Welcome to the 360 Degree Range. Uniforms aren’t an assumption. Fights are chaotic, fast and in your face. In 4th generation warfare a small unit is your best hope of success and survival. To that, a fire-team is the foundation of the fighting unit and of maneuver warfare. We don’t have to draw up a […]

This is the second part of the YouTube video that I posted previously HERE This covers Escape & Evasion and Resistance to Interrogation. It has the RTI part first, then switches the scenario back and covers a  bit of E&E. Useful stuff, with lots of potential application. HERE Live Hard, Die Free. MV

Max Demos Buddy Pairs Fire & Movement HERE React to Contact Individual Drills – Contact Left & Front – Day 1 AM HERE React to Contact Individual Drills – Contact Right  – Day 1 AM HERE Team Break Contact – Contact Front – Day 2 HERE I am adding this comment after I had some […]

AAR: Max Velocity Tactical Combat Rifle/Contact Drills 3-4 Aug 2013 Location: West Virginia Mountains (This was also posted on AR15.com HERE) If you are a newcomer to tactical shooting like me, your experience is probably limited to punching paper at 100 yards on a linear range. Or maybe you’ve taken a tactical carbine course where you […]

  “CONTACT FRONT!” The Combat Rifle / Contact Drill course that Max put on this past weekend was excellent. As a former Marine Infantryman I was very suprised at the amount I learned and revisons to my own SOP. Max has a very mild and easy going approach to his training which creates a fantastic […]

After Action Report – Max Velocity Tactical Combat Rifle / Contact Drills July 20-21, 2013 Vicinity of Romney, WV BLUF:  Excellent course. Would certainly recommend to a friend, neighbor or fellow prepper, looking for a class that moves them beyond a static, square range. Plan to attend AGAIN in the future. Long winded write-up: I had […]

Carry a small amount of a petroleum jelly based lubricant. Something like Vaseline or Aquaphore. Use it to combat chafing in your neither parts, butt crack, groin area etc. Believe me, if you start getting chafed, you will appreciate it. This is particularly a factor when working in wet or humid environments where pants and […]

First, I’ll say that this will be a brief post because I will be at the training site all week and have a training weekend coming up. I will be posting less frequently this week, if at all, but I will have access to the internet via cellphone and will respond to any interesting comments […]

This is a useful training video. It has applicability to an SHTF or Resistance scenario if you are operating in a small team. It is made with the participation of some genuine SAS veterans, old school style (Mac was the first man into the Iranian Embassy in 1982 and died in 2011 since making this […]

I received the following comment on my recent post ‘Field Sleeping Options – A Discussion‘: “I own and use a FLIR device for hunting, I understand the idea behind blocking the hot spot from showing up on observation devices, but won’t the use of a thermal blocking tarp create a square “hole” in the natural […]