ONE FORCE
Building a recognized standard of training across the force response spectrum
8th Annual U.S.N.S.T.A. National Training Conference -- Rio Las Vegas -- December 10-14, ‘07

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F.O.R.C.E. 2007

On December 10, 2007, operators fitting all of the descriptions listed above in one form or another joined together for the 8th Annual U.S.N.S.T.A. National Training Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. During this five day instructor development seminar, participants helped the U.S.N.S.T.A. (which stands for United States National Standards of Training Association) continue to shape a minimum training standard that can be applied across the nation. In the process, attendees gained valuable tools for improving their skills and for transferring those skills to the people they train.
 

Environment Control

Since its inception in 1999, the U.S.N.S.T.A. has looked to Controlled F.O.R.C.E. to establish a framework of body control skills from which an entire environment control training program can be built. Controlled F.O.R.C.E. close range subject control (CRSC) training teaches operators how to identify the body’s natural reactions to change and how the body responds to resistance. Once operators gain an understanding of how their own bodies recover from changes in balance, they can begin to learn the system of Mechanical Advantage Control Holds (M.A.C.H.) as a means of controlling a resisting subject through balance displacement.

Throughout the training conference, the Controlled F.O.R.C.E. instructors tell participants that the M.A.C.H. system is “designed to fail.” More accurately, the system is designed to allow the operator to easily and effectively transition from one hold to the next (or disengage and/or escalate force if necessary) when one particular hold fails to achieve a desired result. This built-in failure threshold opens the gateway to a credible environment control training package.

Building on the framework of the M.A.C.H. system, conference participants worked on developing a variety of environment control skills. Adrenalin Proving Grounds, LLC (APG) worked on force escalation / de-escalation skills in their firearms training presentations. APG instructors led participants through cover-and-concealment and force-on-force exercises. In addition, participants developed response skills through mock tactical firearm drilling with shoot / no-shoot scenarios.

Force Escalation / De-escalation (Lead Instructors: Heath Jackson, Jim Roncal)

Other environment control skill development included:

High Risk / Felony Vehicle Stops (Lead Instructor: Mark Pinnella)

APG Tactical Firearm (Lead Instructors: Heath Jackson, Jim Roncal)

THE ZONE Scenario-Based Environment Control Training Module
(featuring Controlled F.O.R.C.E. Freddy S.T.A.T. Training Unit)

Left: Animal Control Tactics (Lead Instructor: Kevin Rittenhouse)
Right: Officers Committing Suicide (Lead Instructor: Kristy Cross)

Left: U.S.N.S.T.A. Use of Taser (Lead Instructor: Louis Marquez)
Right: Responding to an Active Shooter (Lead Instructor: Steven "Gunny" Collett)

APG Shootout Competition Champion: Keith Owen, Idaho P.O.S.T. Academy
Prize sponsors: Tactical Solutions Group, LLC and 5.11 Tactical Series

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