Tactical
Director of Tactics
Pano is a former French Foreign Legionnaire with deployments to Afghanistan, Africa and French Guiana. He is an ex-government contractor with a focus on quality training coordination. He served as lead instructor for multiple courses including anti/counter terrorism training, tactical driving, combative surveillance, PSD pre-deployment, and mobile force protection resulting in 1,400 U.S. Military and EU civilians trained.
Tactical Shooting
Pistol
Course Description:
The course provides instruction on the 8 fundamentals of shooting with an emphasis on safety
Course Duration:
Suggested 2 Days (adjustable based on client needs)
Topics Covered:
- Safe loading and unloading procedures
- Safe weapons handling
- Proper gear preparation (sling, mag pouches, etc.)
- Assembly and disassembly
- Fundamentals of pistol shooting
- Tactical shooting principles
- Ready positions
- Speed reloads
- Tactical reload
- Malfunctions
- Controlled pairs
- Multiple targets
- Strong/weak hand shooting
Course Description:
The course provides accuracy enhancement, multiple shooting positions, and safe movement techniques
Course Duration:
Adjustable based on client needs
Topics Covered:
- Weapon manipulation in dynamic tactical situations
- Shooting from several positions and with use of cover
- Reflexive fire drills
- Stress shooting drills
- Speed shooting drills
Course Description:
The course provides operational shooting including movement around vehicles, night shooting and Team shooting
Course Duration:
Suggested 3 Days (adjustable based on client needs)
Topics Covered:
- Barricade simulation exercises
- Vehicle shooting exercises
- Moving and shooting (Individual and Team)
- White Light, Night shooting procedures
Rifle
Course Description:
The course provides instruction on the 8 fundamentals of shooting with an emphasis on safety
Course Duration:
Suggested 2 Days (adjustable based on client needs)
Topics Covered:
- Safe loading and unloading procedures
- Safe weapons handling
- Proper gear preparation (sling, mag pouches, etc.)
- Assembly and disassembly
- Fundamentals of carbine shooting
- Ready positions
- Speed reloads
- Tactical reload
- Malfunctions
- Controlled pairs
- Multiple targets
Course Description:
The course provides accuracy enhancement, multiple shooting positions, and safe movement techniques
Course Duration:
Adjustable based on client needs
Topics Covered:
- Weapon manipulation in dynamic tactical situations
- Shooting from several positions and with use of cover
- Sling manipulation
- Reflexive fire drills
- Stress shooting
- Speed shooting
- Alternate shooting positions
Course Description:
The course provides operational shooting including movement around vehicles, night shooting and Team shooting
Course Duration:
Suggested 3 Days (adjustable based on client needs)
Topics Covered:
- Barricade simulation exercises
- Vehicle shooting exercises
- Moving and shooting (Individual and Team)
- White Light, Night shooting procedures
Combat Marksmanship Skills (CMMS)
Course Description:
Students apply CMMS techniques to effectively maximize survivability and lethality of a combat shooter, day and night. Students will learn to accurately and effectively engage targets from close to long ranges from static to mobile positions. Students will learn to sustain, enhance, and improve shooting capabilities along with safe weapons handling procedures which are essential for mission success and survivability on the battlefield.
Course Duration:
Suggested 10 days (adjustable based on client needs)
Topics Covered:
- Demonstrate safe and effective weapon’s handling procedure
- Accurately and effectively engage targets at close range (5m – 25m) with primary and secondary weapon systems
- Accurately engage targets at long ranges (200m – 500m)
- Reflexive shooting techniques using rifle and pistol
- Weapon transitions from rifle to pistol
- Multiple target prioritization and engagement
- Establish proficiency with primary and secondary weapon systems
- Improve the student’s weapon handling, self-confidence under stressful conditions
Small Unit Tactics
Course Description:
This course provides the basics of troop leading procedures, principles of patrolling within both defensive and offensive operations
Course Duration:
Suggested 1 week (adjustable based on client needs)
Topics Covered:
- Fire-team (4-7 personnel), Squad (7-14 personnel), and Platoon (aprox. 30 personnel) size movement
- Principles of patrolling
- React to contact and ambush
- Movement through rural and urban terrain
- Operations planning
Close-Quarters Combat (CQB)
Course Description:
Students will apply Close Quarter Battle (CQB) techniques to effectively engage targets accurately at close distances while moving through buildings in CQB scenarios. This will ensure correct execution of CQB techniques ensuring maximum effectiveness and survivability of the team.
Course Duration:
Suggested 1 week (adjustable based on client needs)
Topics Covered:
- Demonstrate safe and effective weapon’s handling
- Demonstrate the principles of CQB
- Accurately and effectively engage targets at close range while moving with primary and secondary weapon systems
- Fundamentals of room clearing
- Securely maneuver through an urban environment to the objective
- Safely engage targets while conducting CQB while in a 2-person cell
Course Description:
This course provides instruction in conducting urban operations in more complex buildings and advanced scenarios
Course Duration:
Suggested 2 weeks (adjustable based on client needs)
Topics Covered:
- Demonstrate safe and effective weapon’s handling
- Implement breaching techniques
- Conduct proper actions after entry and learn proper search and control techniques
- Demonstrate and implement safe handling procedures for distraction devices
- Students will safely defeat opposing threat scenarios
- How to safely move through hallways and stairwells
Sniper - Urban
Course Description:
This course provides instruction on the fundaments of long-range shooting in an urban environment. Students will learn to employ sniper fieldcraft in order to enter a target area, establish a final firing position, engage a target and leave undetected.
Course Duration:
Suggested 2 weeks (adjustable based on client needs)
Topics Covered:
- Engage targets in different urban environments
- Engaging targets from concealed positions within structures
- Tactical movement inside and outside of urban structures
- Marksmanship techniques from multiple positions
- Infiltration and exfiltration considerations in urban terrain
- Urban terrain stalking and movement
- Firearms design and mechanics consideration for urban usage
Sniper - Rural
Course Description:
This course provides instruction on the fundaments of long-range shooting in a rural environment. Students will learn to employ sniper fieldcraft in order to enter a target area, establish a final firing position, engage a target and leave undetected.
Course Duration:
Suggested 2 weeks (adjustable based on client needs)
Topics Covered:
- Engage targets at various long-range distances (400m and greater)
- Gun construction and zeroing of scope
- Measuring distance as it relates to precise target engagement
- Infiltration, exfiltration and stalking techniques
- Camouflage, cover, and concealment implementation
- Target engagement at known and unknown distances
Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT)
Course Description:
This course teaches the tactics necessary to be successful while conducting operations in urban terrain where man-made construction affects the tactical options available
Course Duration:
Suggested 1 week (adjustable based on client needs)
Topics Covered:
- Perform offensive and defensive movement techniques
- Prepare firing positions for individuals and Teams with crew-served weapons
- Hasty firing positions set up
- Safely navigate and lead teams through urban terrain
- Move to, assault, clear, and secure, an urban structure
Combat Divers
Course Description:
Students will learn the fundaments of basic underwater tactics including waterborne infiltration/exfiltration.
Course Duration:
1 week
Topics Covered:
- Swimming techniques
- How to properly utilize fins
- Breathing/diving techniques (down to 20m) with atmospheric air
- Familiarize with diving and personnel equipment
- How to properly use and deploy a rubber craft
- How to properly use paddles
- Tactical beach approach via diving, swimming or rubber craft
Course Description:
Students will learn the intermediate techniques and operating procedures to conduct underwater missions.
Course Duration:
4 weeks
Topics Covered:
- 3 weeks diving techniques (down to 20m) with atmospheric air
- 1 week OXY (down to 7m)
- Underwater topography
- Intermediate swimming techniques
- Intermediate fin usage
- Intermediate breathing/diving techniques with OXY down to 7m
- Intermediate tactical beach approach with OXY diving
- Simulation of a Combat Divers Mission
Course Description:
Students will learn the advanced techniques and operating procedures to conduct underwater missions.
Course Duration:
12 weeks
Topics Covered:
- 4 weeks with atmospheric air
- 8 weeks with OXY
- Explosive usage for underwater missions
- Advanced underwater topography
- Advanced swimming techniques
- Advanced fin usage
- Advanced breathing/diving techniques with OXY down to 7m
- Advanced tactical beach approach with OXY diving
- Planning and executing Combat Diving Missions
Offensive and Defensive Driving
Course Description:
Driving skills are taught to students with regard to the proper handling of different environments and tactical situations
Course Duration:
Adjustable based on client needs
Topics Covered:
- React to ambush
- React to contact from all angles
- Safely move around obstacles
- Safely conduct driving in all weather conditions
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD)
Course Description:
The student will learn the fundaments of explosive devices and how to properly neutralize them.
Course Duration:
30 days
Topics Covered:
- Basic electronics/electricity fundamentals
- Hazards and identification of United States and foreign munitions
- Demolition materials, procedures and operations
- Chemical and biological ordnance and operations
- Ammunition identification and ammunition-related publications
- Ammunition/maintenance operations
- Explosives demolition operations
- Operation of automated and manual ammunition management systems
Course Description:
The student will learn how to neutralize more sophisticated explosive mechanisms, including chemical weapons utilizing modern technology (i.e. robots).
Course Duration:
120 days
Topics Covered:
- Advanced electronics/electricity fundamentals
- Advanced Demolition materials, procedures and operations
- Advanced Ammunition/maintenance operations
- Advanced Explosives demolition operations
- Advanced Operation of automated and manual ammunition management systems
- Utilize a robot to identify, approach, collect and eliminate the target
Course Description:
The course provides students the knowledge required to implement safe operating procedures depending on the environment and recognizing signs of IED implementation
Course Duration:
2 weeks
Topics Covered:
- How to Recognize, Identify, Secure and Collect
Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE)
Foreign Weapons Systems
Course Description:
This course provides instruction on foreign weapons small caliber platforms
Course Duration:
4 days
Topics Covered:
- Firearms design and mechanics
- Safety procedures
- Assemble and dissemble
- Fundamentals of shooting
- Ready positions
- Speed reload
- Tactical reload
- Malfunctions
- Controlled pairs
- Alternate shooting positions
Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC)
Course Description:
The student will learn the JTAC fundaments and how to direct aircraft for close air support and other offense air operations.
Course Duration:
Suggested 1 week
Topics Covered:
- Information airspace management
- Drone surveillance and perimeter Security
- Rotary wing and aircraft employment
- Incident response and management
Tabletop Exercise (TTX)
- Counter Terrorism
