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Military Marksmanship Training Versus Competitive Shooting Training: The Matchup

By Jeff Gurwitch January 26, 2011 All photos contained in this article are copyrighted. Jeff Gurwitch and DefenseReview.com (DR) own the copyright on these photos. I started competitive shooting around Jan 2000 in USPSA matches. At that time, my shooting experience consisted solely of my military training (10 years in the Army at that point).

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Why Competitive Shooters and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Practitioners have a Combat Advantage, and Why You should “Game it”!

By H.B. (U.S. Military Special Operations) November 18, 2010 Real violence is not sporting; it is confusing, often grotesque, and characterized by intense physical effects upon combatants. In a real fight, the winner is often the individual or individuals who employ simple, effective maneuvers in a precise and deadly manner. But the application of these

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Israeli Tactical Training: IMS Counter-Terrorism (CT) School / Security 360 High Risk Security Operations / PSD Course (5 Days) Coming Soon to Los Angeles (L.A.)

The following is an IMS CT School/Security 360 press release: November 11, 2010 High Risk Security Operations / PSD Course (5 Days) Click Here to Register. (Open for immediate registration) Description An intense 50 hour course designed to prepare graduates to professionally perform security operations in high risk areas such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and

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USTACRA SWAT Rodeo Tactical Shooting Competition Being Held on August 12-13, 2010!

The following is a USTACRA press release that’s been edited and modified (i.e. re-written) by David Crane: May 27, 2010 The United States Tactical Rifle Association (USTACRA) will be hosting SWAT Rodeo 2010 on August 12-13, 2010, consisting of two days of pure tactical shooting . There will be ten complex shooting stages, and every

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Competitive Edge Dynamics (CED) CED7000 Pro Prototype Next-Gen Shot-Activated Timer / Electronic Shot Timer

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com All photos contained in this article were taken by DefenseReview.com, and are copyrighted. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on these photos. The photos were shot with a Canon PowerShot S90 10-megapixel digital camera (still camera with video capability). May 26, 2010 Updated on 6/02/10 Top tier competitive and

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Just got back from a (technical and tactical shooting) training trip. Fresh articles (and video) on the way, so stay tuned…

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com April 26, 2010 Updated on 4/28/10 DefenseReview just got back from our technical/tactical shooting (rifle and pistol) trip to Bellingham, Washington, where we got trained up by our friend and professional contact John Romaszka of Romaszka Tactical Training (RTT).  John’s a very talented technical AND tactical shooting

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Next Level Training (NLT) SIRT Training Pistol: Glock-Simulating Laser Training Pistol (with Auto-Resetting Trigger) for Better Shooting and Trigger Mechanics

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com All photos contained in this article were taken by DefenseReview.com, and are copyrighted. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on these photos. The photos were shot with a Canon PowerShot S90 10-megapixel digital camera (still camera with video capability). March 8, 2010 Recently, at SHOT Show 2010, DefenseReview got

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SCG International Risk Tactical Human Intelligence (HUMINT) / Espionage Operations Course: Clandestine Operations Behind Enemy Lines

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com January 13, 2010 It’s the middle of the night, and I’m laying prone in the woods inside a foreign country called Drok as God-only-knows-how-many–5?–10?–20?–armed men search for me with lights and dogs. If they capture me, I’m in a world of hurt. On the plus side, I’m

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“Brotherhood of Warriors” Takes You Inside the Secret World and Missions of Israeli Military (IDF) Special Operations Unit Duvdevan

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com September 7, 2009 Search terms for the article: brotherhood of warriors, brotherhood of warriors review, duvdevan training, IDF special forces, duvdevan book, idf secret units, israel counter terrorism unit, idf tank camouflage net, israeli special forces duvdevan, sayeret duvdevan special forces, secret israeli method shooting, (496)616-30-73, grip

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An Operator’s View of M4/M4A1 Carbine (and AR-15 Carbine) Malfunctions

By Mike Pannone June 15, 2009 In the early months of 2006 while I was helping to write and refine the curriculum of the Asymmetric Warfare Group’s Combat Applications Training Course (CATC) I took it upon myself to research performance enhancements and reliability upgrades as an integral part of educating the soldier on how to

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