MilCun Training Center... "Focusing on Performance"
Training for Professionals
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Police Sniper Progressive Series
We continue to monitor police incident reports to ensure that we are providing the training the police sniper really needs. One of our students summed it up this way: “If you can only afford to take one course, take PS1. This is the course you need.” Another student emphasized the point this way: “I learned more in Day 1 [of PS1] than I had learned in my past two sniper courses. Ø PS1 – To fire a perfect shot – all the fundamental skills required for basic police sniper operations; Ø PS2 – To fire a perfect shot under stress – how to shoot well in stressful situations plus advanced shooting skills such as supported positions and moving targets; Ø PS3 – To fire a perfect shot from unsupported positions – we throw away the bipod and focus on building marksmanship skill in unsupported prone, sitting, kneeling and standing positions, and then apply these skills to firing techniques taught in PS2 (such as moving targets); Ø PS4 – To fire a perfect shot from long range – the role of the spotter and long-range marksmanship, including wind reading, plus positions and firing techniques applied to long range. Long-range marksmanship is especially important for snipers with rural/regional jurisdiction, airport duties and/or responsibility for counter-sniper operations. Ø PS5 – To fire a perfect shot under field conditions – sniper field craft including judging distance, observation, navigation, field firing, cam & concealment, and stalking & observing, with live fire exercises that apply the marksmanship skills taught in PS1 to PS4. If you need to deal with grow ops or if you have responsibility for counter-terrorist operations or you provide military support, your snipers need this course. All police sniper courses
are to be attended in order as they are designed to be progressive,
sequential 'building blocks' to develop a top quality police sniper.
For details, see Police Sniper Course Descriptions. To register, download registration form or email milcun@sympatico.ca. Payment: by cheque with registration or we will invoice your department directly. |
Police Tactical Rifle
Courses
We offer progressive courses for the tactical team member:
Ø PTRM Advanced – a five-day course teaching advanced firing techniques such as snaps, rapids and moving targets applied to the positions taught in the Basic course. Ø Police Tactical Rifle Instructor Course – a five-day course intended for those officers who instruct tactical rifle skills and includes course design, instructions and coaching modules. During the course, the participants will use the MilCun methods to develop and teach their own tactical rifle training modules.
For details, see Police Tactical Course Descriptions. To register, download registration form or email milcun@sympatico.ca. Payment: by cheque with registration or we will invoice your department directly. |
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Police Pistol Custom Courses
Custom police pistol courses are available by request, for your officers, your tactical team, your instructors. Below are listed some of the modules which we may include (time allowing):
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Pistol Marksmanship Review
– a review of the technical fundamentals for pistol marksmanship,
including grip, stance, sight picture and trigger work. Special
attention will be paid to remediation for the flinch and to elements
important for speed shooting.
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Pistol Threshold Test
– “Last One Standing” is a range practice designed from the Navy
Seals training, where the shooters ability to shoot accurately under
some stress is assessed.
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Pistol Foundation Drills
– foundation drills will be used as required to provide equipment
and shooter performance enhancement, ensuring equipment and shooters
are performing well before moving on to advanced techniques.
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Pistol Progression Drills
– this is the meat of the course, using a series of practices
developed at the MilCun Training Center to focus learning on
shooting quickly, changing magazines, shooting while moving, using
the support hand, shooting from cover, and shooting accurately when
required.
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Pistol “Walk Back” – Sight Picture Evaluation
– this specific drill will help the shooter make better decisions
about the distance, speed and sight picture in order to
maintain the required
accuracy.
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Pistol Challenges
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“Last One Standing” is also used as a challenge, where the timings
and/or distances are changed to increase the level of difficulty;
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“Keep Shooting” is a speed drill with an emergency magazine change;
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“OPP Instructor” challenge is a series of 10 practices (50 shots)
that are all focused on speed with required accuracy;
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“Test Your Limitations” challenge is an opportunity for the shooter
to discover at what distance he can confidently provide sufficiently
accurate fire.
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“OSA” Challenge is a series of skills drills based on the OSA
(Operational Shooting Association) course of fire.
Pistol Instructor Skills:
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Marksmanship Training Techniques
- the technical fundamentals all marksmanship coaches need to
teach, demonstrate and coach. We focus on the keys to shooting well
and we help the coach understand how to simplify the technical
aspects of marksmanship. The trainer will then have a process to
follow when teaching marksmanship and when troubleshooting.
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Application of Training Techniques
– application of the training techniques
which
are the basic building
blocks of pistol marksmanship: holding and aiming; safety on drills;
dry firing; trigger tapping; hot and cold drills; live fire
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Coaching Principles
– the MilCun teaching method we are famous for. We outline our
methods and techniques, as well as our focus and attitudes. We cover
our progressive building-block approach, our focus on performance,
our technique of analyzing what you do right, the magic of the
‘debrief’, and more.
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Training Practices
- application of the training practices
to
develop the basic
marksmanship skills: grouping and zeroing; one shot at a time
(deliberate fire); one shot at a time (snap fire); two shots in a
row (double tap); multiple shots in a row (rapid).
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Skills Analysis
– how to break a complex skill (marksmanship) into teachable units
and learnable drills. We cover the progressive building blocks we
use in all of our marksmanship programs.
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Coach’s Checklist
– for coaching on the line and for troubleshooting, we provide a
checklist of what we look for both to remedy a shooter who is having
problems and to further develop a shooter who is doing well. The
coach will understand the checklist and how to apply it to a
training situation. To request a custom pistol course, email us. |
Custom Courses and Instruction We build the course to
dovetail with your curriculum. For example, last winter we taught a
2-day police pistol trainer course, working on both marksmanship and
coaching skills. Last summer, we developed a 2-week training
curriculum for a Canadian Forces competition team. And in the fall,
we taught a couple of customized “have course, will travel” courses
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Seminars “The Power of Mental Marksmanship” is 6 hour seminar which reveals all the deep dark secrets of the mental control used by top marksmen, both competitors and professionals. Other seminars can be developed to suit your agency’s needs. In the past we have presented a Pistol Coaching Seminar for the Toronto Police Service and “Seven Secrets to the Successful Sniper Shot” for the American Sniper Association. For details or to register, email us. Other Training Opportunities
Executive Challenge Course Spend five days on our beautiful wilderness acreage while you explore your own capabilities to lead... and to follow... effectively. You will develop and practice leadership skills on the edge... leading on your hind feet, leading in times of stress and uncertainty, adapting to the unexpected and getting to the best answer fast. You will learn how to be resourceful and self-sufficient, as well as how to get the most out of the resources around you. You will also learn new skills... and surprise yourself with your ability to:
And you will learn more about yourself in these 5 days than you have in years. Frequent debriefs by the instructors and peer reviews from fellow students will give you insight into your own abilities as you progress through the course. As well, you will be given time to reflect on your own motivations and abilities without interference from the outside world. The Executive Challenge Course is taught in the positive style we use for all of our courses. Open to Executives (civilian and law enforcement). For more information, download the Executive Challenge poster. For details or to register, email us.
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