Team Leader I (2-day) 

Course Overview

Content

      • Small unit organization

      • How to make a training schedule

      • How to coordinate and lead local training events

      • Basic Leadership

      • Fire and Movement drills

      • Intro to day/night patrolling

      • Coordinating fire and maneuver

      • Defensive operations

      • Intro to mission planning

Locations and Dates

Location: TBD

Date: TBD

Description

Team Leader I is a 2-day non-firing course of instruction designed to teach students to be effective small-unit leaders. Students learn how to organize, plan, and lead training to mold a group of willing volunteers into a cohesive fighting force. Throughout the class you will lead a team of fellow students in a series of battle drills to get the experience you need to apply what you’ve learned on your own.

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Gear Packing Checklist

Course Checklist

Bare Minimum

  1. Rifle (whatever is your primary, go-to long gun) 

  2. At least 3 EMPTY magazines

  3. Long-sleeve shirt and heavy-duty pants

  4. boots

  5. personal water supply (canteens, camelback, nalgene, etc.)

  6. Notepad and pen

  7. Whatever you need to spend a night or two camping in the woods

  8. food for 2 days

  9. camp chair

Highly Recommended​

  1. Load bearing gear (LBV, plate carrier, chest rig, etc.)

  2. personal medical gear (IFAK, tourniquets)

  3. tactical gloves

  4. handheld radio

  5. anything you expect to wear or carry into combat

  6. clean clothes (expect to get dirty/wet/muddy)

  7. bug spray

  8. watch

  9. knife/bayonet

  10. flashlight/headlamp

  11. NVG/Thermal optics

  12. Bible

Course Book

Recommended Gear

Chest Rig

  • Should hold all your personal tactical gear for a 24-48 hour patrol period

Optics

  • Optics are a force multiplier

  • Day/night/thermal

Radio

  • VHF/UHF handheld like the Baofeng

Meet the Instructor

Mike Von Steuben

My name is Mike, I’m the owner and Chief Instructor of Von Steuben Training and Consulting (VSTAC) located in Eastern North Carolina.  My mission is to equip the modern American Patriot with the training he needs to protect our Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic.

I specialize in team-based tactical training.  You don’t plan to fight alone, so you shouldn’t train alone either.  In my classes you will train to shoot, move, and communicate as a small unit with other students.  Very few tactical trainers offer this type of instruction to civilians, which is unfortunate because it is so critical to the “well regulated militia” that our founders envisioned.