American Heroes Challenge

[SinistralRifleman]

This past weekend our company sponsored the American Heroes Challenge http://www.americanheroeschallenge.com in Vegas. All proceeds from the match went to benefit the Las Vegas Veteran's Memorial Project. This was an awesome event for an awesome cause!

The match is normally only open to Military/LE teams. However, we were allowed to enter a team into the match because we were a match sponsor. We were the only amateur team with average citizen members that don't do this stuff professionally.

We didn't shoot any hostages and completed every course. Apparently we impressed a lot of people because we were invited back for next year and received compliments on our performance and team work.

This match was beyond cool, and I feel truly privileged to have been able to compete against the professionals. I wouldn't have cared if we finished last; the prize to me was just being able to do this.

Cavalry Arms Shooting Team

Left to Right: Jeff M (MCSO Deputy), Mark P (AZ National Guard), Russell Phagan (Cavalry Arms Staff), Karl K (Internet Security)

Image Galleries of all teams:

http://www.ccpix.printroom.com/ViewGallery...lery_id=1835999

http://www.ccpix.printroom.com/ViewGallery...lery_id=1836042

Every stage of this match was conducted in full body armor and helmet, except for Stage 7 Fight Gone Bad

Stage 1 US Marine 1st Lt. Shane Childers Live Fire Skills Test

Live Fire skills test was a police/mil style qual with rifle and pistol from 3-50 yards. Various sequences of engagements were called out on the two targets from various positions and distances. Shooting the wrong target would result in score being zeroed. Score was based on the aggregate points the team earned by hitting the targets in various zones.

Stage 2 US Navy PO Michael A. Monsoor Rapid Deployment Hostage Rescue

The team was given RAM marker paintball guns, 2 training flash bangs, and a door ram. The team was put in a van and given 60 seconds en route to the kill house to prep for the hostage rescue. On exiting the van, they had to breach the door with the ram, deploy flashbangs in a tactically appropriate fashion, shoot all the bad guy targets, and rescue the hostages being played by two female role players.

Score was based on time + penalties

Stage 3 US Navy PO2 Shane E. Patton Live Fire Stress Course

1) Push HMMWV 25 yards

2) climb over 8 foot wall and down the other side

3) 3 AKs on table loaded with variable numbers of rounds; all 3 targets needed 2 to the body one to the head, teams had to communicate where to shoot the targets when they ran dry.

4) Over-Under telephone poles obstacle

5) 3 revolvers with varying numbers of rounds on table and multiple steel plates; teams had to communicate if they ran dry or needed help with targets

6) run to drag 8 truck tires 10 yards

7) giant tire must be flipped end over end or carried 10 yards, ammo cans must be carried 10 yards

8) 3 rifles on table loaded with varying numbers of rounds. 4 poppers at 150 to 200 yards. Each round over the 4 required to hit them added 10 seconds to the team's time

Total Time + penalties for scoring.

Stage 4 Senior Airman Jason D. Cunningham Combat Search & Rescue

1) Team advances to first position and engages white steel

2) Team conducts bounding over watch to second position to engage red steel

3) Team searches for downed pilot manakin

4) Team treats arterial bleeds on manakin

5) Team extracts manakin with bounding overwatch

6) Team sets up 360 security and pops smoke ending time.

Stage 5 US Army Staff Sgt. Kerry W. Frith Low Light Tactics

This was a police/mil style qual with rifle and pistol from 25-3 yards conducted in no light environment. Competitors used weapon mounted or hand held lights to ID and shoot targets. Various sequences of engagements were called out on the two targets from various positions and distances. Shooting the wrong target would result in score being zeroed. Score was based on the aggregate points the team earned by hitting the targets in various zones.

Stage 6 US Army Cpl. Matthew A. Commons Close Quarters Engagement

This was a police/mil style qual with rifle and pistol from 15-3 yards conducted while wearing gas masks. Various sequences of engagements were called out on the two targets from various positions and distances. Shooting the hostage target overlayed on the shoot target would result in 0 score. Score was based on the aggregate points the team earned by hitting the targets in various zones.

Stage 7: Fight Gone Bad

This was a cross fit exercise based stage scored based on the number of reps successfully repeated. Each competitor had a judge/coach assigned to him that followed him through the rotation

Exercises:

1) Medcine ball squat and throw 9 feet into the air

2) Sumo dead lifts with 75 pound weights

3) Burpees

4) overhead lift with 75 pound weights

5) Tire jump/step up/down

competitors rotated through with one minute on each exercise, 5 minutes in a row, with one minute off, for 3 complete cycles.

Over all score for the match was based upon the teams placement on each stage added together for a total points score; lowest points wins.

Here are the results:

Overall

1. King County SWAT

2. Henderson SWAT

3. LVMPD SWAT Blue 1

Air Force 58th Rescue Squadron (tie)

4. LVMPD SWAT Red 3

5. LVMPD SWAT Red 1

6. Cavalry Arms

7. LVMPD SWAT Red 2

8. Mesquite SWAT

Stage 1: Live Fire Skills Test

1. King County SWAT

2. Cavalry Arms

3. LVMPD SWAT Blue 1

4. LVMPD SWAT Red 3

5. LVMPD SWAT Red 2

6. Hederson SWAT

7. Air Force 58th Rescue Squadron

8. Mesquite SWAT

9. LVMPD SWAT Red 1

Stage 2: Rapid Deployment Hostage Rescue

1. LVMPD SWAT Blue 1

2. King County SWAT

3. Henderson SWAT

4. LVMPD SWAT Red 3

5. LVMPD SWAT Red 1

6. Air Force 58th Rescue Squadron

7. Mesquite SWAT

8. LVMPD SWAT Red 2

9. Cavalry Arms

Stage 3: Live Fire Stress Course

1. Air Force 58th Resuce Squadron

2. Henderson SWAT

3. LVMPD SWAT Blue 1

4. Cavalry Arms

5. Mesquite SWAT

6. LVMPD SWAT Red 2

7. King County SWAT

LVMPD SWAT Red 1 (tie)

8. LVMPD SWAT Red 3

Stage 4: Combat Search & Rescue

1. Air Force 58th Rescue Squadron

2. Henderson SWAT

3. King County SWAT

4. LVMPD SWAT Red 1

5. LVMPD SWAT Red 3

6. LVMPD SWAT Blue 1

7. LVMPD SWAT Red 2

8. Cavalry Arms

9. Mesquite SWAT

Stage 5: Low-Light Tactics

1. Henderson SWAT

2. LVMPD SWAT Red 2

3. Cavalry Arms

4. LVMPD SWAT Red 1

5. LVMPD SWAT Red 3

6. Mesquite SWAT

7. King County SWAT

8. LVMPD SWAT Blue 1

9. Air Force 58th Resuce Squadron

Stage 6: Close Quarters Engagement

1. King County SWAT

2. LVMPD SWAT Red 1

3. Air Force 58th Rescue Squadron

4. Cavalry Arms

5. LVMPD SWAT Blue 1

6. LVMPD SWAT Red 2

7. Henderson SWAT

8. LVMPD SWAT Red 3

9. Mesquite SWAT

Stage 7: Fight Gone Bad

1. LVMPD SWAT Red 3

2. King County SWAT

3. Henderson SWAT

4. Air Force 58th Rescue Squadron

5. LVMPD SWAT Blue 1

6. LVMPD SWAT Red 1

7. LVMPD SWAT Red 2

8. Mesquite SWAT

9. Cavalry Arms

Top Gun

1. Erickson: LVMPD SWAT Blue 1

2. Ferrin: LVMPD SWAT Red 3

3. Pacey: King County SWAT

List of Sponsors

Daniel Defense

Otis

Under Armour

Original SWAT

Strider Knives

STI

Blackhawk!

LaRue Tactical

Magpul

Surefire

Glock

Springfield Armory

Cavalry Arms

Acusport

Swainston Digital Imaging

Fiocchi

Umarex

Sneaky Bags

Smith & Wesson

Beretta

Leatherman

Special Thanks

Purdue Marion & Associates

R&R Partners

Desert Sportsmans Rifle & Pistol Club

Mark Christianson

Billy Stojack

American Shooters Staff

Progressive FORCE Concepts

Cress Lorenzo

Beaver & Casey!

Jim Moss

Erin Cabezut

Duane Dwyer

Mark Mills

Mark Cassell

Vern Hardy

SMsgt. Ron Thompson

Jesse Lujan

Russell Phagan

Red Rock Casino

Warrior to Warrior

AR15.com

Las Vegas Metro SWAT

Henderson SWAT

Mesquite SWAT

Air Force 58th Rescue Squadron

[spd522]

That looked fun. No shotgun in the COF?

Did I read it right that only the top 3 teams got prizes and teams 4 and lower got nothing?

Craig

Edited November 12, 2009 by spd522

[SinistralRifleman]

That looked fun. No shotgun in the COF?

Did I read it right that only the top 3 teams got prizes and teams 4 and lower got nothing?

Craig

It was a lot of fun.

Nope, no shotgun.

The top team on each stage got a prize, and the top 3 over all got prizes.