TRAIN TO WIN
U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps Military Police Schools
join together for Close Range Subject Control Training

Ft. Leonard Wood, MO / December 20, 2007 -- Instructors from the U.S. Army Military Police (MP) and U.S. Marine Corps MP School Houses at Fort Leonard Wood joined together for a week of Close Range Subject Control (CRSC) training in the Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Anti-Terrorism / Force Protection (AT/FP) system.

Nine U.S. Army MP instructors and nine U.S. Marine Corps MP instructors trained together in an intense, four-day instructor development seminar. The Controlled F.O.R.C.E. mobile instructor team, which included Executive Director Tony Grano, Director Don Roberts, Instructor Marcus Martin (Las Vegas Metro Police), and Instructor Joel Rockemann (former INIWIC instructor), delivered a high-speed CRSC training based on the Mechanical Advantage Control Holds, or M.A.C.H. system.

The M.A.C.H. system provides Soldiers and Marines with reactionary skills to respond to personal physical threats in a controlled manner. The MP instructors attending the course developed their skills to transfer maximum subject control content in short periods of time with high levels of retention, which allows Servicemembers to control their environments and save lives.

STANDARDIZATION OF TRAINING

Controlled F.O.R.C.E. has spent over a decade working to establish a nationally recognized standard of training that bridges the gap between civilian law enforcement and correctional sectors and the SOF communities of the U.S. Armed Forces. Working with such highly acclaimed organizations as the Inter-service Non-lethal Individual Weapons Instructor Course (INIWIC) instructor cadre, Controlled F.O.R.C.E. has become the only training provider to develop a system of training that can be applied with a high rate of success across the civilian and military spectrum.

As the Department of Defense (DOD) experts on tactical employment of non-lethal capabilities and skills sets, the INIWIC instructor cadre have led the way in integrating Controlled F.O.R.C.E. into CRSC training doctrine. According to a recent performance review, “Both Tony Grano and Don Roberts with Controlled F.O.R.C.E. have worked with the INIWIC cadre to produce a succinct CRSC package that fits into a time and resource constrained Program of Instruction (POI). Feedback from INIWIC graduates confirm that they are now able to retain and effectively train their units in short order with the curriculum provided through INIWIC.”

In order to adjust to the changing role of the MP in the contemporary operational environment, the U.S. Army MP School House and the U.S. Marine Corps MP School House at Fort Leonard Wood both recognized the need to adopt a standardized training system consistent with the INIWIC program. One MP instructor participating in the course summarizes the importance of a standardized training program when he says of the Controlled F.O.R.C.E. system, “since the moves are the same in all applications, I am not memory dumping them like in other training where every move is unique unto itself.”

Tony Grano provides further context to the growing need for standardized training when he says: “You've got Marines and Soldiers all working side by side down range, but they all train in different tactics and methods. Standardization of training is key for overall mission success. Other training systems claim they are establishing a training standard, but they are all talking out of their asses. Controlled F.O.R.C.E. is the only system that has provided standardized training across the full military spectrum, including the Marine Corps, Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard."

“THE WORLD IS A FIGHTING PLACE…”

“…and the protectors (law enforcement) should be able to deal with it,” states one Marine attending the course. Controlled F.O.R.C.E. is working to ensure that all our nation’s “protectors” can deal with whatever threats come their way. By adapting the Controlled F.O.R.C.E. system into their training doctrine, the U.S. Army MP School House and the U.S. Marine Corps MP School House are taking the steps to ensure that their Soldiers and Marines can effectively work together and control their operating environments.

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