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May 8th Team Leader Class

We’re just over a month away from the next Team Leader Class on May 8, 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 “May 8th Team Leader Class”

The Automatic Rifle Part I

Originally posted on American Partisan, revised December 2022. There’s a reason every 4-man fire team in the US military has an automatic rifle; it’s a potent force multiplier. And while we as civilians don’t have common access to full-auto weaponry, it is possible to use a semi-auto weapon to fill the role of a full-autoContinue reading “The Automatic Rifle Part I”

The Anti-Materiel Rifle (AMR) Part II: Employment and Tactics

Originally posted on American Partisan Part I of this two-part series established the importance of the AMR in your team’s arsenal (you do have a team, right?). In other words, Part I was the “why.” In this article I will explain the “how” by covering how to outfit your AMR team, what kind of trainingContinue reading “The Anti-Materiel Rifle (AMR) Part II: Employment and Tactics”

The Anti-Materiel Rifle (AMR): Part I

Originally posted on American Partisan. Three weeks into the collapse, and you’re standing guard duty at the gate to your subdivision. You’re on watch with your next-door neighbor, AR-15s slung across your chests as you man the ECP (Entry Control Point). Suddenly you hear the “SNAP SNAP SNAP” of bullets flying past your heads, you’reContinue reading “The Anti-Materiel Rifle (AMR): Part I”

Thoughts on Discipline and the Guerrilla

I very recently had the pleasure of attending NC Scout’s Scout Course. It was an incredible opportunity, not only for the training value, but to meet all the amazing people who came out to train together. It was an incredible group of individuals, tied together by a love of freedom and a willingness to train.During theContinue reading “Thoughts on Discipline and the Guerrilla”