Countermeasures Tactical Institute

ADVANCED OBSERVER/MARKSMAN COURSE

TOTAL HOURS:                        50 (five days)
DATE:                                       May 5-9, 2025
LOCATION:                             Salt Lake City, Utah  (Hosted by Wasatch CSO) 
TUITION:                                $725 per student 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This five day advanced course provides the law enforcement observer/marksman with detailed instruction and realistic live fire field exercises on the fundamentals and principles of advanced rifle marksmanship and advanced employment techniques of the observer/marksman.  Moving targets, "snaps", live fire "stalk", hostage scenarios using 3D moving targets requiring surgical shooting techniques, limited visibility operations, engagements, through transparent barriers, stress "cold barrel" engagements, memory exercises, extended distance, and unknown distance steel target engagements are practiced by the student.

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS  

• How to apply marksmanship fundamentals and techniques to achieve a first round hit at varying extended ranges

• How to employ the various field craft techniques that allow the observer/marksman to move, hide, and establish a position undetected

• An effective system of observing, reporting, and recording intelligence

• Stress shooting technique

• Achieving a first round hit on a moving target

• Immediate action rapid deployment active gunman

• The observer/marksman role in immediate action hostage barricade

• Limited visibility operations

• Engagements through transparent barriers

• Observer/marksman judgmental scenarios using 3D moving targets

• Stress cold barrel engagements

• Memory exercises

• Extended distance technique

• Unknown distance engagements

This course restricted to law enforcement and military personnel only.

Attendees' weapon systems must be zeroed at 100, 200, and 300 yards prior to day one.  Additionally, each attendee's scope must be able to "come up" 12 minutes of angle from the 300 yard zero.

BRING YOUR LUNCH WITH YOU ON THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS AND ALL WEEK.

EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS

• Rifle w/ scope

• 300 rounds of ammunition

• Handgun/Duty Leather

• 100 rounds handgun ammunition

• Spotting scope and binoculars

• Hearing protection

• Camouflage clothing and face paint

• Camel Back or similar

• Elbow/knee pads recommended

• Clothing suitable for outdoor tactical activity

• Flashlight

• Drag bag recommended

• Small lunch cooler

• Ground cloth

• Wet weather clothing

• Happy sock

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