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Team Equipment Part 2: Sustaining Operations

Last week, Part 1 covered force-multiplying tactical equipment that a team might invest in.  This week we cover the boring, yet important, topic of logistics.  Having gear is nice, but if you actually plan to conduct operations, you need to make some more investments to keep you and your equipment in the fight. Military radio operator withContinue reading “Team Equipment Part 2: Sustaining Operations”

Team Equipment Part 1: Force Multipliers

Several months ago I wrote an article entitled “Priorities of Purchase: Progressively Building a Rifleman’s Kit on a Budget,” where I listed important items to buy for an individual rifleman in order of importance. Today I will do the same sort of list, but for team-based assets. Whether you’re defending your “retreat” or conducting operations as aContinue reading “Team Equipment Part 1: Force Multipliers”

Team Leader II Class and Force-on-Force Lab in March; Von Steuben Training

Good morning patriots! I am pleased to announce the first Force-on-Force Lab event is now on the training schedule for March 26-27, 2022. Force-on-force is a term that describes an exercise consisting of a battle between two opposing wills.  In this event, participants will be split into two squads and given a series of tactical scenarios withContinue reading “Team Leader II Class and Force-on-Force Lab in March; Von Steuben Training”

Ohio Team Leader Class

We are getting close to the registration deadline for the Ohio Team Leader Class on December 11-12!   The class is still wide open for anyone who wants to tough it out in the cold with me for some good training.  Email me at vonsteubentraining@protonmail.com to register. The Team Leader Class is a 2-day non-firing course of instruction designed toContinue reading “Ohio Team Leader Class”

How to use Airsoft for Training

Now hold on, I can already hear the stampede of “It’s MILSIM bro!” guys rushing to fight the “useless toy guns!” crowd in the comments. I’d like to preface this article by saying that I don’t fall into either of these categories. I know better than to refer to the sport of playing airsoft asContinue reading “How to use Airsoft for Training”

How to Use Shooting Competitions for Training

Shooting competitions come in many different forms. Cowboy action matches, USPSA pistol matches, run and gun events, etc. Using competitions to improve shooting skill is a wonderful American tradition. However, there is a tendency in the competitive shooting community to lean very hard into the competitive aspect at the cost of realism or training value.Continue reading “How to Use Shooting Competitions for Training”

Team Leader Class AAR and Future Plans

Two weeks ago I had the great pleasure of running another successful Team Leader Class.  I was honored to have Timbersour in attendance, and he wrote a great course review that I posted yesterday.  I am constantly modifying and adding to the course to improve the quality of the training.  At the end of everyContinue reading “Team Leader Class AAR and Future Plans”

July 10th Team Leader Class

We’re just under a month away from the next Team Leader Class on July 10th, offered through my business VonSteuben Training & Consulting. For those of you who missed the previous announcements, I’ll briefly summarize what I teach in the class. Additionally, WWes wrote a pretty good course review from the test run of the class back inContinue reading “July 10th Team Leader Class”

Priorities of Purchase; Progressively Building a Rifleman’s Kit on a Budget

This article is not for most of you readers, as you probably already have at least a basic understanding of what gear you do and don’t need. I am not writing this article for you, I am writing it so you can show it to your friends who are just breaking into the realm ofContinue reading “Priorities of Purchase; Progressively Building a Rifleman’s Kit on a Budget”