A Necessary Dust Off – HEAT 1 Combat Tactics Review by Rich I have been off of active operations for five years, and out of the military for one. Whilst serving, I had access to some very advanced and high-speed training, but as I transitioned out of the SOF community, my skills atrophied. MVT was […]

Romney Classes 2025 We have space available on upcoming classes. Don’t assume a class is full, if you are interested, send me an email and I will load you on a class. Classes currently scheduled are as follows: HEAT Close Quarter Battle May – 05/15/2025 – 05/18/2025 HEAT Reconnaissance June – 06/19/2025 – 06/22/2025 HEAT 1 Combat […]

My latest novel is close to publication: “The Storm Rages: Dragon Rising.” This is the third in series of my novels beginning with “Patriot Dawn: The Resistance Rises” and “Patriot Rising: The Unbroken.” “The second American Civil War is over, and the country has united again, but not without huge loss of life. The United States […]

We have space available on upcoming classes. Don’t assume a class is full, if you are interested, send me an email and I will load you on a class. Classes currently scheduled are as follows: HEAT 1 Combat Tactics April – 04/24/2025 – 04/27/2025 HEAT Close Quarter Battle May – 05/15/2025 – 05/18/2025 HEAT Reconnaissance June – 06/19/2025 […]

A quick heads up that I had to move the May 29th HEAT 1 Combat Tactics Class to the 26 – 29 June. This may also work better for some of you? TRAINING CALENDAR TRAINING AT MVT

Announcing the MVT Unlimited Season Pass! We have decided on a new innovation to allow you to get more value for money out of training at MVT. This is designed for those of you who are ‘frequent flyers’, or would certainly like to be going forward. We are offering an unlimited season pass, valid for […]

In a cultural moment saturated with hollow spectacle, it remains a rare privilege to find training that combines genuine martial discipline with an almost machine-like devotion to safety. Yet at Max’s course in Texas, that fusion is precisely what unfolds. Having completed my second go here, I can say with calm certainty that these live-fire […]

AARTX 2025 I have been attending MVT training in TX since 2017.  It would be easy to say “Why spend the money and take the time off to go each year?”  That mindset, or the lack thereof, exposes the lack of understanding of how learning takes place and the fragility of ingraining high-adrenaline actions in […]

Over the years training at MVT a few phrases / concepts have stuck with me: – You don’t know what you don’t know– You perform to the level that you train– The four stages of competence     Unconscious Incompetence     Conscious Incompetence     Conscious Competence     Unconscious Competence Looking back at the beginning of my […]

Notes about the MVT course. It was an excellent course, well worth the money.  The amount of class time and exercises that you get for the price is far and away more than any other training that I’ve done as a civilian. When I first heard of the course, I worried that it might focus […]