U.S. Air Force 27th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron Develops AT/FP Skills for Responding to Threats to Personnel and Aircraft
Cannon Air Force Base, NM  (September 29 - October 4, 2008)

Twenty-six Airmen from the U.S. Air Force 27th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron (SOSFS) out of Cannon AFB and the 377th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) out of Kirtland AFB received dynamic Close Range Subject Control (CRSC) training from Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Directors and International Instructors Tony Grano and Don Roberts. Training was conducted at Cannon AFB in New Mexico on 29 September - 4 October, 2008.

Grano and Roberts delivered a Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Level 1 & 2 Reinforcement Sustainment Trainer package with mission-specific tactics for SFS operations, such as responding to threats in the C-130 loading zone. The purpose of the training was to provide CRSC options that enable Airmen to escalate the amount of force needed to respond to deadly encounters and de-escalate as they gain control of the situation. As one Airman noted, "the course gives you more options to control a situation, subdue your opponent, and maintain your safety without using extreme force."

By utilizing the Controlled F.O.R.C.E. 'building block' delivery method based on the Mechanical Advantage Control Holds™ (M.A.C.H.), Instructors Grano and Roberts were able to deliver a large amount of content in a short period of time. Compared to other programs that they had previously trained in, such as PPCT, LINES, and Modern Army Combatives, most participating Airmen found the Controlled F.O.R.C.E. system to be much easier to remember and employ.

 INSTRUCTORS TONY GRANO & DON ROBERTS

                 
     Out-of-Holster Weapon Retention                                               Ground Escapes [Click Picture for Video]

In addition to the SFS operators in attendance, one police officer from the Portales Police Department participated in the training. Officer Richardson, who has been a Controlled F.O.R.C.E. certified departmental instructor since 2000, represented the importance of establishing a standard of training across the law enforcement, military, and security sectors.

Bringing together Department of Defense security personnel and local law enforcement to train in common tactics is essential for the safety of those operators. When multiple agencies are responding to a threat, whether it is breaking up a bar fight or managing a crowd, there is a tendency for unnecessary escalation of force when operators from various agencies do not have a common set of subject control skills and a common language to communicate their actions.

Controlled F.O.R.C.E. provides those operators with a framework of techniques and a simple, universal language for communicating their response to threats. By sharing a platform of subject control skills, operators can work together rather than fight against each other to control a non-compliant operating environment. When operators work together as a team, the risk of unnecessary injury to those individuals posing a threat and injury to the responders significantly decreases.

U.S. Air Force
Security Forces Squadron Mission-Specific Training

Responding to Threats
in the C-130 Loading Zone

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Bridging the Virtual and the Real

While the training with the men and women of 27th SOSFS, 377th SFS, and Portales Police Department was outstanding, the highlight of the week occurred when a G4 TV crew arrived to film the training. G4 is a television station that covers the latest tech gadgets, web culture and video games. G4's interest in the CRSC training at Cannon AFB was based on the recent developments Controlled F.O.R.C.E. has been making in bridging the virtual gaming world and the real Combatives world.

Producer Blair Herter and crew with the G4 show X-Play were able to capture some of the modern tactics that are often recreated in video games. "It's great that gamers are embracing our efforts to utilize their world to improve the tactics and skills of those men and women working to make the real world a safer place," noted Grano on the presence of G4 TV. "The service members that we train," added Roberts, "always step up their game when we come in, and Blair came out here with the same stellar attitude."

   
X-Play Producer Blair Herter gets the scoop from Airmen and Instructors Roberts and Grano at Cannon AFB

The Virtual vs. Reality concept culminated in a head-to-head battle between one of the Airmen (gamertag Maverick) and one of the C FORCE US competition team elite players BEX (gamertag C FORCE US 002, Kilo Team Leader). Maverick, playing out of New Mexico, and BEX, playing out of Washington, DC, pitted their skills in the Xbox 360 game Rainbow Six Vegas 2. The story behind the Rainbow Six Vegas 2 game involves counterterrorism operations in the city of Las Vegas. BEX routed Maverick in the online showdown, though he conceded that the tables would be turned if he had to face off against Maverick in a real combative situation. As one Airmen put it at the conclusion of the training seminar, though, "We all left here as winners and not losers."

                VIRTUAL (Halo 3)   |   REALITY (Cannon AFB)

  
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