Brushbeater, Combat Carbine Night & Day Class AAR

Along with American Partisan’s Jesse James and Patriotman, I attended NC Scouts Combat Carbine – Night & Day class this past weekend. Here is my AAR.

What:

This AAR (After Action Review) is to briefly outline my attendance at NC Scout’s Combat Carbine – Night & Day class.

Who:

Facilitator NC Scout and ten students. The student’s skill range was former military to novice, like me.

When:

July 11 -12, 2020. Classes started at 0900 hrs. both days. Saturday the class stopped at 1630 hrs. and resumed at 2000 hrs. for the nighttime portion of the class. Sunday the class ended at 1430 hrs. followed by a 30-minute AAR starting 1515 hrs.

Where:

Brushbeater’s North Carolina training grounds

Day 1

Morning – Daytime

  • Zero in firearms
  • Basic carbine skills

Afternoon – Daytime

  • Weapon malfunction recovery
  • Mag changes
  • Moving and firing
  • Moving and firing in buddy teams

Evening – Dust to Dark

  • Night firing
  • Using a rifle mounted light
  • Night vision firing in conjunction with IR sight and NOG’s

Day 2

  • Review of day 1 daytime drills
  • Moving & shooting in buddy teams through differing scenarios
  • AAR

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly in no order:

  • The weather was great. Temperatures were in the high 80’s – low 90’s and for North Carolina, low humidity.
  • I have taken one other Combat Carbine class not with NC Scout facilitating. I feel 100% confident in being a ‘trigger puller’ if I practice the skills I learned with my buddy.
  • As is NC Scout’s MO, (modus operandi) the class blocks during the three-day class were well thought out and progressively brought the student along, building on the previous block, to the end game…Killing bad guys with no injury to moi.
  • I stayed at NC Scout’s redoubt, specifically in an air-conditioned house. Most of the students camped out on the grounds while a few stayed at a local moderately priced motel.
  • Great discussions with likeminded folks between blocks, over lunch, and dinner. A lot of information is shared during this time.
  • Some of the students had not taken any classes from NC Scout in the past however those students melded quickly with the students who had.
  • Note to Self – Bring a camp chair. I always do this however I forgot this time.
  • Many folks brought multiple carbines and battle rattle to try out and adjust. NC Scout encourages this and often jumped in to help tweak both.
  • Think Blue Lotite and tying ‘can’t loose’ items to yourself. Do not ask me how I know this.
  • The Combat Carbine class was conducted in a 360-degree range on land that does not mimic your typical manicured square range. These were real world conditions.
  • I used right around 500-rounds. If you like classes where you just blast away, this is not the class for you. NC Scout understands the difficulty of replacing used ammo. I heard a few students make positive comments on this.
  • As I have reported in previous AAR’s on NC Scout’s classes, NC Scout and the specialists who supported him, are soft spoken folks who are dedicated to the student getting as much from the class as possible. If you like the ‘DI’ (Drill Instructor) type of facilitator, you will not like NC Scout’s style.
  • I think we can all agree that the coming years months will be treacherous in this country and around the globe. If you have put away your family’s 3-B’s great! Now you need to get some training! To not do so means you and your family will not survive long enough to use those preps you have in your cellar.
  • Last as I have written before, we will all serve the cause whether we are a trigger puller or part of the auxiliary, providing intel analysis, logistics and other support.

73 & God Bless,

Freedom Through Self-Reliance ®

 

 

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9 Comments

  1. D Rowsey July 14, 2020 at 06:30

    NC Scout has a good teaching style and good curriculums. I wish I had attended this class because you can’t get enough firearms training. I also like hearing that you all made every round count, especially these days since the prices have gone up and harder to find.

    • johnyMac July 14, 2020 at 08:19

      Hey Brother, ya’ were missed.

      God Bless

  2. Steve Lowe July 14, 2020 at 10:19

    NC Scout – I want to ask you to consider courses (or perhaps online courses or study guides) for older farts like me who have some skill sets (I.e.firearms, basic survival/fieldcraft, HAM license & radio basics), but who cannot become tip of the spear level, if only due to age & health reality. How can we better prepare given our real world limits? Get better on our comms support? What other areas can we improve in order to become better assets?

    I’m a boomer, retired, never served but should have, moderate computer literacy, and am moving away from Google in favor of ProtonMail & VPN at all times. I realized my gigantic OPSEC gap in all things internet/data based and chose to plug that hole. Like all areas, it is a process to continuously improve.

    Any other gigantic blind spots we should be working on?

    It is my hope to get healthy enough to attend future training at your site. In my case that may take a year. But if that can’t happen, what areas can we all work on to simply be better rounded, better prepared?

    We share your sense that things could become “dynamic” very soon. I expected SHTF in ’08. Those crises were delayed – until now. Recent rioting is perhaps a sign for us prepared types.

    Thanks for all your good work.

    • NC Scout July 14, 2020 at 10:29

      Everything I teach is from the ground level up. I assume everyone knows nothing when coming to a course, that way we can build the training goals together.

      The biggest blind spot people need to work on is communications (which is why I started courses for it) because most folks, even the ones who have a lot of technical knowledge, completely miss the boat on implementation.

      As for age, I’ve had everyone from late teens to Vietnam Vets and everyone in between.

    • johnyMac July 14, 2020 at 12:07

      Thank you for reading and then commenting on my AAR. You and the many other AP readers are why we do this.

      I take these classes with the understanding in my own mind that when the SHTF I will be part of the auxiliary not a dedicated trigger puller. I will obviously patrol my redoubt, defend my family, help the community where I can, etc. however, I will not be marching off to war counties or states away. I take all of Scout’s classes with that in mind. “A man has to know his limitations”.

      With that written, I am in my early 60’s with moderate asthma and my doctor telling me I could lose 15-lbs (now 20-lbs post the virus). None of Scout’s classes have taxed me physically in anyway. If I need a moment to catch my breath, I state it and Scout listens. As he has written, he trains teenagers all the way up to old 20-lb over weight boomers. He does it for all the right reasons and the first three are not money.

      All I am trying to write here is, get training. Whether it is with Scout or someone else you respect regardless if you will be part of the auxiliary or a trigger puller. Times a wasting.

      73 and God Bless Brother

  3. Warpig July 14, 2020 at 10:35

    But don’t pack green tip ammo shown in the associated picture above.

  4. Anonymous July 14, 2020 at 19:49

    4

  5. Anonymous July 14, 2020 at 21:15

    4.5

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