Urban Warfare Concepts Course (FREE)
Get an inside look into one of the most elite training programs in the world by David Burnell the founder and senior instructor of the Urban Warfare Center. The Combat Stress Program ran for over 10 years and thousand of military, police and federal agents were trained in the dynamics of urban fighting using stress inoculation and force-on-force techniques. In this exclusive video you will see actual real-time footage of military and police units experiencing total controlled chaos while they try to accomplish their missions. You will see the confusion, leadership and struggle that is the reality of the fight. Each lesson has detailed commentary by David Burnell.
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Urban Warfare Concepts Introduction
This introduction reviews some of the essntial concepts we will see and hear int he following video lessons.
Urban Warfare Center Beginnings
This short video gives detail in to how the Urban Warfare Center became a reality. Thousands of troops were training for FREE inside of this elite facility using its stress innoculation programs.
Why the Urban Warfare Center?
The reason this elite facility was created and the foundational principles are introduced through the following lessons...
Urban Warfare Center Inspirations & Motivations
Where did the inspiration for this facility come from and how does it impact those who trained there?
Force-on-Force is a Key Component of Training
Nothing relaces the ability to traing against live opponents in a simulated environment as close to the real thaing as it gets...
Combat Stress is a Liability or an Asset
How does stress increse or reduce our effectiveness in a fight? Listen and watch an actual force-on-force fight with an Army unit in the Urban Warfare Center in this video...
Opposing Force (OPFOR) the Key to Learning
Listen combat veterans talk about the reality of this training. The role players or opposing force (OPFOR) are KEY to this training...
Simple Communication is Key
This video illustrates how simple and basic communication is effective in the fog of war...
Leadership is Proven Under Stress
Great leaders or poor performers are founded in high stress situations. This video shows why this is true...
Slow is Smooth, and Smooth is Fast
These principles are as old as warfare, but the application and training in this video are key to understanding it...
Leave No One Behind
This is one of the MOST powerful videos in this series. We should never leave anyone behind. You will see an actual scenario in the Urban Warfare Center where this becomes a reality as someone is left behind and then the team must go rescue them...
Never Pay for Terrain Twice
This is a fundamental principle of success on the battlefield. The skills needed to secure terrain is discussed and illustrated...
Surprise, Speed and Violence of Action
The most important principles that are4 needed to dominate the battle space or even a physical fight on the streets...
Fatal Funnels or Vertical Coffins
Standing in a door or window is common and fatal. Get qan inside look into an Air Force Security Forces unit that learned this in a VERY dramatic way...
Building Strong Points
The purpose of warfare is to break the will of the enemy or reduce their ability to make war. Strong points are eseential to this end...
Box and Kill or Fade Into the Tree-line
This is how we ultimately win the fight. Everything else we do is done to box and kill the enemy. Fading into the treeline is...
Deliberate Action Based on Sound Principles
Is any action good action? NO as you will see in this video...
Fighting Though The Chaos
Learning to fight through the fog and chaos can be done through this type of training... INTENSE!
Reflections of Urban Warfare Training
The founder of the Urabn Warfare Center (David Burnell) shares how we find out who we really are through this dynamic facility...
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“This course provides a great foundation to the concepts of situational awareness, accessing developing dangers, avoiding confrontations or if need be, the mindset and strategies to fight through the confrontation and create a chance to escape. These concise basic concepts, strategies and tactics are easy to remember and provide a foundation you can use in most situations. Integrating these concepts into your mindset will help you build confidence, acceptance of a developing situation and help solidify in your psyche the importance of will, tenacity and perseverance should you find yourself in a confrontation. In my view, we live in an increasingly dangerous world. This course is a great value and you will be better prepared for the evolving danger by incorporating these concepts into you mindset.”
Jim Collings