Hello from COS, CO

[Chris H]

Chris,

We would love to have you you come out and train with us. I tell people it's not about the odds of you ever needing these skills, it's having these skills will make you more confident in a crisis because you feel prepared. Panic and uncertainty cause people to freeze and say "this can't be happening!". The more events you are prepared for increases your reaction time and that's what saves your life, not just the skills themselves. Land Nav is one of the biggest reasons we teach for free. Colorado forests are mostly all owned by BLM which restricts classes being taught for profit without a permit so we just don't charge for classes. If you want to do a proper Land Navigation course you need 300m - 1200m between points. Terrain is important also because we teach route planning and how to tactically move from one point to the other. Too many courses just teach you to go straight line without showing you how to identify terrain features to plan a route effectively.

If we can teach you to the point where you can teach it to others, mission accomplished.

Hey Griz,
Roger that! I feel there's so much great land to explore out here and I think it's so important to be prepared and do it safely and confidently. And absolutely, paying it forward and helping others is the ultimate goal, I look forward to being able to do that at some point and I certainly know where my limits are right now. Looking forward to meeting up with you guys!

Chris

 

[PatriotT4R]

My friends call me Griz, telemarketers call me Darin. I'm prior service, Army, been living in Colorado since 1998. I drive a 1992 Jeep Wrangler YJ, been freezing my tail off every year since 2003 when I quit buying full soft tops. I'm no expert at over-landing but old enough to think it's cool they came up with a name for it.

I spend most of my time in the woods or in the city teaching survival and firearms tactics along with some buddies from the good old days. We teach for free, taxpayers paid for our training so it's technically theirs anyway. So if you live in Colorado Springs, hit me up for more info. We post dates and times we will be out honing various skills (land navigation, communications, patrolling, outdoor survival, urban survival, convoy operations, self defense, weapons training, shooting drills.....) and just invite the public to join us to learn some skills to boost their confidence as well as responsible shooting habits.

Hey Griz .. Welcome Sir sounds like you have allot to offer!

 

[Welding Goats]

Welcome to the forum from West Texas. Thank you for your service to your country. And thank you for "giving back" to others.