The Science of Tactical Training

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Tactical Glossary of Terms

Tactical Glossary of Terms

(Fern)  I began putting this tactical glossary of terms together more than a decade ago. Definitions related to lasers were copied from course materials for Laser Range Safety Officer course, prese...

Image Processing Training (IPT™)

Image Processing Training (IPT™)

Humans are capable of amazing athletics feats, look around you and you'll be amazed at what humans can do, we are only limited only by our minds. Updating the Hard Wiring from instinctively firing ...

Range Brief (Example)

Range Brief (Example)

Range Brief (example)  This range brief is largely derived from the Naval Special Warfare 40 hour course titled, Range Operations Safety. I went through considerable effort to extract what is perti...

The Flow State In Combat

The Flow State In Combat

At a certain point in my career I realized that trying harder to win at a particular shooting drill, just resulted in degraded performance and more stress.  The Flow state is not a sudden manifesta...

Learn By The Numbers

Learn By The Numbers

   Mid-South is a facility still likely to be in use by the Navy SEALs as well as many other law enforcement and military units. Back in the in the late 90's and early 2000's Ross Sanders was one t...

Can The Targets You Train With Get You Killed?

Can The Targets You Train With Get You Killed?

  Many trainers today will say, there isn't time to think, just get rounds on target, which means shoot center mass and don't give it another thought.  About 30 years ago those words were the best ...