Personal Defense Training Courses
Is your priority to shoot the threat, or NOT be shot?
We train you to get home, not to be a hero!
Our Program
*Concealed Carry Permit Required or a Background Check We Conduct For You.
No firearm experience required
360 degree ranges to shoot and move
Training on, in and around buildings and vehicles
Appalachian – Located in rural mountains of Tennessee
Tactical – Plan of action, what to do if…..
Acquisition – Acquire knowledge, skills, and confidence
Course – Everything is provided, come as you are!
Classes limited to four guests
Training is NOT physically demanding
Personalized training to work with any physical limitation...we all have them
Come as you are course – we provide everything: firearms, ammunition, equipment, lunch and refreshments throughout the day.
United States Army Special Operations
Paradigm shift: A.T.A.C.'s Firearm Training for Women
“Most schools teach the primary objective is to shoot the target. We teach the primary objective is NOT to be shot by the target…”
What We Offer:
We accomplish more in far less time than commercial courses.
What Makes A.T.A.C. Different?
Instructors
Husband/ wife team retired military officers, US Army Special Operations Command, they have been shot at and had to shoot back in combat. Providing 1 on 1 coaching, NOT a typical assembly line approach like most commercial courses give you.
Women
Highly focused on the needs of the woman seeking self-defense firearms & tactics training. Commercial courses train men and women exactly the same disregarding the competencies, and advantages of a woman’s psychology in firearms training. (Multi-tasking, Procedurally minded etc).
Training
Citizen training is designed to reduce your chance of being shot and increase your odds of surviving. The primary objective is NOT to be shot.
Objective
This is not a conventional "shooting school”, but a gunfight survival total immersion experience providing high repetitions to achieve capability. (Each day of training a student will fire between 500 or 700 rounds.)
Curriculum
What can really happen in a real deadly force encounter for a citizen, teaching tactics & techniques relevant to and effective for the needs of citizens (versus military, law enforcement, security, etc.)
Ranges
Multiple 360-degree ranges designed for scenario training in shoot houses and vehicle environments, nearly entirely focused on THREAT IDENTIFICATION, and ARMED JUDGEMENT, all focused on the survival of a deadly force threat.
Silencers
No hearing protection required! The firearms are lightweight, with low recoil with no overpressure. This allows you to fire hundreds of rounds in eight hours of training without reaching firearm fatigue. All ammunition and equipment are provided in the course costs. This is a come-as-you-are course.
Targets
3-D, life-like, fully-clothed, human mannequins with integrated bullet traps. Inert firearms and non-weapon objects will be in the hands of the target for realistic threat identification.
Prerequisite
We work with anyone at any level of proficiency or any limitation (injury or illness). You will learn how to survive a gunfight, no firearms experience is needed. If you don’t have a concealed carry permit we will run a local background check.
Focus
Lawfully armed self-defense courses concentrated on Home, Vehicle, Public and Urban defense.
Techniques
The tactics are not what is commonly taught in the private sector, we have developed practical and simple actions a citizen facing a lethal threat by one or multiple assailants truly needs.
Facility
A developed and tailored compound that features the ability to experience nearly every possible variable, stimuli, and situation that a citizen might encounter in a real self-defense situation/ violent deadly force assault. Male and female bathrooms, climate-controlled classroom with a kitchenette for your convenience.
Learn the Basics
Real-World Training From U.S. Army Special Operations
Meet Your Instructors
A.T.A.C. was Established 2017 and designed by a retired military couple with over 46 years of combined service in the US Army Special Operations. They served as enlisted, as well as officers. Travis served as a Green Beret, while Ashley served in Psychological Operations.
Travis and Ashley have multiple combat tours in Afghanistan bringing real world experience to the range from being shot at and having to shoot back!
Meet Travis
A.T.A.C. Owner/Operator
Former U.S. Army Green Beret
Meet Ashley
A.T.A.C. Owner/Operator
Former Psychological Operations
Services, Training & Amenities
ATAC
Commercial Training Courses
Classroom
- 40 Foot Sea Land Container
- Male / Female Bathrooms
- Kitchenette (Microwave / Refrigerator)
- Each guest has an assigned seat to secure valuables
- Video instruction to support reinforcement of training while reloading
- Climate controlled HVAC
Just Over Yonder!
Shady Valley, TN
Any Questions?
Feel free to reach out to us anytime with any question you might have—we’re an open book!
