New: Training Calendar
New: Training Calendar – on the left menu, replacing the old handwritten one. HERE. Let me know if it works / is an improvement. Also, I get questions – particularly about my mailing address and how to pay for classes etc. If you have a moment please look over the class descriptions and the website […]
TEAM: The Class Syndrome
Freemen: I recently wrote a post titled ‘Leader & Led‘. In a comment on that post, Bergmann wrote the following: On a serious note many times you get stuck with ppl that don’t want to be led, but rather have their own nefarious and demented reasons for showing up. Running a school give you a […]
Student Review: Combat Patrol May 2015: Mike H
AAR Combat Patrol Class May 2015 By Mike H First visit to West Virginia since CRCD in March 2014. Have a long haul to get there(over 1160 miles each way) but I’ll say the trip was worth it. Any eye opener to say the least. Coming there all this way and then forming up a […]
Student Review: Combat Team Tactics April 2015: Palmetto
I’m getting this posted a lot later than I intended – so apologies for that. This was my second training attendance at MVT. My first training was Combat Rifle back in November, 2014 – I invite folks to go back in the student reviews to read my AAR on that course – there is a […]
Leader & Led
Freemen: This post is a comment brought on by observations during the last Combat Patrol Class. It is not intended as a detailed dissertation on leadership, merely comment. I do dedicate a section of ‘Contact! A Tactical Manual for Post Collapse Survival’ to this subject. (As noted in a number of Student Reviews, you really […]
Rifleman Challenge: Updates to the 2-Mile Speed March Event
Freemen: The next MVT Rifleman Challenge is coming up on 4 – 6 September. I have been doing some beta testing and the 2-Mile Speed March event route is going to change. I am going to adjust times to maintain the standard and not make it harder. Why? When I initially conceptualized the MVT Rifleman […]
June 26 – July 1 6 Day Class: Students Needed
We would like more students to sign up for the June 26 – July 1 6 Day Combined Combat Team Tactics / Combat Patrol Class. These combined classes were originally put on at the request of students to allow them to save money on travel by combining classes. There is an economy of scale built into […]
Student Review: Combat Patrol May 2015: ‘That Guy’
Combat Patrol 1503 I hope you will indulge me on this introspective AAR. If you want bullet points on the curriculum, feel free to read them under the class description. Special thanks to Ranger Chris for his contribution to the class and deep knowledge of cool movie quotes – and Fred for not seeing us […]
Student Review: Combat Patrol May 2015: Diz
AAR CP 1502 The Combat Patrol Class is the culmination of all your other training. This is where all the other pieces come together to form actual combat ops. I’m sure lots of you have done training of one sort or another, but I doubt many of you have pushed it to this level of […]