I took the Night Ops class and found it to be the best synthesis of previous classes with an emphasis on safety and great content. I found the Night Ops class to be extremely important as it is the culmination of HEAT 1 and HEAT 2. I now think of Night Ops as HEAT 3, […]

This past weekend I completed the night vision class at Max Velocity Tactical. The class starts each day around 5 pm on the flat range. We did some individual and group drills to knock the rust off and make sure we are all on the same page. We check the zero on the IR lasers. […]

HEAT Night Operations is an exceptional 2-night class in the basics of SUT operations under NVG’s. Once you’ve taken HEAT 1 and HEAT 2, you’ve meet the prerequisite to take this class. You’ll get to use the all the skills you’ve learned in HEAT 1 and 2 on the flat range and on the tactical […]

It’s been a long time coming, but the MVT stable of books is now available as Audiobooks, either from Amazon or Audible! My original tactical / prepping manual ‘Contact’, the more recent Tactical Manual, and the two fiction books, ‘Patriot Dawn’ and ‘Patriot Rising.’ Links: ‘Contact: A Tactical Manual for Post Collapse Survival.’ Audible version […]

HEAT 2 Combat Patrol AAR. I attended my first HEAT 1 Combat Tactics class in December of 2020. That was the beginning of my formal SUT training, and this past week I was back in Romney for my third HEAT 2, my sixth HEAT training with Max. I am fortunate that I have the opportunity […]

“This is a family training.” This is my fifth class at MVT and my first time retaking a class. CQB was the first class I took 3 years ago when my dad told me about MVT telling me about the live fire and how intense it was and asked if I would want to take […]

This is my sixth class at MVT and my second time retaking a class. Coming back to take HEAT 1 was a great experience. Live-fire is a crucial aspect of training as it simulates the sense of a gunfight, even if you are shooting at pop-up targets, maneuvering with your buddies and communicating and being […]

I originally meant this to be an AAR about how I could find things from this course useful in the future. However, given certain events that have happened since then, I believe some real life applications of the techniques learned would be much better suited. I, along with many others, was affected by Hurricane Helene, […]

September 2024 Squad Tactics Having attended Heat 1 and Heat 2 in the last 16 months, the natural progression was to attend Squad Tactics. My expectation was to take what I learned in the first two Heats and use this practically with the opposition force. I had heard about Squad Tactics from prior classmates and […]

I just took HEAT 2 from 10/10-10/13 2024, and it was another level up from HEAT 1 in complexity as expected. It was my second time taking any sort of tactical instruction. These classes continue to drive home two major truths for me. The first is that none of these time-proven tactics are possible with […]