Training Courses

Praise be to the Lord my Rock,
    who trains my hands for war,
    my fingers for battle.

Psalm 144:1

Fieldcraft

The Fieldcraft Course is based on TW-02. We will practice individual and team movement skills, how to select and set up a secure overnight site, land navigation (both day and night), mindset, and observation skills. We will also learn a few ways of setting up a tarp shelter. Students should be prepared to be out in the weather and we will be camping throughout the course. Immersion is the way to learn. When you register for a course, a required and suggested gear list will be sent out.

I have recently added a winter fieldcraft variant. This course will cover additional fieldcraft skills for a winter or mountain environment.

Community Security Operations

This class is based on TW-03, Defensive Operations. In this course you will learn the skills requred to set up local security operations during a without rule of law (WROL) situation. We talk about different types of defensive positions, discuss interior guard procedures, practice checkpoint and entry control point tactics, and conduct local security patrols. Caches and emergency camps/safe houses will be covered as well.

Land Navigation

This one day course will teach you to use a map and a compass, but more importantly, how to use them together. You will learn how to navigate using them, but you will also learn to locate your exact position using them together. This course will get you moving out in the forest following just a compass course.

Combative Skills

This 3 day course will immerse the students into fighting skills with the empty hands, sticks, knives, and cold-firearm combatives (using the firearm as a blunt weapon or with a bayonet). This skills build self confidence and warrior spirit as well as giving a student a means short of lethal force to protect themselves. We can build custom self defense courses for all ages, as well as women-specific self defense.

Communications for Preparedness

This is a very basic 2 day primer on radio communications for preparedness. It’s designed to get a student from no knowledge to at least a working knowledge of radio use in a preparedness context. We will cover radio programming and set up, and develpo a communications plan. This is NOT a Ham radio course – we will focus on license-free options and GMRS.

Survival

Learn basic survival skills. We will be outdoors learning for the majority of the class, regardless of the weather. We will learn the basic skills to survive with whatever is in your pack. These course are based on the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare School’s Survival Courses.

Getting Home

The single day course will cover the skills to get you home in the immediate aftermath of a disaster or major power outage. We will discuss building a Get Home Bag and developing a Get Home Plan, complete with area study focus. We will practice some very basic skills for mevement, self-aid, and conflcit avoidance. Some very basic radio skills will be covered as well.

Radio Basics

This half-day course will cover the basic settings and menus on your Baofeng or other handheld radio. We will discover the best ways to set up yiour radio so that you can use it in an emergency almost immediately. We will get some trigger time using the radios to get comfortable with them. We’ll cover the best add-ons, settings, and accessories to optimize your Baofeng.

Basics of Pistol Shooting

This is an NRA course designed to introduce people to safe and effective firearms ownership. The course follws the NRA curriculum for basic pistol. You learn about handguns and various types of ammunition, how to select and store a pistol, how to clean a pistol, and be introduced to shooting a pistol properly.

NOTE: Some of these courses are labeled “WOMEN” – these are for women only to reduce the pressure for ladies wanting to train with other ladies.

Personal Protection in the Home

This is another NRA course which meets the requirements for most states’ Concealed Carry requirements. For anyone desiring to carry a concealed firearm, thsi course will give you the skills and legal guidelines you need. You will also learn how to better secure your home and respond to a potential break in at your home. This course has a more robust range course than the basics course. 100 rounds will be fired.

Upcoming Courses

Feb 21                  Unarmed Self Defense                1PM-5PM                           $100

Feb 22                  Radio Basics                                     2PM-6PM                           $100

Mar 07                  Basics of Pistol Shooting            9AM-5PM                           $100

Mar 08                  Personal Protection – Home     9AM-5PM                           $150

Mar 14                  Land Navigation                             9AM-5PM                           $200

Mar 15                  Basics of Pistols – WOMEN       9AM-5PM                           $100

Mar 20-22           Fieldcraft                                           3 Days                                  $500

Mar 28                  Knife Defensive Tactics              8A-Noon                             $100

Mar 28                  Unarmed Self Defense                1PM-5PM                           $100

Mar 29                  Radio Basics                                     2PM-6PM                           $100

Apr 4-5                 Communications/Prep               2 Days                                  $400

Apr 11-12           Wilderness Survival                      2 Days                                  $400

Apr 18                  Basics of Pistol Shooting            9A-5P                                   $100

Apr 19                  Personal Protection-Home       9A-5P                                   $150

Apr 24-26           Fieldcraft                                           3 Days                                  $500

May 1-3               Community Security Ops           3 Days                                  $500

May 22-24 Combatives Weekend 3 Days $500