A discussion about training methodology for tactical training and shooting sports, both competition, and tactically focused. This series of instructional videos illustrate tactical concepts described in the Tactical Manual: Small Unit Tactics (link below) available on Amazon or via any reputable book retailer. MVT Tactical Manual Max Velocity Tactical (MVT) has established a reputation on […]

I attended HEAT 2 August 22nd – 25th at MVT. As a background, I have taken HEAT 1 a number of times and attended HEAT 0.5 and HEAT 1 with my son earlier in the summer. Bottom line up front – this was a fantastic class! In traditional MVT fashion, additional skills and training builds on HEAT […]

We are 5 weeks out from the annual Combat Leader Course (CLC). It’s hard for me to describe just how beneficial this class is. Bottom line, it is 7 full days of simulated combat operations, two missions per day, with a squad of 13 students against a force of volunteer OPFOR. This is probably the […]

Space available on this class. Information in the link: HEAT 0.5 COMBAT RIFLE BOOK HERE.

The first thing we were told when the course started was that it would build rifle skills from the ground up. The second thing we were told was that it was an “accelerated small unit tactics course”. Both of these were accurate, and you can envisage all sorts of nonsense with these descriptions, so let […]

We have the Close Quarter Battle Course (CQBC) coming up on September 13-15. There are still spaces available. OPEN ENROLLMENT. NO TRAINING PREREQUISITE. In any high threat situation you are likely to encounter structures that will require a tactical solution, and thus you need to understand how to deal with structure entry and clearance. Whether […]

I have now had the privilege of training at the VTC from right at zero degrees F to over 100 degrees F! Always a good time. The July FoF was the most recent iteration I have attended, in this case as OPFOR. I attended several other FoF classes prior to this recent class. I very […]