Tactical Training

A UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT PROVIDES UNEQUALLED TRAINING OPPORTUNITY

Our 2 story Live Fire Shoot House offers advanced students the ability to learn close quarter battle skills, building entry and hostage rescue techniques. Video feeds allow the instructor staff to monitor and record student movement as they execute their maneuvers through the house allowing instant feedback and after action critique abilities.

With a range of over 1500 meters, unknown distance reactive targets and elevation changes impossible to find at other facilities, our Sniper Range is second to none in the shooting community.

Varied topography allows students to train in areas unique to our facility. High plateaus, deep ravines, densely wooded areas, creeks, streams, caves and cliffs afford an opportunity to practice troop movements and maneuvers in a landscape fitting your requirements.

Incorporating several miles of road system, the TTC offers Convoy and Vehicle Movement Training for nearly every application of motor operations. Combining our .8 mile drive skills track, off road 4 wheel drive areas and network of road systems, we cover all aspects of vehicle training.

School Incident Course

This course is designed to provide officers the necessary skills to counter a hostage situation or active shooter incident that has occurred in the confines of a school.

The program will involve extensive live fire skills at the range followed by scenarios conducted in a school facility. This course is conducted for law enforcement and military teams upon request.

Course Content Includes:

• Tactical shooting (pistol / carbine)
• Room combat
• Command and control
• Distraction device deployment
• Ballistic shield drills
• Hallway clearance drills
• Stairwell clearance drills
• Casualty drills
• Night training
• Bus assaults
• Vehicle take-downs
• Improvised explosive devices
• Final training exercise

Hostage Rescue / High-Risk Warrant Course tactical

This course is designed for new or experienced SWAT operators who wish to gain or enhance their tactical capabilities on a hostage rescue or high risk warrant mission. The emphasis of this course is placed on weapon handling skills, live fire close quarter battle, and option training.

Course Content Includes:

• Tactical shooting (pistol / carbine or SMG)
• Night exercise
• Bus assaults
• Room combat
• Vehicle take-downs
• Command and control
• Ballistic shield drills
• Scenario training
• Hallway clearance drills
• Casualty drills

Close Quarter Battle Instructors Course

This course is designed specifically for certified firearms instructors who will be responsible for the safety, design and conduct of live fire Close Quarters Battle (CQB) training. Students will leave this course with a thorough understanding of how to prepare, present, conduct, and supervise all facets of CQB range fire and room combat drills conducted both day and night.

This course is a must for serious trainers concerned for the safety of SWAT officers, military personnel and other’s involved in their training.

Each student must attain the required standards for weapon handling, close quarter tactical shooting, and close quarter tactical drills, to successfully complete the course.

Course Content Includes:

• Instructor traits
• Range safety and training design
• Tactical shooting (pistol / carbine or SMG)
• Presentation of range lessons
• Target placement
• Shoot house design
• Room combat (live fire)
• Presentation of CQB lessons
• Distraction device deployment
• Ballistic shield drills
• Night exercises
• Design & presentation of tactical assault courses
• Vehicle counter-ambush drills

Military Urban Operations Course

The course objective is to prepare conventional and special forces military units in critical tactical survival skills prior to deploying to an active combat zone. Effective weapon handling and infantry tactical skills by foot and vehicle will be practiced repeatedly both day and night under realistic and stressful conditions.

This course can also be conducted at a host unit’s military base however existing range SOP’s may heavily restrict the realistic objectives that need be covered. If this could be a potential issue then it is strongly recommended that the course be conducted at the Echota facility.

Course Content Includes:

Each course will be customized to meet specific needs based on the experience level of each unit and desired course duration.

• Tactical shooting (handgun / M4)
• Use of cover / ballistic penetration demonstration
• Man down (casualty) drills
• Route selection and security
• Vehicle convoy drills
• Vehicle counter ambush drills (shooting from static / moving vehicles)
• Downed vehicle drills
• Close quarter battle
• Night training (driving NVD’s / contact drills / counter ambush drills)
• Vehicle checkpoints and searches
• Personnel check points and searches
• Team movement techniques in an urban environment
• Immediate action / fire and movement / contact drills
• Emergency medical procedures
• FTX scenarios live fire

Counter Terrorism Course tactical

This course will be conducted for agencies upon request. The course objective will be to prepare a Special Operations Team to counter a terrorist incident that occurs within their jurisdiction. This course will lean heavily on practical skills involving specific tactics that have been operationally proven over the years.

Course Content Includes:

• Roots of modern terrorism
• Overview of current terrorist activities
• Organization of a crisis response team (CRT)
• Selection of CRT personnel
• Equipment selection for a CRT
• Training and skills required for a CRT
• Command and control of an operation
• Establishing a tactical command post
• Establishing a tactical holding area
• Target analysis / intelligence gathering
• Media relations
• The assault process
• Operation orders
• Close quarter tactical shooting
• Close quarter battle
• Deployment of distraction devices
• Vehicle assaults (bus, train)
• Aircraft assaults (if available)
• Methods of entry (mechanical, thermal, shotgun, explosive)
• Sniper initiated assaults
• Emergency assault drills
• Hallway / stairwell clearance drills
• Use of shields
• Officer down drills
• Explosive recognition / introduction to IEDs
• Duties of a hostage reception team

Mechanical / Ballistic Breaching Course tactical

Course objectives are to familiarize law enforcement and military operators in the correct procedures for effectively breaching doors and windows using mechanical, ballistic, thermal, and cutting means.

On completion of the course, operators will be able to confidently perform target analysis on a breach point and then select and utilize the most effective tool in order to breach and gain access into the stronghold.

Course Content Includes:

• Theory and concept of non-explosive methods of entry
• Defeating doors opening in or out
• Defeating windows
• Barricaded doors
• Chain link fences
• Corrugated tin fences
• Ballistic breaching (12 gauge)
• Thermal breaching (BROCO torch)
• Quickee saw breaching
• The tactical approach
• Negotiating obstacles during the approach
• Actions at the breach point
• Emergency assault drills