Just came back from teaching at this conference. It has been my second year there and it did not disappoint. I truly enjoy teaching at these conferences, because even though we do not get paid, we get the opportunity to reach and share our lessons with those who typically may not be able to attend our classes. Those who attend these conferences are the motivated few who take the three days to network with other professionals, attend classes, and see what is at the cutting edge of the industry. These are the people who can truly benefits from our lessons and the ones we want to share it with.
It was not without its glitches. We wanted to offer a sixteen hour class covering several Israeli Counterterrorism Tactics, but the organizers preferred splitting it into two distinct classes. Although not ideal in terms of providing officers with the complete package, it made sense from a logistical standpoint to allow officers to take classes by various instructors and be exposed to more classes. as it stood, on day one we covered movement to objective, entry techniques and room clearing, while on day two we covered Israeli point-shoot with handguns and shoulder mounted weapons.
We had a total of 36 people go through our classes. Eight on day one and twenty-Eight(!) on day two. It was a packed class load. Awesome! All said and done we had a chance to introduce our tactics and skills to a bunch of officers that now have new means of addressing the threat of urban terrorism, which no doubt will be hitting our streets soon enough. Most importantly we made some new friends...including one Cuban from Kentucky...go figure.
We hope all the officers we trained benefited from the training and have some more tools in their toolbox now. We hope they stay safe and we look forward to seeing them all again next year.
And for those agencies interested in hosting our Israeli Approach to Urban Counterterrorism, please see the flyer below and reach out to us.
Stay safe and watch your six!
BK Blankchtein
Masada Tactical
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