Student Review: Combined CRCD / Combat Patrol Class 28 June – 3 July: Sam

Max: Sam was ‘number 2 son’ of submariner’s four man (Dad plus 3 sons) fire team. He has some of the training out of sequence on the AAR below, in terms of what happens on each day, so I will insert comments appropriately:  Detail on the Combat Patrol class contents can be found on THIS PAGE. Sam Sends: Prior to taking this […]

Night Vision: Practical Gear Use 1 by Chris

The MVT Team pulls it out of the bag yet again. There will be follow on articles to this excellent one by Chris. Intro by Aaron: So with the addition of our NODF class, as well as the new NF class coming online, and a few other things in the works we need to talk […]

Space Available August CRCD, CRM & Combat Patrol

I have some space available on August CRCD and CRM classes. See here for the full class schedule. August: Aug 01: TC3 /RMP/ NODF Aug 02 –  06:  CRCD + Combat Patrol (Saturday – Wednesday) – see this post about this class – I have opened up the Combat Patrol part of the class as an optional  standalone class due to […]

Submariner’s Comment: 5 Star Review of ‘Contact!’ + Comment

I’m back! In comments on the post  ‘Student Review: 6 Day CRCD / Combat Patrol 28 Jun – 3 Jul: Submariner” was this comment by Submariner: _______________________________ I just posted the following 5 star review for Contact! at Amazon.com: “Fire and move! Fire and move! That’s the mantra of the infantryman and when it is […]

More on Squad Organization and the Assault Cycle

I posted HERE about ‘The Squad – Size & Organization‘. I advocated for a squad size of twelve or thirteen, with three four man teams. This generated a healthy discussion in comments. I am following up with this post in order to give you more depth on the WHY. There is a method to the […]

Patrol Bases

The intent today is to pass on a little more in formation on patrol bases. I was out on the Interwebz again and saw some of the usual re-posting of basic FM stuff. That’s all very well, but you need to add context, experience and common sense to give realistic background to what you are […]

‘Camping’ After the SHTF

This is an extract of some comments I made on a forum and the follow up. The background is that the envisaged scenario is more family survival in a WROL SHTF situation, rather than resistance operations against enemies ‘foreign or domestic’. See my earlier post on ‘tactical overnighting in the woods’ for a more operational […]

Long Term Security and Defense of your Retreat Location

  Long Term Security and Defense of your Retreat Location: In this article for the final week of ‘52 Weeks for Preparedness’ I will discuss long term security and defense of your retreat location. We cannot predict now exactly what conditions will look like after a collapse and as such I urge you not to […]

August 4-6 Combat Patrol Class

I have had a couple of last minute reschedules out of the August 2-6 combined class. Although not full, the class was a healthy size, but it just took a hit. Last year the August class was undersold also. Last minute reschedules are a pain because, particulalry if the class has been marked as full […]

React to Contact: Drills

I wrote a post back in May on ‘Combat Rifle – Solid Basics to Keep You Alive’ and it would be worthwhile you reading that post in conjunction with this one. The purpose of this post is to really drill down on the procedures for your initial reaction to enemy contact. Reaction to enemy fire is […]