I will dedicate my first post on the Vickers Tactical Carbine/Pistol 01 class held from 4/9 to 4/11. The executive summary is that this course, as LAV would describe, is worth its weight in gold. Unlike some other courses where you are just sending rounds down field, LAV emphasizes accuracy in shooting. "Speed is fine, Accuracy is final" is Vickers' motto.
The course started out with pistol training. To stress on accuracy, LAV taught us drills such as squeezing the trigger with a empty shell on the front sight and ball and dummy drills to help develop a smooth trigger pull. LAV then talked about how to present the pistol from different ready positions. we then learned about drawing from the holster. The second day involved carbine drills and transition drills. In the evening, we had the opportunity to do some night shooting with both carbine and pistol, which was eye opening for many of us who shot at night for the first time. At the same time, Dave brought some of his NVG gear for people to try out. The third day we learned about clearing malfunctions, turning, and shooting on the move. To help spice things up LAV divided the team into three teams for some friendly competition. The Navy Whales took 3 out 5, while Team America (!@#$ Yeah) took two. Unfortunately for Team Trident, they went home empty handed.
Throughout the course, LAV not only instructed us, but also explained the rational behind the instructions. He also imparted knowledge on things related to fireams, such as lubrication, which accesories and are useful and which ones are wastes of money.
During the three day class, we had some operators training on the next range over with full auto fire. Machine gun fires in the background added some interesting ambience for the class.
Grey Training group, along with the US Training Center, did an outstanding job facilitating the event. I want to thank LAV and Paul for their instructions, and also want to thank Dave for additional insights from an operator. I can't wait to sign up for the carbine/pistiol 02 course.
For those attended the course, a folder is created for photo upload:
http://s143.photobucket.com/albums/r...0April%209-11/
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