Combat Rifle course (San Antonio) Mar 24-25th 2012

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Tactical Immersion will be conducting a Combat Rifle Immersion course at Cedar Ridge range North of San Antonio area on the 24-25th of March. This is a 2 day (16 hour) long basic to intermediate level course that covers several topics involving the use of a rifle/carbine in combat conditions. This is not a rules, laws or use of force orientated training course. This course is focused on developing all of the employment skills needed to use a rifle/carbine effectively in combat. Students will be given a basic skills test prior to training, and given final skills test upon completion of the course. The test scores will be used to show the students their margin of improvement as well as assign a classification of the students shooting ability (i.e. Basic, Intermediate, or Advanced).

<span style="color: #FF0000">***Note this course is very physically demanding and consist of running, kneeling, bending, lifting, crawling, jumping and many more physically demanding tasks. Students should be in good physical shape and without significant physical or medical limitation when attending this course.***</span>

<span style="font-weight: bold">Topics include but are not limited to:</span>
Safety & Range Brief
Combat Mindset
Tactical Human Anatomy
Rifle Manipulation
Fundamentals of Marksmanship
Muscle Memory Drills
Standard and Adaptive Shooting Positions
Close Quarters Marksmanship
Rapid Threat Engagement
Multi Threat Engagement
Shooting on the Move
Tactics, Techniques and Procedures
Stress Shooting & Speed Drills
Scenarios & Team Drills

<span style="font-weight: bold">Equipment needed:</span>
Eye and Ear protection
Knee and elbow Pads (recommended but optional).
Magazine fed rifle/carbine with 3 magazines (5 magazines recommended) and 600 rounds of serviceable ammunition.
Pistol with a holster and 50rds of ammo (optional for transition drills).
Quality belt mounted magazine pouches.
Quality rifle sling (no cheap Chinese, air soft slings)
Weather appropriate, sturdy clothing and good footwear such as hiking boots that provide good ankle support
Sunscreen, bug spray, drinking water and snacks are highly recommended.
Athletic or medical tape for fingers and hands is also recommended.

<span style="font-weight: bold">Instructor:</span>

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Joseph Bell
Will be the lead instructor for the March 24-25th Combat Rifle Immersion course. Mr. Bell served a decade in the United States Army as an Infantryman and Non-Commission Officer. Deploying twice to Iraq, he conducted and lead combat operation against enemy forces during the Global War on Terrorism. He is a veteran Instructor of Advanced Weapons & Marksmanship, Small Unit Tactics and Modern Army Combative Program. He served as a full time instructor with First Army TF-SARG, where he was in charge of developing and implementing training programs that are currently taught to thousands of deploying service members.

Mr. Bell has also worked in the private security industry as a field operations manager, a firearms instructor, and academy instructor. He has managed high profile security operations, as well as providing direct management to security personnel and multimillion dollar security contracts within the United States.

As a competitive shooter and as a member of the First Army(SARG) Shooting Team, he took 1st place in Combat Pistol and 3rd combined Combat Rifle & Pistol during the 2007 Warrior Challenge.

Mr. Bell also holds several instructor certifications that include but are not limited to:

Evasive Driving Instructor, International Training Inc
Police Instructor, San Antonio Law Enforcement Academy
Police Firearms Instructor, Texas A&M Law Enforcement Academy
Low Light CQC Instructor, Texas Tactical Police Officer Association
Active Shooter Response Instructor, ALERRT
Advanced Pistol & Rifle Marksmanship Instructor, TF-SARG
Squad Designated Marksman Instructor, TF-SARG
Sniper Sustainment Training Instructor, TF-SARG
Short Range Marksmanship Instructor, TF-SARG
Laser Marksmanship Training System Instructor, TF-SARG
Mobilized Instructor Development Training Instructor, TF-SARG
Foreign Weapons Training, TF-SARG
Small Arms Master Gunner Instructor, TF-SARG
Modern Army Combatives Instructor, 120th Infantry Brigade


<span style="font-weight: bold">Course fee:</span>
$275.00 10% discount to all (active, reserve & retired) MIL, LE, FIRE and EMS. The discount is also available for single parents and public educators.

We currently have 7 available slots for this course, if you are interested in attending contact us at [email protected] for registration requirements and payment. If you want to take this course, registration and payment must be made by March 18th 2012.

More information can be found here: www.tacticalimmersion.com
 
Re: Combat Rifle course (San Antonio) Mar 24-25th 2012

<span style="font-weight: bold">Company AAR:</span> Combat Rifle Immersion Training (March 24th-25th 2012)


<span style="font-weight: bold">Class Size:</span> 5 present with 3 No-Shows


<span style="font-weight: bold">Rounds Fired:</span> Approximately 650 (Rifle) and 40 (Pistol) per student


<span style="font-weight: bold">Student Performance:</span> The average performance increase was 175% for the class with the best student having a 375% performance increase.


<span style="font-weight: bold">Things Students liked:</span>

Fundamentals of Marksmanship

Live Fire Team Drills

Live Fire Formation Drills

Live Fire Room Entry/Clearing



<span style="font-weight: bold">Things Students Disliked:</span>

Malfunction, this topic was not covered until the second day due to it being overlooked the first day (I got off schedule and skipped over it). Students stated it should have been covered in the first portion of the first day. The POI outline does require the topic and drills to be covered in the initial basic instruction/refresher, however, due to being off schedule it was not covered in proper format. This was unfortunate and will not be an issue in future classes.



<span style="font-weight: bold">Instructor & Course Evaluation:</span> The evaluation forms listed very good to excellent ratings for both the course and instructor across the board.



<span style="font-weight: bold">Student Comments:</span> All students stated that this course was very advanced comparatively to other well established basic to intermediate courses being taught by reputable trainers. They felt that although basic fundamentals and manipulations were covered, that the training continually pushed them to their limits in balancing speed and accuracy. The added physical stress and continued high tempo was not what some students were expecting. All student’s stated that they would be registering for the Advanced Combat Rifle Immersion course that will be conducted this summer.



<span style="font-weight: bold">Injuries:</span> Three injuries accrued during the first and second day of training.



Injury #1 A student's support hand was bit by (what we could only figure were) ants, this caused the students hand to swell and caused the student some pain. The student was able to complete the course without issue.

Injury #2 A student experienced a dislocated knee during live fire individual movement technique training. The student was able to correct the injury and continue to train. The student reported that it was an old football injury and is a common reoccurrence during physical training.



Injury #3 A student had a small cut on the right hand (index finger) caused by grabbing a target stake that had a staple sticking out. The student was able to wrap the finger in medical tape and continue to train.


Tough Group of Guys!

With the occurrence of these injuries, I have decided to require all previous mechanical injuries be reported during the registration process to ensure my knowledge of the injury prior to training. I am also requiring that any student with a prior mechanical injury to wear proper support apparatuses (in this case a knee brace) to avoid reoccurrence of the injury. I will also be requiring students to inform me of any and all possible allergic reactions to insects and or common plants to the geographical area of where the training is taking place. I will also require all staples to be removed from target stakes immediately after removal of the target.



<span style="font-weight: bold">Instructor Summary:</span> I feel the class went exceptionally well, students maintained good moral and the course flowed well. Students showed outstanding performance increases and the student feedback was that the course was outstanding. The physical challenges of the course were well received and negotiated. Students were not complaining or stating they could not continue on. The amount of physical activity was extremely high, I would say 80% of the course involved some form of running, bending, or getting in and out of positions between running and or bounding.



The amount of down time was very low and students were either shooting or reloading magazines waiting to shoot again. Breaks were adequate and well used. The class size being small with only 5 students has led me to think about keeping these classes smaller in size. I am thinking I will limit the class size to 6 to 8 students in the future, opposed to the 10 to 12 student maximum I have been using. I think the end result will lead to better training for the individual students. I will also be adjusting the round count to 750 rds rifle and 100 rds pistol (pistol is optional). I feel that although the 600rds rifle and 50 rds pistol was sufficient; with the smaller class sizes I will be able to increase over all rounds down range.



Overall I think this was a great class and I am looking forward to scheduling more of them in the future.



<span style="color: #CC0000">If you are interested in hosting a Combat Rifle Immersion course in you geographical area, feel free to contact me directly at [email protected] for hosting requirements and details.
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