Cedar Creek Firearms Training Academy
The Cedar Creek Firearms Training Academy was established in 2002 to provide short term "mini-courses " in police and military precision marksmanship. There are two course curriculums involved: Military Sniping and Counter-sniping, and Civilian Law Enforcement Counter-sniping and Special Operations precision marksmanship.
Both courses are provided on an as needed basis, with the instructors traveling to the range location of a group of students:
The military program is normally conducted in a rural area utilizing local terrain, woods, fields and hills. The course includes primary long range marksmanship basics using scoped rifles, camouflage, cover and concealment, map reading, land navigation, and range shooting. The final phase includes a mission wherein each two-man team is briefed and is required to plan their mission using a map and compass and operations order, stalk in, establish a shooting position, identify and engage the proper target(s), and then retrograde successfully. Ranges run from 300-800 meters, depending upon terrain capability.
The Law Enforcement course is tailored to the needs of a special operations counter-sniper. Ranges are 100 yards and less, with accuracy under stress being the prime objective. Both the military and law enforcement courses stress combat conditions, historic actual scenarios, coupled with close and safe supervision and instruction.
For the law enforcement course, students MUST be full time accredited law enforcement officers of a municipal, county, state or federal agency. No training is given to civilians who are not law enforcement officers. For military courses, the students must be either active duty or active reserve/guard, and most hold an MOS that requires or will be enhanced by a precision rifle/sniper course. Examples are Scout-Snipers, Military Police officers, Base Security personnel, Infantrymen, and etc.
Course length for law enforcement is two days. The military course is three days. Minimum number of students required to form a class: 12. Maximum number is 20.
The cost is $450 per student for the military course, and $350 for the police course. The course fee does not include travel and lodging expenses for the instructors, or ammunition, targets, cleaning gear, and other course logistical items that have to be provided by the class. Contracting agency is responsible to providing the training site and range.
Further information can be obtained by contacting Craig Roberts at craig@riflewarrior.com
Class of Air Force Security Police conducted in January, 2003
On the firing line making final scope adjustments before the exercise
Held in January, this class experienced wind chills on range day of 20 degrees F. Here part of the class waits on the ready line for a firing position.
Part of the class poses with Chief Instructor Roberts (red cap) after completing the final exercise, which included mission planning, route planning, land navigation, camouflage and concealment, ingress, establishing a firing position undetected, identifying the proper target, and making "One Shot--One Kill." (We actually let each man fire three rounds for practice, but only the first shot counted).
OTHER COURSES
CCFTA also provides instruction to civilian groups as well as law enforcement on such topics as firearms safety and handling, combat pistol marksmanship, and self-defense pistol shooting for women. Other courses of fire can be tailored depending upon the requirements of your class or group. Due to the Homeland Security issues involved since 9/11, we will only train US citizens who can legally posses firearms, and conduct training inside the 50 states in full cooperation of local laws.
GySgt Carlos Hathcock, legendary USMC sniper (Vietnam), and Craig Roberts training police SWAT team snipers in 1990.