Quick Tips & Downloads

A note about Technique vs. Tactics.

I've been asked several times why at Reliant we focus on teaching technique, not tactics.  It’s simple, tactics are constantly evolving at the point of use and need to be developed by those at the “tip of the spear”.  What’s slick today may well get you killed tomorrow.

Whether you are a SWAT Cop on a raid, an armed citizen walking to work, an operator clearing caves in Afghanistan, or a “motor” cop responding to a silent alarm, your tactics will be depend on the scenario.  Painting every situation with the same brush to create a “one size fits all” approach to codified tactics is just ignorant.

As firearms instructors we are in the classroom, safely removed from the “front line”.  I may be able to teach better techniques to shooters from many backgrounds, but to presume I could teach tactics when I am not out there, would just be arrogant.

This picture was featured in magazines during WWII, and was drawn by my grandfather. It always struck me as very powerful and I can still remember “stealing” it off the wall in our house when I was six or seven.

It is my sincere hope that our training may help those brave Americans in harm’s way return safely to their families. We are forever indebted to them and they have our undying gratitude.

 Freedom isn't free. Never forget that.