MVT Combat Team Tactics: the Second Revolution. “Kak-kak! Kak-kak-kak-kak-kak!” The sound of rapid gun fire reverberates on the scene as you unload a fusillade of 5.56 into the last bunker. Round-after-round of 55 grain bullets punch through the plastic targets and unleash plumes of dirt upon striking the ground. When the final projectile spins out […]

The Movie based on AFN Clarke’s book. (It’s not 2 hours long, it’s only an hour, but is repeated twice on this YouTube version for some reason). If you watch closely, there are some good examples of patrolling, and even satellite patrolling. Yes, old school but good. Good basics. It’s really just a matter of […]

Here is the class photo from last weekend’s Combat Patrol Class: This was a class that, after some rescheduling and injury shenanigans, I was worried about. But in the end, it ran with 10 students and was a really great class. After the class AAR, I ran the new class schedule past the students. This […]

LINK TO TRAINING CALENDAR For a couple of reasons, group private training bookings among them, I have made some changes to the already published class schedule (links above and below). LINK TO CLASS SCHEDULE PAGE I have blocked out some time for the private bookings. The main classes that are affected by the changes are: Land Navigation […]

I am currently on a tight deadline with the writing of the sequel to Patriot Dawn, titled ‘Patriot Rising: The Unbroken.’ I am trying to get the book out some time in  January. This is why blogging has been limited, and responses to emails delayed. I am doing my best with limited time (only 24 […]

Force on Force (FoF) Team Tactics January 30-31 Note: there is a no exposed skin rule in these FoF training exercises, and masks/helmets must be worn. We have received the shipment of the UTM gear and the masks are actually pretty good for something that covers your face – they have good googles and a […]

This comment came in on a post on the MVT Forum: ‘What’s so Special about Special Ops?‘ Here is the comment: ryean1 wrote: When I see SOF teaching poor Iraqi’s to buttonhook and hope into a room, and to strongwall against a threat, when they aren’t even holding their rifle properly and wobble through the […]

Combat Team Tactics 6, 7, 8 November 2015 Many students have provided an After Action Review (AAR) for Combat Team Tactics (CTT).  I will not cover the intricate details since these details have been covered in many of those AARs. Bottom Line up Front:  CTT is some of the best thought out and executed training […]

I’m throwing this one up again, with no editing, because I see that comments seem to have become a little active again. Note that we do now run a CQB class: Citizen Close Combat (C3). This is an alumni only class, pre-requisite Combat Team Tactics (CTT). Next C3 class is December 12-13. TRAINING CALENDAR If […]

Student Review:  Combat Team Tactics (CTT) & Night Firing (NODF) Short Attention Span Synopsis:    Book your class. Right now. Ignore the excuse that just popped in your head. Book your class. Book it for next May if you have. But Just Do It. The knowledge and experience you will gain at an MVT class […]