In preperation for the Acme Spring Invitational, B.R.A.S.S. held a CQB training day. This was held at the Fire Training Ground. Present were Itsahak, SA, Berkelsk, JrHiJakor, Hammerhead, The General, and Bishop. Yes, it was the return of Bishop!! We were glad to see an old comrade in arms return! Also, Mr. Pelligrino “Pelli” Rengi and Mr. Travis Willoughby were there to assist. Mr. Rengi is a freelance photographer and took random pictures throughout the day. Mr. Willoughby, who played our OpFor for the day, is a former US Army soldier having served in the 101st Airborne and a combat veteran of the Iraq war. He still currently serves in the National Guard
The day started with some classroom work, going over diagrams of the basics of room entry. The we did some walk through’s of actually entering the room sans gear or replicas. After we had practiced that for several revolutions, we added the (unloaded and no mags in) replicas. After several more revolutions, we geared up and moved out to the 2 story Burn Building. Mr. Willoughby moved inside and took up his position. We spent the next two hours invading the building and engaging him. We were also lucky to have Mr. Jason Boteler show up later. MR. Boteler is a former National Guard member who spent a year in the Maryland area protecting power plants and what not after 9-11. He also played OpFor for us for the remainder of the training day. We finally wrapped up around 5 or 6 PM. All in all, it was a great day of training and the addition of the OpFor made even better!

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