Advanced Tactical Carbine Course

This five-day course is designed to enable law enforcement officers and military special operations personnel to become extremely proficient with their assigned carbine. There are no prerequisites for attending this course except that the officer should be familiar with the operation and safe handling of their weapon. The officer should be in excellent physical condition and be prepared to conduct light to moderate physical activity.

This course emphasizes proper techniques in weapons manipulation and presentation of the weapon to the target from the ready position. Marksmanship skills are stressed as well as zeroing procedures, and recommended zeroing ranges and hold-off techniques at varying and unknown ranges. Trigger control and manipulation of the safety are taught as a single function.

Aggressive body positioning and the use of a sling system is shown to provide a stable base for rapid, accurate, multiple shot engagements, quick re-engagement with follow-on shots, and transition from target to target is practiced. Techniques for engaging targets using the flash front site, ACOG sight systems, and electronic sight systems are taught and practiced.

In addition, the following topics are taught:

Principles of Proper Mindset
Weapons Transition Drills
Range Safety
General Rifle Drills
Basic Rifle Marksmanship Skills
Multiple Shots
Shooting Positions
Shooting from Covered Positions
Recoil Management Drills
Use of Cover
Target Transition Drills
Optical / Electronic Sighting Systems
Shooting While Moving
Low-Light / Night Firing
Target Discrimination Drills
Practical Scenarios
Precision Fire
Vehicle Ambush Drills

This course climaxes with several high stress practical shooting scenarios (both day and night), designed around applicable criminal / terrorist incidents. These scenarios culminate all of the skills mastered / taught throughout the course. In addition, a qualification course will be fired on the last day to evaluate the student's marksmanship capabilities.

This course can be tailored to a special operations entry team, designated marksman, or an instructional team. Contact the Director for more information on how to develop this course for your team.