I've had a lot of inquiries about the Alumni Weekend on the Training Calendar. In short, its a laid back weekend of meeting other students you may not have had a course with, to re-connect with those you did, and to build on some follow on skills and share knowledge. We're going to be hitting …
A Neat Look At The History And Practice Of Numbers Stations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQbQTv3aMkU Pretty neat bit of history and something we cover in the Advanced RTO Course.
No Encryption, No Problem: Analog Radio Operations For Guerrilla Units
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 …
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Books Are In Route
I'm FINALLY getting close to being caught up on things on this end. If you ordered a book, they are in route to your location. For those that didn't know, I've got a run of FM 7-93 Long Range Surveillance Operations and The Special Forces Antenna Handbook back in print, pocket sized and spiral bound …
Back East
Back at the G-Camp after a huge block of courses out west- thanks to everyone who made it happen, both the students and the guys behind the scenes maintaining a top-notch facility in the remote, wild and gorgeous Wyoming. There's a pile of emails I need to get to backdating to early in the month. …
WY Courses Admin Notes
The training site owner in WY asked me pass along the following: Lodging/Admin fees:$5 a night for camping$10 night for barracks style tent camping$20 a night for 2 man dry cabin$30 a night for 1 man dry cabin (1 available) Price includes generator and one additional tank of gas. I'm going to be slammed until …
Tracking Course: Less than a week out!
We're less than a week out from getting that solid dirt time in the Tracking Course! *If* you've got NODs (not a requirement, but if you have them) bring them on out. We're going to work with them while observing tracks at night. I'm also going to teach a short block of instruction on the …
A Short Commentary On Attitudes In The Training Community
I'm *still* trying to get caught up on emails and questions from nearly a month in the field, traveling and training with you folks out there. Two huge classes in two great parts of this nation- and the fact that I've got an inbox the size of Grand Teton is an honor. My mission is …
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RTO Wisconsin-
Course starts at 0900. As a reminder, make sure you've got outdoors clothes because we're going to be in the field a lot, especially on the second and fourth days of the course. Also, bring a 32GB thumbdrive. Its optional, but you're probably going to want to bring one. I'll see you out there.
Redoubt Commo Class-
Just as a heads up, the range owner asks that everyone bring $40 to cover the cost of toiletries and propane on the site. Everything else is the same. I'll be on site tomorrow. See you in class!