We have re-titled some of the classes the better reflect what they are about: Combat Rifle / Contact Drills (CRCD) becomes Combat Team Tactics (CTT). 3 day class. Combat Rifle Manipulation (CRM) becomes Combat Rifle (CR). 2 day class. The upcoming Combat Rifle Urban (CRU) becomes Combat Team Tactics – Close Quarter Battle (CTT – […]

  It is a little short notice but I am opening up the patrol phase of the upcoming 6 Day Combined class to CRCD alumni. It can be taken as a standalone patrol class. Dates are as follows: Saturday 27 Sept: Combat Lifesaver (TC3) is running. This can be taken as standalone class. Sunday 28 […]

W are up at the CRCD/CRM class this weekend. I’ll update this post with any good photos I get. It’s a full crew with Aaron, Chris and Fred. We had a breakthrough with Fred because we now have him dressed top half in multicam, despite his protests. His ICU’s are banned from site! I was […]

A little on the application of Break Contact drills. This one look familiar?: I didn’t make this stuff up….I just added my flavor. OP Break Contact drills – fighting out of a compromised OP: Here’s your PT motivation. Thnk I give out bollockings? Max

Yes! Love it! I’m working on the MVT N-grip – it takes the C-grip and makes it even better, by moving the support hand from the 9 o’clock position round to the 12 o’clock position. It helps to counter muzzle rise in recoil, and results in faster follow up shots. It means you can’t see […]

I posted yesterday the following: ‘More Tactical Ignorance + Oathkeepers‘ ‘Info from over the transom: Justin Giles of OathKeepers‘ More has come in since. Its veering a little towards the Bundy Ranch fiasco. 1) This one came in with the following quote: “I was up at Bundy Ranch.  Oath Keepers used it as a cash […]

Combat Patrol Class August 30-Sept 1: Jon R T After reading and hearing directly from MVT alumni about the value of repeating training at MVT, I decided to repeat the Combat Patrol class. The environmental differences between my two experiences in CP were significant. During the day the temperature was in the mid 80’s as […]

It has been a day of rants. Taking out the trash. Let’s end on a better note: Courtesy of Matt Best (MBest11x on YouTube – those are tacticool videos you are allowed to watch):    

Paras in Northern Ireland 1970’s, based on a book by the same name. Good training movie, old school. It is based in the rural areas in South Armagh, near the border with the Republic, known as ‘bandit country.’ Before we were in Iraq, before we were in Afghanistan, before we were in the Balkans, we […]

I have four spaces available on the September 28 – October 3 6 day combined CRCD / Combat Patrol Class. This class is also running Combat Lifesaver (TC3) on September 27, due to most of the class having signed up for it. Class Schedule