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KAYLA LEWIS
Kayla shot her first firearm when she was three years old and took her first formal firearms training class when she was nine. She got her first carry pistol, a Robar Glock 19, when she was in the 8th grade. She has been able to carry a concealed handgun daily since she was 18, and she has. Kayla took an interest in all things medical after her first “Immediate Action Medical” class in 2007. After becoming a mom and realizing she had the stomach for it, she went to nursing school and graduated with honors. She was a Nurse in...

BUGOUT COMMUNITY - ALUMNI ONLY
If you "Bugout" with your family with no plan, and have no place to go, you become a refugee.

TRAINING LOCATIONS
Name: Tactical Response Address: 116 Wood Ave, Camden, TN 38320 Directions: All Camden Classes begin at 0800 at our store located 116 Wood Avenue Camden TN 38320. The phone number is 877-753-8425. Lodging in and around Camden: 1. ALUMNUS OWNED CABIN RENTAL: Bringing family or friends? This AWESOME picture perfect cabin is located 2 miles from the Tactical Response range. There is one queen bed and one twin. It is a very private gated area. No TV services or internet. To reserve this wonder place contact Sheila at pierson630@gmail.com or 731-234-5144 The cabin is $118 per night (two night minimum) Tactical Response alumni receive...

GUNS AND GEAR OF THE CIVILIAN CONTRACTOR IN IRAQ
NOTE: This article is the property of SWAT magazine and is posted here with their permission. It is copyrighted and may not be copied or used in any way without the permission of SWAT magazine. Guns and Gear of the Civilian Contractor in Iraq Being a Civilian Contractor providing security has to be one of the most unique occupations ever. The term “mercenary” gets thrown around quite a bit and although it may technically be correct it doesn’t adequately describe the professionalism of most of the people in the industry. Yes there are guys who are doing this purely for...

GET THE MOST FROM IDPA
By: James Yeager There are two groups of people who shoot IDPA and I have no problem with either. One group are the “Gamers” who are constantly trying new guns, gear and techniques to make them faster and more likely to win. They are in it purely to win, and they do win, so they are accomplishing their goal. The other group is the “Martial Artists” who are there purely to prepare for violent confrontations. They have no need “win” the match. They feel no sense of failure after they loose because they knew they were going to loose before...

GET MORE FROM YOUR TRAINING
By: James Yeager I would like to pass along some information that might make your tuition at your next firearms training class go further. This is directed toward tactical training but will most likely apply to other areas of instruction as well. The motivation for this article is watching students go through the same evolution as I did and wishing they didn’t have to climb the same costly, time consuming, frustrating, ladder. I remember my very first training class. It was very exciting and a little scary. Who were the other pistoleros? Would they laugh at me? Would they be...

DRIVING OUT OF THE KILL ZONE
NOTE: This article is the property of SWAT magazine and is posted here with their permission. It is copyrighted and may not be copied or used in any way without the permission of SWAT magazine. DRIVING OUT OF THE KILL ZONE Tony Scotti and James Yeager Authors A book could be written about the skills, tactics, and decision making processes necessary to successfully drive out of a Kill Zone. This article will concentrate on what has become one the most important skill sets needed to escape a vehicle ambush, the combination of reversing out of the Kill Zone and returning...

DON’T DRAG YOUR DRY CLEANING
By: Scott Gatlin After a couple of years of picking up my own dry cleaning (shirts and pants), I recently picked up a dress for my wife. As I was walking to my truck in the parking lot, an elderly lady in a passing car rolled down her window and said, “Honey, you are dragging that dress through the puddles.” She was right, and the dress went back to the dry cleaners. As I drove home, I realized why I had dragged the dress. I had become accustomed to carrying my dry cleaning to the truck at a certain height,...

DOGMATIC DOCTRINE
NOTE: This article is the property of SWAT magazine and is posted here with their permission. It is copyrighted and may not be copied or used in any way without the permission of SWAT magazine. Dogmatic Doctrine Here we are in the year 2008 and except for small pockets of reality we, as tactical trainers and shooters, really haven’t progressed very far in the last 20 years. What is it about us as teachers and students that cements our position? What is it about us gunmen that makes us so unwilling to change? The Earth is not flat and the...

DEFENDING YOUR FIREARM, YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT
By: Tracy HightowerThe first thing we need to understand about Weapon Retention is that the best defense we have for countering a weapon grab is our brain. If we employ good mindset, awareness and sound tactics, weapon retention should never be an issue. In most instances where people have had to fight for their own weapon, they can point back to a mistake they themselves made that allowed it to happen. Whether it was because they were in condition white and allowed someone to get to close to them and attempt to remove their weapon from a holster or, when...

CHOOSING THE RIGHT TRAINING CLASS
By: James Yeager I frequently get calls and e-mails vaguely asking, "What will I learn in this course?" The prospective student really doesn"t know what question to ask or what the right answer should be if they hear it. I have often sent people to other training schools after realizing the student wants to learn something in which my school, Tactical Response, doesn’t specialize. I am writing this to help students make a more educated decision about which course to purchase and from which school.Shooting and other defensive courses (knives, hand to hand, etc) can teach you in three distinct areas....

BOYD"S O.O.D.A LOOP AND HOW WE USE IT
By: Tracy A. Hightower The O.O.D.A. Loop is a process we go through hundreds if not thousands of times in a single day. It is a process that defines how we humans react to stimulus. Colonel John Boyd coined the term O.O.D.A. Loop, in the 1950’s. Colonel Boyd, known as the "Fighter Pilot who changed the Art of War", was an F-86 pilot and commander of a fighter group during the latter part of the Korean War. He believed that when at a disadvantage a competent pilot could still overcome that disadvantage by "Attacking the Mind" of his opponent. His...

A BROTHER IS MURDERED
By: James Yeager One of our brothers, a student, is dead. We will call him Rob. Rob was murdered September 13th, 2003 about five miles from my home. While some details are sketchy we do know a few things at this point. One of the things I know for sure is that Rob, who was a Carry Permit holder, was shot to death, while unarmed, with his four-year-old daughter standing near him. We have had many students including men, women, police, military, civilian, American, foreign and every nationality you can imagine. I have had a school since 1996 and quite a...