The Path to Excellence via Expert Tactical Training

It is an AcMo goal that the team maximize profits by being efficient. Proper training separates the winners from everyone else.  Training is everything.  Except for execution, that's important too.  Training is useless without proper execution.  A wise man once told me that you play how you practice, which is why we train so hard at AcMo.  I am always looking for new and exciting ways to enhance our training program, and I found something different that should prove quite effective.  Nothing brings a disparate group together quite like the adrenaline rush from a near death experience.

I am excited to announce that AcMo has taken team building beyond the next level. This week will be our first team tactical training exercise with the local SWAT team.

Ready for Action!  Due to department politics, the actual SWAT officers cannot be photographed.

Since AcMo only works outside normal operating parameters, our team will play hostages during a live fire exercise.  They don't know this yet.  They think we're scheduled for a field trip to the zoo.  I can't wait to see their faces when they discover we're taking part in a ballistic hostage situation during our bus ride.  I'm so excited that I almost let the plan slip multiple times before this week.  You know how it is, you're making small talk by the water cooler, and the excitement of being shot at by trained professionals just slips out of your mouth.  I was able to recover by reminding everyone that I am the local paintball and laser tag champion, and that is what I meant by live fire.  I became champion when I realized the laser guns were no match for paint ball guns.  Those silly ten year olds never stood a chance when I unloaded the paint balls on them.  I can still hear their cries to their mothers.  Wimps.  It was almost too easy.

The opposition has wheels.

I was forced into retirement when the facility banned me for winning too much.  Ever since that moment, I have had a burning desire to bring that same sense of winning to my team.  I wanted to ensure this will be an authentic experience, so they won't discover that it is real until after the bullets start flying.  This will also be a good test of true character.  We have a couple desk engineers who are loud talkers always boasting about their past exploits, but I don't think they'll be the same after this exercise.

Provided we don't lose any staff this time, I hope to receive permission to post the videos on YouTube.  I guarantee at least one of the aforementioned desk engineers, Stan, and Raymond in accounting will cry.  They always cry when they arrive at the office in the morning, so they'll already be primed, although I think they cry when they arrive for a different reason than sheer terror.  I've already been in contact with Captain Price to arrange for a SEAL team for the next round of tactical training as well. Our surviving team members will be unstoppable after our training.  Depending on how I do, I may try to join SWAT on a volunteer basis.  High stress situations are normal for me; I work at AcMo.

SEAL team 4 is awaiting activation.  They are tougher than they look.