2 DAY T.A.P.S.

PAT MCNAMARA 2-DAY T.A.P.S.
29-30 SEP 2012 - SCOTTSDALE, AZ

TAPS delivers a comprehensive, systematic, progressive shooting program focused on fundamental mastery and built for Law Enforcement officers, military operators, and qualified civilians.The approach to instruction is through coaching and mentor-ship and both demonstrates and transfers a training method that is safe, effective, combat relevant, and encourages a continuous thought process that demands accountability.

Training is conducted on the range and focuses on advanced refinement of the basic fundamentals of marksmanship as applied to the primary and secondary weapons systems. Utilizing a building block learning model, TAPS combines the pressures and dynamics of competitive shooting and tactical application. While course of instruction is on the firing range, the TAPS training approach also translates into training venues outside the range.

Course Outline:
- Lecture on proper weapons handling and safety
- Refresh the fundamentals and grouping exercises
- Conduct a diagnostic course of fire
- Conduct a discussion on the importance of performing a focal shift during training and avoiding mundane drills that do not encourage a thought process
- Other topics covered and practiced are; grouping exercises with both primary and secondary weapon systems, target discrimination, use of barricades, movement, close quarter battle techniques, immediate action drills, ballistics 101, transitions, magazine changes
- Escalation of training and intensity will vary depending on number of students and their skill level though the core of the course will always remain the same
- This course is marksmanship intensive.

Course Objectives:
- Know how to adapt an expeditionary mindset so that they are better prepared to handle conflict on short notice
- Understand how to effectively maximize available use of shooting time and space.
- Operate as a safer, more confident, more lethal operator who can decisively and precisely act under pressure.
- Acquire an alternative training approach which translates to other training venues outside of the firing range and be able to transfer this approach to other operators using the equipment available to them.

PAT MCNAMARA

Patrick McNamara spent 22 years in the United States Army in a myriad of special operations units. When he worked in the premier special missions unit, he became an impeccable marksman, shooting with accurate, lethal results and tactical effectiveness. McNamara has trained tactical applications of shooting to people of all levels of marksmanship, from varsity level soldiers, and police officers who work the streets to civilians with little to no time behind the trigger.
His military experience quickly taught him that there is more to tactical marksmanship than merely squeezing the trigger. Utilizing his years of experience, McNamara developed a training methodology that is safe, effective and combat relevant and encourages a continuous thought process. This methodology teaches how to maintain safety at all times and choose targets that force accountability, as well as provides courses covering several categories, including individual, collective, on line and standards.

While serving as his Unit's Marksmanship NCO, he developed his own marksmanship club with NRA, CMP, and USPSA affiliations. Mac ran monthly IPSC matches and ran semiannual military marksmanship championships to encourage marksmanship fundamentals and competitiveness throughout the Army.

-Carbine/Rifle of minimum 5.45 / 5.56 caliber
-Serviceable duty grade handgun of at least 9mm Para caliber
-Sling
-Minimum of 3 carbine/rifle magazines
-Minimum of 3 pistol magazines
-Serviceable holster
-Minimum 2 pistol magazine pouches
-Eye and Ear protection
-Suitable range wear depending on the season
-Weapon cleaning & lubrication supplies
-Good attitude

Ammo Requirements:
-400 rounds of handgun
-400 rounds of carbine

PAT MCNAMARA AFTER ACTION REVIEW

2 DAY T.A.P.S.

Grey Group Training hosted a 2 Day TAPS class in Ottumwa, IA. The weather was in the 70’s and overcast on TD1 and Rain for most of TD2. This was a MIL/LEO restricted class due to the range. Pat started the class with why he was there and why he believes in what he is teaching. He described the class as “agents of correction” and once considered himself this nation’s “Batman” and now we as first responders are his “Batman” and he requires the best out of us. He strongly believes in what he is telling us and after meeting him and training with him, this forms the philosophy for everything that he does and transcends the use of firearms. He explained the methodology of TAPS as “ Through coaching we will demonstrate a method of training that is safe, efficient and effective. It is combat relevant and encourages a continuous thought process and demands accountability.” He stated this without notes. As long as this was kept at the forefront of your mind and set as a goal to accomplish throughout the course, then everything that Pat taught, made perfect sense. He defined performance as doing what you can with what you have. He stated that the” mind navigates the body” and further broke it down to how you think will determine how you perform.

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