Techniques Course Descriptions

Techniques are a set of skills as they apply to a specific problem.  Shooting around cover, handling a hard corner, dealing with threats from inside a vehicle or handcuffing a suspect are all examples of techniques.  Techniques are the basic building blocks of procedures, and we teach them so they can be easily integrated into whatever procedures you use.

Forge Tactical Course Attendance Policies

 Students must be US citizens or have appropriate ITAR clearance before registering.

 All students must present valid law enforcement credentials, military ID, current CCW, or state background check upon in processing the first morning of any course. Failure to have valid proof of these course attendance requirements will result in forfeiture of course participation and class fees.

 Before registering note if courses are closed enrollment (LE or Military only), and do not register if you do not meet the criteria.

 Please check the prerequisites and the course equipment list as described for your course. Failure to demonstrate the basic weapon operator skills required for safety leaves us no choice but to dismiss you from training. Questions regarding whether your training history matches our standards, please contact us as early as possible at chappy@forgetactical.com.

 Electronic hearing protection is mandatory for all courses. It is a safety issue. You must be able to hear the instructor at all times.

 Ammunition counts are estimates. It is an overestimation in most cases. When national shortages occur, we make every effort to adjust training to accommodate.

 At no course is armor piercing or steel core ammunition welcome. No tracer ammunition. We wouldn’t say it if it hadn’t happened.

 No IWB holster is acceptable for training in any shoothouse course or other course where PPE includes the wear of soft armor or a plate carrier.

 No Class 3 full-auto firearms unless it is your issued, agency owned weapon. Full-auto fire is never acceptable in our courses unless specifically called for by the instructor.

 No course refunds will be given for failure to have the proper prerequisites or equipment necessary to participate in training safely.

Shoothouse training at Alliance with Forge Tactical

Individual CQB

The Forge Tactical One-Man CQB Course is a program that teaches the option of last resort: how to fight in enclosed spaces without a partner.  This course is focused on the mission of the armed citizen and individual police officer

Like small team CQB, it is a problem-solving course that emphasizes decision making, judgment, and combat effective marksmanship. Topics taught include door, hallway, room and CQB shape techniques and procedures.  You may take this course using either your pistol or carbine, or both, depending on your mission.  This is not a beginner’s course, so if you are shooting a carbine, please come ready to work with a zero’d gun.

Prerequisites: US Citizen or ITAR approved person, and graduate of reputable handgun and/or carbine operator courses.

Equipment List:

  • Common Sense

  • Carbine with 5 magazines (Carbine should be zero’d when you arrive)

  • Carbine magazine pouches

  • Handgun and 3 magazines

  • Tactical holster

  • Handheld and weapon mounted lights (Surefire is recommended)

  • Ballistic vest (Level IV or III ICW plates) and ballistic helmet (loaners are available)

  • IFAK and TQ

  • 200 rounds carbine ammunition

  • 50 rounds handgun ammunition (200 if using handgun as primary weapon)

  • Electronic hearing protection which fit under your helmet

  • Clear eye protection

  • Spare batteries for white lights

  • Water and snack food

  • Weather appropriate clothing

  • Pen and notebook (you will be taking notes)

Patrol Counter-Ambush

The Forge Tactical Patrol Counter Ambush Course is a 16 hour session designed for law enforcement officers operating in todays chaotic, dangerous and overanalyzed policing environment. The focus of this course is to enable officers to prevail during a rapid, unexpected attack. Breaking contact, movement for advantage, fighting from the ground up, fighting from and around vehicles, and making rapid, smart decisions while maintaining the will to win are the objectives of this course.

Prerequisites: Current full, part time or reserve law enforcement officers

Equipment List:
  • Common Sense
  • Duty handgun and gear with 3 magazines
  • Duty rifle with sling and 3 magazines
  • 300 rounds handgun ammunition
  • 200 rounds rifle ammunition
  • Force on Force training PPE (mask, eye pro, cup)
  • SIMS equipment and ammo is included in cost of tuition
  • Eye and ear pro
  • Water and snack food
  • Weather appropriate clothing
  • Pen and notebook
Small Team CQB (Shoothouse)
The Forge Tactical Small Team CQB Course is a 32 hour session focused on developing the fundamental techniques required for successful team fighting inside of structures.  This course is built around the fundamental building block of CQB, the two-man team.  Topics covered in this course include tactical judgment, priority of life, approach, door, hallway, room processing, and CQB shapes procedures; and the techniques that enable them. Fundamental techniques are trained and evaluated in depth with an emphasis on their application in the rapidly moving CQB environment.  A low light component is included where range conditions permit.  This is not a beginner’s course, so please come ready to work with a zero’d rifle.     
Prerequisites: US Citizen or ITAR approved person, and graduate of reputable handgun and carbine operator courses.
Equipment List:
  • Common Sense
  • Carbine with 5 magazines (Carbine should be zero’d when you arrive)
  • Carbine magazine pouches
  • Handgun and 3 magazines
  • Tactical holster (No inside the waistband holsters)
  • Handheld and weapon mounted lights
  • Ballistic vest (Level IV or III ICW plates) and ballistic helmet (limited rentals are available)
  • IFAK and TQ
  • 200 rounds carbine ammunition
  • 50 rounds handgun ammunition
  • Electronic hearing protection which fit under your helmet
  • Clear eye protection
  • 2 green chemlights or PID light
  • Water and snack food
  • Weather appropriate clothing
  • Pen and notebook (you will be taking notes)
Small Team CQB / TMR Package  
The Forge Tactical Small Team CQB (Shoothouse)/Tactical Medical Response is the 4-day, two-man shoothouse course we offer as Small Team CQB, with the addition of a Tactical Medical Response module. TMR is the doctrine of Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) oriented to the domestic theater (CONUS); and is an introduction to emergency care in the battlefield or tactical environment. It teaches the skills necessary for non-medical personnel to give life-saving aid to combat casualties, and no prior medical training is necessary to attend. For medically trained personnel, TMR teaches the correct priority of treatment in the tactical environment.  All necessary materials will be provided.  The TMR module is taught by military special operations medical providers with combined decades of experience in battlefield casualty medicine.  Training Day 1 frontloads the didactic and hands-on skills portion of TMR, with TD 2 through 4 containing Shoothouse instruction. Medical skills integration is reinforced during the shoothouse portion of training.
Prerequisites: US Citizen or ITAR approved person, and graduate of reputable handgun and carbine operator courses.
Equipment List:
  • Common Sense
  • Carbine with 5 magazines (Carbine should be zero’d when you arrive)
  • Carbine magazine pouches
  • Handgun and 3 magazines
  • Tactical holster (No inside the waistband holsters)
  • Handheld and weapon mounted lights
  • Ballistic vest (Level III plates) and ballistic helmet (limited rentals are available)
  • IFAK and TQ
  • 200 rounds carbine ammunition
  • 50 rounds handgun ammunition
  • Electronic hearing protection which fit under your helmet
  • Clear eye protection
  • 2 green chemlights or PID light
  • Water and snack food
  • Weather appropriate clothing
  • Pen and notebook (you will be taking notes)
Handgun CQB
The Forge Tactical Handgun CQB course is a 24 hour program designed to further build your skill sets to learn to fight with your pistol in a confined structure, with one teammate. This course teaches the same principles and fundamentals as Small Team CQB (Shoothouse) but utilizing the pistol. It is often more appropriate than Small Team CQB for the student who primarily uses a pistol for defense and does not have to wear hard ballistic armor for their mission. The course requires the use of soft armor as a minimum level of PPE, and as a result is less physically demanding than the full Small Team CQB package. As with the Small Team CQB Course, safety is paramount.  
Prerequisites: US Citizen or ITAR approved person, and graduate of reputable handgun and carbine operator courses.
Equipment List:
  • Common Sense
  • Handgun and 3 magazines
  • Tactical holster (No inside the waistband holsters)
  • Handgun mounted light is recommended
  • Handheld light
  • Ballistic soft vest (Level II or IIIa) (limited rentals are available)
  • IFAK and TQ
  • 400 rounds handgun ammunition
  • Electronic hearing protection
  • Clear eye protection
  • 2 green chemlights or PID light
  • Water and snack food
  • Weather appropriate clothing
  • Pen and notebook (you will be taking notes)
Low Light CQB
This course teaches the same content as traditional Small Team CQB, but the emphasis is on fighting in stuctures in the dark.  It is a 32 hour course introducing and developing the techniques that are the fundamental building blocks of all CQB – the two- man team. 
The course rapidly transitions to the utilization of white light techniques.  It is not a night vision course. 
When conducted at the Canton, Ohio training site these classes are UTM ONLY.  Bring no live ammunition to these courses. 
M4 pattern UTM bolts are provided.  If you utilize another primary weapon system you must bring your own UTM bolt.  No exceptions. 
UTM man-marker ammunition is available for purchase at the class.  75 cents per round. 
You may bring your pistols as part of your first line gear however, we will not utilize UTM nor live ammunition in our pistols.  
 
Prerequisites: US Citizen or ITAR approved person, and graduate of reputable handgun and carbine operator courses.
Equipment List:
  • Common Sense
  • Carbine with 5 magazines (Carbine should be zero’d when you arrive)
  • Carbine magazine pouches
  • Handgun and 3 magazines
  • Tactical holster (No inside the waistband holsters)
  • Handheld and weapon mounted lights
  • Ballistic vest (Level IV or III ICW plates) and ballistic helmet (limited rentals are available)
  • IFAK and TQ
  • 200 rounds carbine ammunition
  • 50 rounds handgun ammunition
  • Electronic hearing protection which fit under your helmet
  • Clear eye protection
  • 2 green chemlights or PID light
  • Water and snack food
  • Weather appropriate clothing
  • Pen and notebook (you will be taking notes)
  • No live ammunition at the Canton, Ohio facility.  UTM only as per instructions above