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The course descriptions below are summaries of the specified course.  If the course has an special icon associated with it, here is an explanation of what each icon means:
 - This course is approved and listed on the GSA Schedule.  Mid-Atlantic Training Resources courses that are on GSA will appear on Blackheart International's GSA Schedule # GS-07F-9416S.

 - Hosted courses are training courses that are offered at Mid-Atlantic Training Resources, but are instructed by the organization listed.  By teaming with other training organizations, we are able to offer a wider variety of training courses for our students.

 - WV LETC Approved courses have been reviewed and approved by the WV Law Enforcement Training Subcommittee.  These courses count toward WV Law Enforcement in-service training hours.


      

Tactical Courses
Basic Pistol Course

Course Number:  MATR-5006

Length:  5 Days

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 15  
Price:  $1000 GSA Price:  $936.98
This course is designed to instruct the individual in the safe handling of their chosen pistol and or revolver. This course will include detailed classroom instruction and practical application with a crawl, walk, run process. Subjects covered will be the appropriate mindset, mental awareness levels, equipment selection, weapon handling, shooting stances and positions, a briefing into the legal use of deadly force, requirements to legally carry a concealed deadly weapon, and the conduct of safe weapons range fire.    

 

Intermediate Tactical Pistol Course

Course Number:  MATR-5007

Length:  5 Days

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 15  
Price:  $1500 GSA Price:  $1405.46
This course is designed to build on what was learned in the basic pistol course.  More advanced skill will be learned and the basic skills will be reinforced with various shooting drills and situations.  Individuals must have completed the basic pistol course or an equivalent.  This course will be conducted with practical application with a crawl, walk, run process.  Subjects covered will be a review of the basic skills needed, multiple target engagement, shooting under self induced and exterior induced stress, engaging moving targets, tactical decision making drill utilizing various types of cover and barricades.   

 

Operator Tactical Pistol Training: Live Fire & UTM Scenario Training

Length:  2 Days

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 12  
Price:  $700

This course will provide an intense two (2)-day course of instruction on the practical application of the modern semi-automatic pistol. Class size is capped at 12 to allow for more customized training and tuning of your performance. For beginners and professionals who own, carry or need professional training in the use of a semi-automatic pistol to perform better under stress. During the UTM training, students will take turns being the aggressor in role-playing scenarios to see from the other side what works and what does not work. Scenario training will be conducted in our 28,000-sq-ft former medical clinic for realism.

Course fee includes 2 nights lodging at our lodging facility, a copy of "TACTICAL PISTOL SHOOTING; Your Guide to Tactics that Work" by Erik Lawrence, and 50 rounds of UTM training ammunition with firearms conversion kit.

Click HERE for Full description, required items to bring and registration form.   

 

Basic Carbine Course

Course Number:  MATR-5008

Length:  5 Days

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 15  
Price:  $1000 GSA Price:  $936.98
This course is designed to instruct the individual in the safe handling of their chosen carbine.  This course will include detailed classroom instruction and practical application with a crawl, walk, run process.  Subjects covered will be the appropriate mindset, mental awareness levels, equipment selection, weapon handling, shooting stances and positions, malfunction drills, multiple target engagement, shooting under self induced and exterior induced stress, tactical decision making drills utilizing various types of cover and barricades and the conduct of safe weapons range fire. More advanced skills will be learned and the basic skills will be reinforced with various shooting drills and situations.

 

Advanced Carbine Course

Course Number:  MATR-5009

Length:  5 Days

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 15  
Price:  $1500 GSA Price:  $1405.46
This course is designed to build on the instruction the individual learned in the basic carbine course in the safe handling of their chosen carbine. This course will include detailed classroom instruction and practical application with a crawl, walk, run process. Subjects covered will be a review of the appropriate mindset, mental awareness levels, equipment selection, weapon handling, shooting stances and positions, malfunction drills, multiple target engagement. Weapons transition from carbine to pistol under self induced and exterior induced stress situations will be taught. Tactical decision making drills utilizing various types of cover and barricades and the conduct of safe weapons range fire. More advanced skills will be learned and the basic skills will be reinforced with various shooting drills and situations.

 

Basic Tactical Shotgun Course

Course Number:  MATR-5010

Length:  5 Days

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 15  
Price:  $1000 GSA Price:  $936.98
This course is designed to instruct the individual in the safe handling of their chosen tactical shotgun.  This course will include detailed classroom instruction and practical application with a crawl, walk, run process.  Subjects covered will be the appropriate mindset, mental awareness levels, equipment selection, weapon handling, shooting stances and positions, malfunction drills, multiple target engagement, shooting under self induced and exterior induced stress, tactical decision making drills utilizing various types of cover and barricades and the conduct of safe weapons range fire. More advanced skills will be learned and the basic skills will be reinforced with various shooting drills and situations. 

 

Precision Rifle Course

Course Number:  MATR-5011

Length:  5 Days

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 15  
Price:  $2000 GSA Price:  $1873.95
This week long course covers the introductory basics to sniping and sniper operations. Students should anticipate 8 hour days with minimum down time, and the limited class time and practical exercises will be done at the theatre level. The curriculum covers advanced rifle marksmanship, sniper marksmanship,  log books, correcting for environmental factors, judging distance, sniping in an urban environment, observation of ground, observation skills, camouflage & concealment, sniper movement techniques, application of fire techniques and live fire practical exercises at known and unknown ranges.

 

Land Navigation Course

Course Number:  MATR-5012

Length:  5 Days

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 10  
Price:  $1500 GSA Price:  $1405.46
This course is an in-depth study of military topographic maps, land navigation and orienteering.   Instructional topics include marginal information; grid coordinates; distance and direction; intersection, resection, modified resection and polar coordinates; elevation and relief; GPS usage.  The course will conclude with practical exercises on land navigation and orienteering, including an outdoor land navigation exam. 

 

Surveillance Detection Course

Course Number:  MATR-4005

Length:  5 Days

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 15  
Price:  $2000 GSA Price:  $1873.95
This course is designed to instruct the individual or team in the techniques and procedures for detecting surveillance either hostile or passive. This class may be adapted time wise to fit the group's specifications with practical exercises and classroom instruction. 

 

Surveillance Course

Course Number:  MATR-4006

Length:  5 Days

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 15  
Price:  $2000 GSA Price:  $1873.95

The course training exercises will ensure that the students have a full grasp and understanding of surveillance as it applies specifically to their mission.  Surveillance training exercises are designed to train the student to conduct different types of surveillance as they occur in the real world, under realistic conditions. Surveillance training must take place in conditions as realistic as possible.

 

Close Quarters Combat

Course Number:  MATR-5013

Length:  5 Days

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 20  
Price:  $2000 GSA Price:  $1873.95

Close Quarters Combat (CQC) is defined as combative techniques that included advanced weapons marksmanship, use of specific-use demolitions, and selective target engagement conducted by small, specially trained units against a static or a temporary halted target to defeat a hostile force with minimum collateral damage.

 

Combative Course

Course Number:  MATR-5016

Length:  5 Days

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 12  
Price:  $1500 GSA Price:  $1405.46

This course is designed to instruct students with the practical skills to survive physical confrontations with trained criminals/ terrorists.

 

Vulnerability Assessment Training

Course Number:  MATR-5017

Length:  2 Days

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 20  
Price:  $600 GSA Price:  $562.19

The objective of the block of instruction is to give the students an in depth understanding of how to build an assessment team, conduct a Vulnerability Assessment (VA) of a given building or installation and how to evaluate the assessment. The students will understand how the resulting assessment is used in the development of a Force Protection Plan. Students will learn to utilize Vulnerability Assessment (VA) formats as tools to help develop a solid all inclusive force protection plan that supports the unit’s mission.

 

Terrorist Strategies and Tactics Course

Course Number:  MATR-5018

Length:  1 Day

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 20  
Price:  $300 GSA Price:  $281.09

This course will instruct the students to identify the organization patterns that typify most contemporary terrorist organizations, identify the most common strategies and tactics used against American interests, recognize Pre-Attack Indicators that point toward a planned terrorist incident, and identify the six stages of the Terrorist Attack Cycle.

 

Al Qaeda Immersion Training Course           **Restricted to US Special Operations Units ONLY

Course Number:  MATR-5019

Length:  6 Days

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 12  
Price:  $3180 GSA Price:  $2979.58

This 6 day course of Al Qaeda Immersion Training is designed to completely immerse the students in the culture and environment of the Al Qaeda terrorist model to gain the perspective from the terrorist’s point of view.  By enduring the isolation of cellular living, uncertainty due to security situations (fear of capture, compromise, or failure), and the pressure of performing in a terrorist cell, the soldiers will experience stress and anxiety.  These factors will help them understand Al Qaeda operations from a practical perspective.   The soldiers will be training as the terrorists train; they will see the capabilities and limitations of the common terrorist and their cell. 

 

Bombs and Explosives Orientation

Course Number:  MATR-5021

Length:  1 Day

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 20  
Price:  $450 GSA Price:  $421.64

This course will provide the student with the base knowledge of explosive principals, components in the devices, damage caused by the devices.  Common IED orientation, and tactics / techniques of terrorist operations will be covered.

 

Travel Security in Hostile Areas

Course Number:  MATR-5022

Length:  1 Day

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 20  
Price:  $300 GSA Price:  $281.09

This course will teach the students how to increase individual security, empower travelers to act properly through knowledge, prevent incidents and improve performance, reduce legal liability, and develop relevant SOP’s to offset vulnerabilities.

 

Foreign Weapons

Course Number:  MATR-5023

Length:  3 Days

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 12  
Price:  $900 GSA Price:  $843.28

This course will teach the students how to identify, operate, maintain and apply tactical usage for various common foreign weapons.

 

Foreign Heavy Weapons

Course Number:  MATR-5024

Length:  2 Days

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 12  
Price:  $1000 GSA Price:  $936.98

This course will teach the students how to identify, operate, maintain and apply tactical usage for various common foreign heavy weapons.

 

US and Foreign Weapons Qualification

Course Number:  MATR-5025

Length:  1 Day

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 20  
Price:  $200 GSA Price:  $187.40

This course will instruct the students in the knowledge to successfully conduct and pass weapons qualifications for US and foreign weapons.

 

Vehicle Commandeering Course

Course Number:  MATR-5026

Length:  1 Day

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 12  
Price:  $350 GSA Price:  $327.94

This course will instruct the students of the knowledge to acquire vehicles for operational uses.

 

Specialized Building Entry Course           **Restricted to Law Enforcement and US Special Operations Units ONLY

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Length:  2 Days

Minimum Students :  5

Presented by: Carey & Associates International,  LLC

Maximum Students : 12  
Price:  $375  

Patrol officers, investigators, probation and parole officers, narcotic officers, and tactical teams are often faced with the task of entering a building to serve search and arrest warrants, to carry out hostage rescues, or to conduct welfare checks on elderly persons or the reported victims of violence.  Military special operations personnel have to resort to stealth entries to secrete themselves in hostile environments, to conduct sensitive building entries, and to place forward observers and precision shooters.  This course will introduce students to basic lock picking skills, as well as a variety of other options for lock bypassing beyond the conventional forced entry.  Students will have an opportunity to develop new skills by picking more than 190 different training locks.  In addition, important intelligence gathering and pre-planning issues will be discussed that facilitate a safe approach, entry, and mission conclusion. 

Each student will receive a syllabus which highlights the information presented during the training, their own lock pick set, and a list of suggesting specialty tools.  All equipment needed during the course will be provided.

 

AK Familiarization / Operator Course

Course Number

Length:  2 Days

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 20  
Price:  $750 (includes manual & lodging for 2 nights at our facility)  

MATR will provide an intense two (2)-day course of instruction on the familiarization of the AK-47/74 and the variations commonly seen with these weapons. Class size is capped at 20. For beginners and professionals who use or admire the AK series of weapons, MATR will allow familiarization fire of our custom AKs during the course.  Students will also have the opportunity to fire our PKM Machine Guns, and the BHI SOPMOD AK.

The course will cover:

  • Safe and proper handling
  • Disassembly/Assembly
  • Basic maintenance
  • Ballistic considerations
  • Functioning of the weapon
  • Tactical shooting drills and considerations
  • Low-light firing instruction
  • Suppressor considerations
  • Misfire/Stoppage drills
  • Sight adjustment/Battlefield zeroing
  • Optics
  • Implementation of the weapon as a modern battlefield rifle

This training has adopted a multi-tiered approach to weapons familiarization and safety.

  1. The first stage consists of classroom lectures by individuals who have used the weapon system in various combat environments and real-world conditions. Many are AK gunsmiths, so their level of understanding is very extensive.
    • Basic skills, safety, and familiarization are emphasized.
  2. Stage two requires practical demonstration with each weapon utilizing live ammo. 
    • This section will feature advantages and disadvantages of various AK models and modifications. Conducted during daylight and low-light conditions.
    • Accessories to enhance the AK weapons system will be demonstrated and discussed.
  3. The third stage involves additional variants of AK weapons.
    • Instructors will conduct basic live-fire practical exercises in an explanation, demonstration, and application format.

Each registered student will receive a copy of the MATR-authored Practical Guide to the Operational Use of the AK-47/AKM and AK-74 Rifles prior to the course for self-study. This item is a $51 value.

 

Executive Protection 101

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Length: 3 Days  

Minimum Students  
Maximum Students  
Price:  $  

 

 

Off Road Tactical Driving

Course Number

Length: 2 Days  

Minimum Students  
Maximum Students  
Price:  $  

 

 

Basic SWAT Course

Course Number:  MATR-5014

  

Length:  5 Days

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 20  
Price:  $1000 GSA Price:  $936.98

Basic SWAT School is an entry level class tactical class that is meant to provide the students with a firm understanding of basic SWAT concepts and operations. More advanced concepts will not be taught until the student understands and can apply the basics. The training will begin with thought processing and individual tactics before moving into team tactics and technical skills. Upon completion of the class the student will understand the planning and preparation process required for SWAT application and should be able to serve as a functional member of any SWAT team. It is up to the student to hone skills learned in this class, gain technical proficiency with other new skills and have a firm understanding and working knowledge of their individual policies and SOPs.

 

Advanced SWAT Course

Course Number:  MATR-5015

Length:  5 Days

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 20  
Price:  $1500 GSA Price:  $1405.46

ADVANCED SWAT School is a tactical class that is meant to provide the students with a firm understanding of SWAT concepts and operations through classroom and well-developed field exercises. Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate response/resolve a barricaded suspect situation, hostage rescue tactics and techniques, entry [breaching] techniques, movement/stealth techniques to accomplish perimeter containment, control and operational procedures. This course does not require the Basic SWAT course as a prerequisite; however the student must demonstrate prior knowledge to Basic SWAT concepts. Our training complements the body’s natural reaction to stress and the sympathetic nervous system responses and does not conflict it, making a seamless transition from training to real world application. Upon completion of the class the student will have demonstrated the planning and preparation process required for SWAT and should be able to serve as a functional member of any SWAT team. It is up to the student to hone skills learned in this class, gain technical proficiency with other new skills and have a firm understanding and working knowledge of their individual policies and SOPs.

 

Law Enforcement Hostage Survival

Course Number:  MATR-5020

Length:  1 Day

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 20  
Price:  $300 GSA Price:  $281.09

This course will teach the students to survive hostage situations, and to provide strategies to help cope with the stress involved in a hostage situation.

 

Less-Lethal Munitions Instructor Course

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Length:  4 Days

Minimum Students :  5

Presented by: ALS Technologies, Inc.

Maximum Students : 20  
Price:  $750  

Less lethal munitions have been available to American law enforcement agencies for over 40 years.  With the advent of research-supported training, these specialty rounds have gained a broader acceptance in patrol, tactical, and correctional settings.  This instructor level course covers the full family of A.L.S. Technologies, Inc. munitions including impact munitions, chemical agents, distraction devices, and stun munitions.  This course will prepare the instructor to train end users in the deployment and use of kinetic energy impact projectiles, ballistic breaching, chemical agents, and noise/flash diversionary devices (NFDD’s).

Concepts and Skills:

  • History of Less Lethal Rounds
  • 12 gauge, 37 mm & 40 mm Launchers
  • Technological Advancements
  • Research & Trauma
  • Range Safety
  • Use of Force & Reporting Procedures
  • Sample Policy & Procedures
  • Instructional Techniques
  • Legal Issues
  • Direct & Indirect Impact Munitions
  • Chemical Agents
  • Diversionary Devices
  • Stun Munitions
  • Deploying Munitions
  • Ballistic Breaching

Personal Equipment Required:

  • Pen and Pocket Notebook
  • Body armor
  • Nomex or Kevlar gloves
  • Ear and Eye protection

 

  • Ball cap or cap with brim
  • 12 gauge shotgun (cylinder bore)
  • Gas mask w/approved filter
  • Contact lenses case and eyeglasses (if applicable)
  • Duty belt and pistol (ammunition not required)

Additional Information:
There are no prerequisites for this course.  It is recommended that participants have a reasonable background in their particular law enforcement or corrections discipline.  It is also recommended that participants have completed an instructor development training program approved by their agency.

 

 

WV CCW (Carrying Concealed Weapons) Course

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Length:  1 Day

Minimum Students :  5  
Maximum Students : 15  
Price:  $100  

Mid Atlantic Training Resources conducts concealed weapons classes at its Philippi, WV location. This class will fill the requirements needed to apply for a WV and VA concealed carry pistol/revolver license.

The curriculum will cover: firearms safety, legal use of deadly force, types of weapon to carry, operation and employment of pistol and revolvers, and safe range fire.

Mid Atlantic Training Resources is comprised of a group of instructors which combines a unique blend of military, police and competition experience to bring the best instruction possible to the classroom. All MATR instructors are NRA certified and have extensive CCW experience. Please call in to pre-register as class space is limited. Upon pre-registration you will be sent a packet including all times, schedules and equipment requirements.

 

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