Typically, the classes I teach occur when a group of concerned, prepared friends get together after one or more of them have read some of the blog, and decide maybe they could benefit from some professional training. That's great. That's what I'm here for.
Nevertheless, from email conversations with numerous people, it has come to my attention that lots of guys who recognize the need for this training don't have a network established yet, or cannot convince their buddies to pony up enough to cover my expenses (trust me boys and girls, I'm NOT making money on this. I wish I could). At a recent class, the landowner of the training area offered the possible use of his land for some future open enrollment classes, if I would help him design and develop range facilities (he's imagining a professional range facility where he can bring in outside trainers from various backgrounds).
If I were to offer an open enrollment class or classes, say in late summer, early fall (or even winter, if you can hack a northern Rockies winter...), would anyone have any interest in this? We would need a minimum of 10-15 people. Costs would be around 200 a day per person, for a three-day class, to cover my fuel for driving to the area, and to defray range fees for the landowner.
If you are interested, please email me through the blog.
Email sent.
ReplyDeleteI would be interested in seeing a list of topics covered in a class
ReplyDeleteI'd be interested based on the course contents. Do you have a standard POI, or is it all customized on a per-class basis?
ReplyDeleteTypically, my class content is specifically predicated on the needs/desires of the client grou and their abilities. For an open enrollment class of this nature, it would probably follow a general outline of fundamental tasks: beginning Friday early afternoon would be a range trip to verify zeroes and confirm that everyone has fundamental safe weapons handling skills and marksmanship. After that would be a TC3 POI, followed by a supper break and then lecture portion (with Q&A) on the fundamental concepts of resistance movements and irregular warfare. Saturday morning would start hot and heavy with critical individual skills for the first half of the day (probably 0500-1300), followed by an introduction to small-unit tactics and maneuver schemes. Evening session would be a discussion of mission-planning concepts, and some low-light fire and maneuver as the group skill levels allow. Sunday morning would build on the SUT until end of the training day (0500-1700ish), and an AAR session. Whether you've never done anything with your rifle beyond square range drills, or you're a prior service 11B/0311 infantryman, you WILL learn some new things, from concepts and theory, to practical application.
ReplyDeleteStill discussing details with the landowner, but it looks almost positively like a go....
Very interested, email sent.
ReplyDeleteAttended a class last week. I arranged to travel 1700+ miles to meet up with friends and do this. AT first I was kind of unsure cause I didn't know how you'd feel having women in the class.
ReplyDeleteWell we ended up having several more ladies and 3 young adults , I have to say you exceeded all my expectations. I came away learning a lot of new things. Whatever you got paid wasn't near enough since you put a lot of hours into really working with us. You didn't just make us do something one time, we did it several times to make sure we understood.
This was the best training class I ever attended. Oh and I love my newly painted AR15 :)