November 22 PebbleCreek Gun Club BBQ
Henry Tom
Marauders Tactical Training: Surviving the Ambush
Several members had the opportunity to learn about techniques and tactics used to detect, avoid and successfully defeat ambush situations. The training incorporates non-lethal training ammunition options for force-on-role player and force-on-force reality based training: Program overview and safety briefing; Visual threat assessment drills; Contact and control drills; Break contact drills; Force continuum briefing; Use of deadly force briefing; Ambush drills (The Hood) – force-on-role player; Scenario based training – force-on-force (robbery scenario; kidnapping attempt; home invasion robbery; carjacking attempt; active shooter scenario).
November Road Trip
Members journeyed to the Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gun Show by car and plane to check out 4,600 tables in a building covering 11 acres. Afterwards we drove to San Antonio with a visit to the Alamo and then 90 miles east to the Texas Hog Ranch to hunt wild hogs. The group of seven members shot seven hogs; three hogs were donated to the PebbleCreek Gun Club BBQ held at Sunrise Par in Eagle’s Nest on Saturday, November 22, 2014. Special thanks go to Bill Wagner for safely driving his big Navigator and hauling a 12 foot trailer with all the guns, gear and coolers for the meat for over 3,000 miles.
PebbleCreek Gun Club BBQ
Our club BBQ was attended and enjoyed by over 130 people. The 300 plus pounds of wild hog meat donated by Bill Wagner and Henry Tom was quite tasty as were the chicken, beef brisket and side dishes including corn hominy, apple, peach and cherry cobbler pies done in Dutch ovens served with whipped cream and ice cream and washed down with water, ice tea, lemonade and Heineken beer provided by Richard Cameron and the club. The door prizes consisted of 22 LR ammo and PebbleCreek Gun Club key chains. Richard Cameron was the lucky winner of the raffle for the Bushmaster AR 15 rifle.
A very special thank you to Bill Campbell for being able to find 70 pins for free that we can use in our ever growing and popular bowling pin shooting. They sell these bowling pins at the gun show for $6 each.
Understanding Islam and Terrorism
Bob Parks moved to PebbleCreek three years ago from the Pacific Northwest, spent five years as a Sheriff’s Deputy in Oregon, was a DEA Special Agent for 23 years, served at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for three years and spent four years on the faculty of the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Bob spent three years in Thailand and three and a half years in Karachi, Pakistan as the Narcotics Attaché for the Middle East. He was the Agent in Charge on the Canadian Border in Western Washington State and retired from DEA headquarters, Special Operations Division, special projects. After retirement he worked for 10 years in the intelligence community on counter terrorism programs. While with the CIA he did three tours in Iraq during the war and countless tours in other Middle Eastern countries and all over Africa and traveled to 109 countries.
This encore presentation had almost 300 people in attendance and was well received. Bob spent over an hour answering questions.