Back from Training
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:19 pm
Just got back from monthly training with my Employer. We had several guest instructors, one of which was Mike Rayburn, a 17 year LEO and adjunct instructor at the Smith & Wesson Academy. I am getting ready to do it all over again end of this month, when I go up to Camden, TN to attend High risk Civilian Contractor, Shooter Package with Tactical Response and crazy Chuck Yeager. This is my 3rd time up there--I absolutely love that facility!
I brought several things from this last training I wanted to share with the Board. One of the primary themes of the training was multiple target scenarios. As Mike pointed out, this not only applies to my line of work, but to the armed civilian as well, with the increasing gang crimes, it is likely to be appraoched by several no-gooders at once.
Highlights:
*Move to Cover
*Shield your Gun Hand
*Make Lateral Moves
*Tangle the bad guys in Cross Fire
*Shoot the closest thug to you FIRST
*Shoot the Attackers on your GUN Side next
*Shoot each adversary once and move to the next
"Getting off the X" or moving out of the kill zone was drilled on alot and if you do not do so now, I urge you in your drills, to always incorporate a lateral sidestep after recognition of the threat or whenever there is "lag time" such as reloads or clearing malfunctions. In a Multiple threat scenario, moving laterally uses the suspects positions against them and places them in each others line of fire. This provides you with temporary cover, forcing the perp to take a better position and giving you the edge--you have now forced them to react to you (OODA Loop 101)
Another point was always protecting your gun hand, an example given was:
"If you are a right handed shooter facing 3 perps and you start shooting from left to right, you leave your gun side exposed way too long to the perp to your right. In this case, Improve the odds and shoot right to left."
Basically, always shoot the attacker closest to you and if right handed, always start from the right.
We also drilled on weak hand shooting, the most neglected drill among most shooters.
Next time you head to the range, think about this seriously. Place targets at varying distances from you and each other--As you move to protect your Gun Side, see what angles afford themselves to you--and which ones present the best to make a Combat Effective hit on the target.
Stay Safe.
I brought several things from this last training I wanted to share with the Board. One of the primary themes of the training was multiple target scenarios. As Mike pointed out, this not only applies to my line of work, but to the armed civilian as well, with the increasing gang crimes, it is likely to be appraoched by several no-gooders at once.
Highlights:
*Move to Cover
*Shield your Gun Hand
*Make Lateral Moves
*Tangle the bad guys in Cross Fire
*Shoot the closest thug to you FIRST
*Shoot the Attackers on your GUN Side next
*Shoot each adversary once and move to the next
"Getting off the X" or moving out of the kill zone was drilled on alot and if you do not do so now, I urge you in your drills, to always incorporate a lateral sidestep after recognition of the threat or whenever there is "lag time" such as reloads or clearing malfunctions. In a Multiple threat scenario, moving laterally uses the suspects positions against them and places them in each others line of fire. This provides you with temporary cover, forcing the perp to take a better position and giving you the edge--you have now forced them to react to you (OODA Loop 101)
Another point was always protecting your gun hand, an example given was:
"If you are a right handed shooter facing 3 perps and you start shooting from left to right, you leave your gun side exposed way too long to the perp to your right. In this case, Improve the odds and shoot right to left."
Basically, always shoot the attacker closest to you and if right handed, always start from the right.
We also drilled on weak hand shooting, the most neglected drill among most shooters.
Next time you head to the range, think about this seriously. Place targets at varying distances from you and each other--As you move to protect your Gun Side, see what angles afford themselves to you--and which ones present the best to make a Combat Effective hit on the target.
Stay Safe.
