Max is a husband and family oriented father, a U.S Citizen and lifelong soldier with extensive military experience. He has served in both the British and US Armies. He is a former officer with British Special Operations Forces, with the Parachute Regiment which is Britain’s elite quick reaction force and which augments the UK Special Forces […]

Texas 2016 CTT / MOB (Part Deux): This was my second Combat Team Tactics (CTT)/Mobility class and the sequel was just as good, if not better than the original. We had a mixture of alumni and new students with a wide range of backgrounds and skill levels. Max’s instruction was accommodating and constructive (crawl, walk, […]

The gear list for FoF Team Tactics (the Class is now full at 16) shows a helmet, either ballistic or bump style. I currently have 6 airsoft cheap knock-off helmets that will suffice for the protection from the UTM rounds, which is the whole purpose. My aim is to eventually have 16 of them. This means […]

The April Rifleman Challenge has been cancelled due to lack of bookings. The new policy on the RC will be to run it once a year, in September, and thus allow competitors the summer to train. Dates will be put up once the new schedule for the remainder of 2016 goes up, over the next […]

Note: The photo of the patrol base in the video (and below) shows an MVT SHIELD (production will be back up soon). In the photos, the tarp is put up using a mix of bungee cord and GI Shelter-Half Poles. These poles, or something very similar, are ideal for putting up the MVT SHIELD when there […]

I’m just getting back into the office after returning from the Texas classes. Texas was excellent, and we ran the Combat Patrol class there for the first time, and with the new format for the class. Excellent. Look out for dates and information for Texas Classes February / March 2017. I have the following thoughts and imminent […]

CUTT Simultaneous Front & Right Contact i.e. L-Shaped Ambush:

Using designed AR500 steel shields to protect electronic pop-up targets for use on remote classes – without having to dig target pits: