Make Ready with the Experts

“Dutch” Chris Moyer has served 31 years in the Unites States Army, 26 of which were Special Operations Command with experience with the 19th Special Forces Group, 1st/75th Ranger Battalion culminating with 14 years as a USASOC Operator. Dutch planned and conducted small unit tactics in support of Unconventional Warfare, Special Reconnaissance, and Foreign Internal Defense and Direct Action Missions. He took part in over 1000 of successful combat assaults in classified and unclassified missions in Afghanistan and Iraq. In this episode, we catch up with Dutch at the Sawmill Training Complex in Laurens, SC and talk about what the Sawmill facility offers. 

Rick Hogg is the owner of War HOGG Tactical, Inc. and is a 29 year US Army Special Operation Combat Veteran that has taken his 13 combat deployment, both Iraq and Afghanistan, and teaching experience as a Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat instructor and harnessed them into a proven training methodology service company, War HOGG Tactical, Inc. War HOGG Tactical, Inc. offers professional comprehensive mobile firearms, tactical and K9 training to law abiding civilians, military and law enforcement agencies through combat proven techniques and experience to improve the students skill ability. War HOGG also conducts product development and product field testing along with a verity of consulting services in the defense and firearms industry. In this episode, we talk with Rick about law enforcement firearms training and dogs that have served in the military.

Caleb Giddings is a father, husband, Airman, and a degenerate revolver enthusiast. He’s been carrying and shooting revolvers at a high level for over a decade, and holds the classification of Master class in both IDPA and ICORE’s Classic Division. Caleb has attended revolver specific armorer and gunsmithing courses, and has fired countless thousands of rounds through revolvers from every major manufacturer. He currently works as the Brand Manager for Taurus USA where he focuses on building out their revolver line, and had direct influence on the Executive Grade and TORO Revolver projects. 

ABOUT Make Ready TV > “Dutch” Chris Moyer has served 31 years in the Unites States Army, 26 of which were Special Operations Command with experience with the 19th Special Forces Group, 1st/75th Ranger Battalion culminating with 14 years as a USASOC Operator. Dutch planned and conducted small unit tactics in support of Unconventional Warfare, Special Reconnaissance, and Foreign Internal Defense and Direct Action Missions. He took part in over 1000 of successful combat assaults in classified and unclassified missions in Afghanistan and Iraq. www.makeready.tv

Brendan Souder is a career Special Forces soldier who has spent his 20-year career in Special Operations between the 75th Ranger Regiment and Special Forces. Souder is a certified firearms instructor and operates his training company "RPGi" (Range Project Group International) out of the Florida panhandle. Souder also has a Grand Master (GM) designation in competitive pistol and is the host of "Shooting Illustrated," a brand new docu-series from MRTV. In this episode we discuss the new series, his time as a military operative as well as the new instructional video for MakeReady.tv entitled "Combat Heavy Rifle."

Kris “Tanto” Paranto is a former Army Ranger from 2nd Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment and private security contractor who has deployed throughout South America, Central America, the Middle East and North Africa. Paronto was part of the CIA annex security team that responded to the terrorist attack on the US Special Mission in Benghazi, Libya, September 11th, 2012, helping to save over 20 lives while fighting off terrorists from the CIA Annex for over 13 hours. Mr. Paronto's story is told in the book “13 Hours” written by Mitchell Zuckoff and his five surviving annex security team members.

In this 4-Part Episode, Jamey Caldwell from 1 Minute Out and Paul Coughlin from Taconic Distillery meet up with Rick Hogg from War HOGG Tactical, Chris “Dutch” Moyer from DCM Consulting and Pat McNamara from TMACS Inc for some unfiltered conversation about bourbon, cigars and their time in service.

Dan Stout has been with TacMed Solutions since 2018 and is assigned as the “Training Manager.”   Dan grew up in Gainesville, Florida, and served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve while earning his Associate of Arts Degree.  Dan and his wife, Whitney, both served 25 years in law enforcement and retired as Police Lieutenants from the Gainesville Police Department.  Following the Columbine High School Incident, Dan cross trained as a Paramedic and was the “Medic” on the SWAT Team for 14 years.  Dan spent a considerable amount of time as both a Sergeant and Lieutenant as part of the “Training Unit” where he taught at the Police Academy, Inservice Training, EMS Programs, and Advanced & Specialized Courses.   Additionally, Dan did some contracting work assisting with providing Combat Lifesaver Training to troops preparing for deployment.  Dan concluded his law enforcement career preparing for and commanding the Mobile Field Force Response for the National Policy Institute/Richard Spencer event which took place in November, 2017.  And yes, he went by “Lt. Dan!”

In conjunction with his video release "The Snubbie Revolver," now available from Make Ready.tv, we sit down with legendary firearms instructor Mike Boyle. Boyle has been a firearms and use of force instructor for 37 years. He served with New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife, Bureau of Law Enforcement where he held the rank of Captain. He was the primary trainer of his agency for 22 years and is certified instructor in multiple firearms, chemical agent, impact weapon and empty hand disciplines. Mike has been an assistant police academy director and an adviser to the Police Training Commission on firearms training issues. He continues to maintain his certification as a police academy rangemaster and firearms instructor and his responsibilities include providing basic training as well as instructor level courses. For over 30 years, Mike has been a contributor to various law enforcement and firearms periodicals and has written in excess of 700 published articles on weapons, training and tactics. He served on the Board of Directors of The International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors for 21 years where he conceptualized and implemented the IALEFI Master Instructor Development Program. Currently he is employed as a law enforcement training specialist with the Bureau of Law Enforcement.

Just days after the 9/11 attacks, several teams of Green Berets were inserted into Afghanistan to liberate the region from the Taliban in a mission known as Task Force Dagger. One of those teams, Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 595, had to rely on horses instead of trucks and tanks to accomplish their mission. Their story is the subject of the book, “Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan” that was published in 2010. The members of ODA 595 were also featured in a 2017 documentary called “Legion of Brothers” and then came the Jerry Bruckheimer–produced film, “12 Strong” that was released in 2018. It starred Chris Hemsworth as Capt. Mitch Nelson, a character based on Mark Nutsch, and Michael Shannon as Hal Spencer, a character based on Bob Pennington. Mark and Bob along with Scott Neill and other Green Berets got back together and founded the American Freedom Distillery. Their flagship product is Horse Soldier Bourbon Whiskey. The Horse Soldier bottle features an image of a soldier mounted on a horse with glass molded in steel from the World Trade Center to remember those who lost their lives on 9/11. This documentary is their story and a look at the bourbon they created.

Sergeant Major (r) Jamey Caldwell, spent more than 21 years in the United States Army, serving his entire career in Special Operations. SGM Caldwell served 7 years with the 75th Ranger Regiment then spent the following 14 years in a Special Missions Unit that maintained a high operational tempo in Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and numerous other countries in the world. He has deployed to combat 14 times and has conducted well over 500 missions. SGM Caldwell has been awarded three medals for valorous actions in combat while under direct fire from the enemy. During his career SGM Caldwell has consistently dedicated himself to the success of the mission and put the unit’s goals in front of his own. He has been sought after for his leadership skills, planning, leading combat operations, marksmanship and CQB instruction, culminating from years of adaptive thinking in combat situations.

Keith Garcia, Panteao Productions and 3-Gun Nation teamed up together to produce a comprehensive, 4-hour long training series for the sport of 3-Gun shooting. In todays episode we sit down with Keith to discuss his shooting career in 3-Gun Nation as well his 3-Gun instructional video available now on makeready.tv . This is also a hilarious episode you won't want to miss. NSFW!

Panteao Productions takes you to the Walther Arms factory in Ulm, Germany where Larry Vickers from Vickers Tactical sits down with Peter Dallhammer, Product Manager of Walther Arms, to talk about the long history of Walther Arms.

Larry Vickers of Vickers Tactical is a retired US Army 1st SFOD- Delta combat veteran with years of experience in the firearms industry as a combat marksmanship instructor and industry consultant. In this episode, Vickers sits down with host Fernando Coelho to discuss his involvement with the historic operation to rescue Kurt Muse from captivity in Panama which led to the book "Six Minutes to Freedom."

Dave Spaulding from Handgun Combatives joins Wes Doss (Khyber Training) and Richard Nance (Wartac CQC) at the Panteao Sportsman’s Club in Swansea, SC. Together they discuss current and somewhat controversial topics based on questions and comments from our viewers.

After filming the "Make Ready with War Hogg Tactical - Practice 2 Protect" video featuring Rick Hogg, host Fernando Coelho sat down with him to discuss Airsoft training. Airsoft guns are a great way to practice your gun handling skills from the comfort of your home or back yard, and Rick details what the video is all about and what viewers will gain from Airsoft training. 

This is the second in a 2-part series on the legendary Jeff Cooper, the inventor of the modern technique of the pistol. In this episode we continue the story of Cooper's Gunsite into the modern era and its new ownership. Also we will hear from past and present instructors as well as the new owner Buzz Mills. 

This is the first of a 2-part series on the legendary Jeff Cooper, the inventor of the modern technique of the pistol. We look at his early years, fighting in WWII as well as the origins of his famed leather slap competitions in California. Leaning heavily on an interviews with his late wife Janelle, we walk through a timeline that ultimately forged defensive pistolcraft for the modern era.

Make Ready.tv instructor Kyle Harth joins Aaron Barruga (Guerrilla Approach) and Robert Keller (Gamut Resolutions) at Bourbon Columbia in downtown Columbia, SC. Each of these men have extensive combat experience and together they discuss current and somewhat controversial topics based on questions and comments from our viewers.

Rick Hogg is the owner of War HOGG Tactical, Inc. and is a 29 year US Army Special Operation Combat Veteran that has taken his 13 combat deployments, both Iraq and Afghanistan, and teaching experience as a Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat instructor and harnessed them into a proven training methodology service company, War HOGG Tactical, Inc. In this episode Rick sits down to discuss his experiences, his training and the new release of his Concealed Carry training video available from Make Ready.tv