Review: Close Quarter Battle Course (CQBC) May 2019 – Rich

This 3-day course was easily 4 weeks of training compressed into 3 days of critical skills and essential techniques for combat in built-up structures. That said, little was left untrained or at least undiscussed, so given the limited time we had, it was not to our detriment at all. We covered a huge amount of […]

Review: HEAT 2 2018 by Jack

I took HEAT 1 (CTT) back in April 2016.  I was amazed by how much I remembered from HEAT 1. Thursday of HEAT 2 was a review of HEAT1.  It was good to refresh my understanding of bounding over watch, moving in buddy pairs, and a 5 man group.  Move / Fire was added to […]

Review: Texas Class 2019 by William

Brady, Texas, February 2019 This is my 3rd time to S Central TX to train with Max.  Every year Max brings his A-game, and every year I learn – some are new things, others are better understanding of previously “learned” lessons. This time I took the opportunity to work as Alpha team leader, meaning point. Max […]

Introducing: HEAT NIGHT OPERATIONS

HEAT Night Operations is an entirely new class. The Night Firing option which was held as part of HEAT 1 classes has been removed, and replaced with a full HEAT Night Operations class. The first and final class for 2019 is scheduled 15-17 November. This class is in fact two nights of nocturnal tactical activity, […]

Body Armor: Full Ballistic Protection vs. Partial Ballistic Protection

Reposted from the original ShotStop Article HERE. We recently had someone reach out to us as he was researching his options for Level IV body armor protection. As he was digging deep to find the best body armor for his needs, he ran across a plate online claiming to be a 10” x 12” Level […]