It is certainly true that the evolution of the class offerings and structure at MVT have come in part from consultations with students, as well as out own observations on how to improve what we offer. When we added the Combat Patrol class, it was a prerequisite to have attended CRCD. Because of requests from […]

Corporate Guy (CG) from Carolina AAR – Night Optical Device Firing – 20 June, 2014 I recently attended the inaugural 20 June, 2014 Night Optical Device Firing (NODF) course.   Context matters – understanding something about the author of an AAR’s background may be useful in determining how applicable the comment may be to the reader. To […]

Inevitably, and positively, after my post yesterday ‘Changes to MVT Class Attendance Prerequisites‘ I have started to see some rescheduling from Combat Rifle / Contact Drills (CRCD) to the Combat Rifle Manipulation (CRM) class. Where spaces have freed up from previously full classes, I have annotated spaces available on the Class Schedule. Class Schedule. There are plenty of CRCD alumni […]

Above: RMP Class on the new range, which is about 80% complete. The MVT Training Facility has been running for just over  a year now and there have been significant developments and additions to the facility itself, and also the training classes being offered. I started off with the Combat Rifle/Contact Drills (CRCD) class as […]

The following videos are not perfect, and some of them are VERY old school, but they give a good frame of reference to all this talk of observation posts, concealment, and all that. Just take them for what they are and what is relevant to your situation. Discard the rest. You need to add modern […]

I’m in the process of adding categories to the blog posts so they are easier to find. The list is on the right side. So things like previous planning exercises will be found all in one place. I have to go through the posts and categorize them, all 600-odd. So bear with me – some […]

Notes and Comments from Alumni Weekend by JeffSags After spending another weekend in West Virginia I wanted to share a few observations from the recent Alumni Weekend. Those of us in attendance essentially bartered 7 hours of hard work for a bbq, good company and some great instruction on the square range. Everyone had a […]

Student Review: Combat Rifle Manipulation (CRM) – R Why you NEED THIS course. My wife and I attended the CRM on May 31 and June 1.  Our instructor was Aaron. Our objectives were to reinforce and expand on training received in a previous class with another trainer.  The MVT Combat Rifle Manipulation class far exceeded […]

Above: Class at the new MVT square range, the range is not fully complete in the photo. I’ve seen a  couple of things over on the forum that make me wonder if people are reading the website/blog? Is it easily navigable? Anyhow, I saw something on the forum post ‘Tactics for the newbie? Where to start?’ that […]

H/T to Ryan @ TSLRF for finding this video. The instructor covers safety in the video. A couple of things that I would adjust to the way we do it at MVT: 1) There is no need for the 270 degree pirouette. Muzzle down and out of the way of your buddy(s), turn 90 degrees […]