We are back with a vengeance!

After going dormant for a couple of months, we are happy to announce that we are back in action. Operational details and issues to our training business, as well as our RAM promotional efforts with various law enforcement and military units, had kept us from uploading updates to our website.
But now we are back, locked [...]

Tips on designing a simulation training scenario

Creating an effective force-on-force training scenario, one must always remember to make the conditions as close as possible to the real life setting it hopes to replicate. Every component, from the gear that the team wears, to the weapons and even the structures, must similar to what they use or encounter every day.
That is the [...]

Video Page now ready to be accessed.

At long last, the much awaited ATACS video page is up and running. Having conquered the programming challenges of wordpress in order to make the layout much better, we will now be uploading our collection of video footages that showcases real operators using the Real Action Marker in training simulation and force-on-force scenarios.
We hope this [...]

Pictures page is a Go!

After wrestling with the code limitations of the blogsite program, we are now happy to announce the first set of images for our Real Action Markers in action. The images are vidcaps from our past demos and training operations with various law enforcement, military and security force units.
We hope that the images will allow you, [...]

ATACS breaches 10,000 hits!!!

At long last, ATACS has hit the bulls-eye and finally broken through the 10,000 hit ceiling. This means that a growing number of people out there – professional law enforcement, military, security and civilians who engage in milsim as a hobby – have started to recognize the potential applications of the Real Action Marker in [...]

Countering an assassin!

The recent courtroom killing in Manila, wherein a lone gunman ended the life of ex-mayor Rey Yap of Sapang Dalaga, Misamis Occidental, proves just what a determined assassin can do.
A friend also asked me recently what he can do to protect himself against a similar fate, since he has been receiving death threats on [...]

Always Check Six

When conducting building clearing operations, the survival of the tactical team depends heavily on maintaining security on all fronts. While the number one and number two man conducts the frontal assault, the safety of the rest of the team rests heavily on the skills and alertness of the team member tasked with rear security. [...]

Update on Video and Pictures Page

To all our readers, the video and pictures page of ATACS will soon be coming up. We are still trying to master the wordpress program to allow us to embed video footages within our posts and page. However, we know that a lot of you are excited to view some our training videos and demos. [...]

Fundamentals – Sniper Tactics.

In the end of the CQB Series, Chris Tolino of 2nd Recon Force Co., described the value of having a sniper as part of the CQB assault team. But in essence, the discipline of the sniper is a tactic distinct and separate from the close-in shooters of the entry team. As such it is only [...]

Fundamentals – The CQB Series. Chapter 7

In the ongoing series, the role of the sniper is illustrated by Chris Tolino of 2nd Force Recon Co. as a vital part of a CQB assault. Snipers provide advance intel on enemy positions, track and relay tango reactions to the ground commander and team leader. And ultimately, the sniper can also take out the [...]