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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”

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”

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”

I want to approach a related topic that pertains to your own mental preparedness, the mission profile.Your mission profile is, simply put, a list of mission/operation types that you anticipate having to conduct in the future. This will vary greatly from group to group, as we all have our own unique set of scenarios thatContinue reading “The Mission Profile”

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”

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”

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”