AAR: Armed Movement In Structures (AMIS) June 4-5, 2011 Culpeper, VA
Shivworks - Armed Movement In Structures (AMIS)
June 4-5, 2011 Culpeper, Virginia
Instructor: SouthNarc
Course Description: http://www.shivworks.com/pdf/AMIS.pdf
The course work was broken down into several sections:
Day 1:
Classroom Discussion of Principles (w/ demonstrations)
Environment Walk Through (identifying safety hazards)
Practice Structure Movement (No threats)
Hide & Seek (One person clears structure while other group members hide)
Room Clearing with Airsoft (Hide & Seek with airsoft Force on Force added)
Low / No Light Moving (Classroom Discussion, and then practice)
-End of First Day Evo
Day 2:
More Movement Practice
Managing Contacts (Issuing verbal commands)
Exigency & Bypassing (Moving to an immediate problem)
-End of Second Day Evo
Did I find this course useful?
Without a doubt! SouthNarc focused on teaching the principles and general techniques of how to clear rooms. From there it was up to the students to put those principles and techniques into practice. While doing that, every student learned, through pain, that solo clearing a structure is an incredibly dangerous task. I came home with more than 20 welts from airsoft and sims. Without any instruction, I’m sure that number would have easily doubled. In addition, the students were using the same principles that were taught against each other. No one got off easy.
The end of first day evo was done in a completely pitch black room. It was extremely disorienting, despite having gone through the room multiple times in the light. Even during the day when there was plenty of light, there are plenty of shadows that you would have to check with a flashlight.
Overall, you were constantly challenged mentally and physically through the entire course. The problems faced during the weekend are ones that can’t be found on a square range. This is the kind of course that will pressure test your skills, and then some.