Aug 3/4 Training Weekend AAR # 4

After Action Review Max Velocity Tactical Combat Rifle/Contact Drills 03/04 Aug 2013 by Dave 1.                  Course was conducted in eastern West Virginia. Terrain is a wooded, 100 acre area, with hilly, rocky, features. Firing ranges are located in draws and small valleys. A small, tarped classroom area is located at the AA to conduct chalkboard […]

Aug 3/4 Training Weekend AAR # 3

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 […]

Training Video # 2 – E&E + Resistance to Interrogation

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

Video From July 20-21 Training Weekend

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 […]

Aug 3/4 Training Weekend AAR # 2

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 […]

Aug 3/4 Training Weekend AAR # 1

  “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 […]

AAR from July 20/21 Training Weekend

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 […]

Swift Tip for the Week

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 […]

Comments on Casualty Evacuation & Treatment

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 […]

Useful Patrol Training Video

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 […]