And I have also had wives gift their husband a training class: How about gifting her a class, and coming along yourself? Merry Christmas! Live Hard. Die Free. Max

It was a great weekend, spent in the company of good men. There are physical demands, though they dovetail beneficially with the training. As it should. They become a natural aspect and are real time backdrop to the overall scope of tactical movement, understanding cover, use of covering fire, coordinating with your buddy, working in […]

Today, I made the decision and pulled the trigger on the MVT Forum. My hesitancy was due to cost – I am having the company that created this site build on the forum as part of the site. It will be better in the long run, but it is expensive in the short term. The […]

Having previously attended part of the CRCD in August (aborted due to unrelated injury), I was eager to finish the training.  The weather looked potentially awful, so I prepared with layers (ECWS base layer, combat shirt, silicone-treated BDU pants, ECWS fleece vest and Goretex outer shell.  That was barely enough in 25F snow but very little […]

There have been numerous comments, for example in the ‘Out In the Woods‘ post, concerning winter clothing and equipment, sleeping equipment, and gear requirements, for the Combat Patrol Class, the first one of which is running on January 18 thru 20 2014. Given that is is a requirement to have attended CRCD prior to attending the […]

D-Close: In the middle, above. AAR “Operation Winter Palace” 14/15 Dec 2013 Those in the partisan/prepper training business must have some understanding of the fickle nature of their participants. They balance the needs of family, finances and liberty to obtain training that might possibly save their own lives and the lives of others. There is […]

  Walking in a Winter Wonderland Max Velocity Tactical -Dec 14/15, 2013 On the face of it, driving 600 miles in mid-December to spend two days running around in the snow in mountainous West Virginia sounds a bit ridiculous.  Add in live firing of high power rounds simultaneously with multiple strangers in a three dimensional […]

This was my 2nd trip to Max’s range. All previous comments listed in my previous AAR still apply http://maxvelocitytactical.com/2013/11/aar-nov-910-2013-crcd-f-anon/ My previous review covers the tactical curriculum with some detail and for those mostly interested in a critique of the training content please see my previous AAR liked above.  I had some questions about gear in this […]

It turned out to be a great weekend, despite some challenges getting everyone up to the site on the Saturday morning. Here are some far from professional photos, to give you a flavor, taken on phones. We can, and will, train in bad weather! As usual, a great group, several of whom were returning students. […]

I’m out at the training site, posting by phone, in preparation for this weekend’s CRCD class. Full blog service will resume on Tuesday. Or maybe sooner if I get a burning urge to write on a topic. In the meantime, after our little foray into paranoia, let’s get back to tactics. I invite you to […]