Listed are some of the training services I offer individuals and groups. These classes, based upon personal and practical experience in the topics covered, are offered to the Prepping/Survivalist community outside of the paradigm usually taught. Aside from these and the future classes to be listed, I can tailor a class to your group’s specific needs and abilities per request. Be sure to check out the training schedule for the remainder of 2019 and Spring 2020. Forward all inquiries to: brushbeater@tutanota.com
***All course prices are reflective of training at the NC site.***
This class will teach students the basics of communications at the Team or Squad Level in the field. Topics of instruction include:
- Identifying Equipment Requirements
- Writing a Signals Operating Index
- PACE Planning for Communications
- Basic equipment capabilities
- Traffic handling
- Improvised antenna types, uses and construction
- Setting up and running an NVIS HF station
- Message Formats
- Setting up and communicating from a field site
Two day course will culminate in an field training event running a TOC station and Hide site in the field. Students will each build an antenna and demonstrate competency in team communications basics during the field exercise. Amateur Radio license qualification is helpful, but not required. This is NOT a ‘ham radio’ class but each student will come away with a basic understanding of a team’s communications needs in a tactical environment and how to best meet them under less-than-ideal circumstances. No equipment is required for this course; however, if students want to get field practice with their own gear, it is highly encouraged but done so at their own risk. Instruction is completely off-grid.
Two day class picks up where the RTO Basic Course leaves off, covering advanced techniques for clandestine communications in the field. Points of instruction include:
- Advanced SOI planning
- creating a brevity matrix
- Planning and coordinating a dedicated transmitting site
- Theory, construction and use of directional wire antennas
- Recognizing and mitigating signs of Electronic Warfare
- Advanced HF Techniques
As with RTO Basic, the course will culminate in a field exercise where students demonstrate the concepts covered in a live environment. By the end of both courses, students will be able to build a bulletproof communications network with even the most basic off the shelf equipment and little, if any, external support.
Two day course covers the essentials of signals collection and analysis in an asymmetric warfare environment. Course specifically focuses on building skills to better prepare a retreat or small unit for intercepting and exploiting an OPFOR’s ground communications. Students will learn:
- Communications Mapping of your Area of Operations
- Common, Off The Shelf tools for Signals Intelligence
- Planning and construction of Listening Posts
- Radio Direction Finding (RDF) Techniques
- Signals Interception and Analysis
- Coordinating with an Analysis and Control Element (ACE)
- Tactical Exploitation
Each student in class will receive open source tools for conducting signals intelligence. At a minimum every student will come away with the essential skills needed to receive possible early warnings or simply stay abreast of problems in their area of interest or potential threats to their patrol.
Three day class covers the basics of scouting and reconnaissance for irregular or unsupported forces. Course focuses first on marksmanship to 400 meters, personal camouflage and ghillie suit construction, individual and team movement, observation techniques, practical range cards, target acquisition, and basic wilderness survival in an off-grid encampment. By the end of the course, students will demonstrate abilities required for functioning as a small team to effectively locate and engage a simulated enemy, replicating real-world guerrilla operations.
The Recce Course is the follow-on to the Scout Course, focusing on camouflage, observation and stalking as a team while also learning how to secure and and effectively set up a perimeter to effectively defend an area. The Recce Course goes far beyond conventional fire and maneuver small unit tactics, implementing effective strategies for groups with limited numbers and resources.
Students will begin with basic weapons proficiency and work their way up through team movements at close quarters and extended ranges. The course focuses on the realities of combat by emphasizing movement techniques and weapons manipulation to keep students alive in a fight. Drills covered include:
- Survival mindset
- Basic weapon setup & weapon manipulation
- Body position and recoil management
- Magazine changes
- Principles of Pekiti Tirsia applied to gunfighting
- Movement as a team
- Negotiating civilians in your environment
By the end of this course students will have a grasp not only of the basics of fighting with a carbine, but foster a mindset of protecting lives of noncombatants.