San Antonio SWAT will be teaching a 5-day Advance Hostage Rescue course in Brownsville, Texas. The course will focus on “stronghold” hostage rescue tactics. Students will receive practical application for conducting HR both as a dynamic assault team and a deliberate assault team.

Topics Covered:

• Room entries
• Team movements – Dynamic
• Team movements – Deliberate
• Hasty rescue plans
• Emergency rescue
• Sniper initiated rescue
• Explosive breaching and gun ports
• Break and rake teams
• Command post operations
• Electronic equipment – intelligence gathering
• Case studies
• Force on Force scenarios
• Live fire drills

Required Equipment

• Tac vest and helmet
• Tac belt with pistol and simunition pistol
• Primary weapon (AR or Subgun) and a Simunition upper
• Eye and ear protection
• Long sleeve shirt and gloves
• Sims protection to include sims helmet (required)
• 150 rds pistol
• 150 rds for primary weapon
• 100 simunition rounds pistol / bring more if you have it
• 100 simunition rounds primary / bring more if you have it

Day 1 9am start time (PP and live fire drills):
Brownsville Police Department Firing Range

8725 Southmost Road

Brownsville, Texas 78521

Register with an email you check frequently in case of location changes.

Bring Lunch and Water Every Day !!!  We will have a working lunch all 5 days.