application of Directional Antenna construction, robust encoding practices and methods for sending data bursts via common equipment used in outside the box ways. You get hands on actually doing the things others only talk about. …
Interested in training? Check the Training Calendar. There is another open enrollment Recon Course coming up in October.
