https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/374f9c0f-c249-4ce6-b195-f2d171c0ef3f A few months back Bruce and I were invited to partake in some training at the One Shepherd Leadership Institute in Missouri. After reading through One Shepherd’s website and checking out some of the videos they have posted on their Youtube Channel, we were more than excited to check out these guy’s facility and see how their training was. What is One Shepherd you might ask? Well… It’s a non-profit organization which means all the staff there are volunteers that do not get paid of their work. They’re there purely for the love of what they do. Just like a military NCO school, they teach leadership through military oriented training. From my experience there, One Shepherd is what you want to make of it. If your goal is to go out and receive a few days of training on military oriented subjects and then see what it’s like to be a riflemen in a fire team through a 3 day final exercise, so be it. If your aim is higher and you want to become a proficient leader of men, you can get that opportunity as well. After going through some of One Shepherd’s training semesters in their leadership program, you will eventually get the opportunity to lead a fire team and ultimately become a patrol leader. As the patrol leader you’ll be in charge of either the BLUEFOR or OPFOR where you receive orders from higher. At that point its then incumbent on you to achieve those objectives through the tactics and orders you provide to your unit. One Shepherd is a unique in the fact that they use MILES gear for combat simulations. Unlike the other combat simulation systems out there, MILES uses real weapons which have real life engagement ranges unlike SIM rounds, air soft, paint ball, etc. One Shepherd is the ONLY organization that provides MILES training systems to the civilian public. MILES gear is utilized by the U.S. and other foreign military for combat training due to the fact that it is the only system that incorporate everything into the fight with real engagement ranges. Troops, tanks, vehicles, helicopters, etc. can all be outfitted with its respective MILES equipment for force on force training. Both Bruce and I highly enjoyed our time up there training with one shepherd. The training, people and over all experience there was all first rate. We highly encourage you guys to check them out and look into their training opportunities. Below are some links to help you guys check them out: One Shepherd website: http://www.1shepherd.com/ One Shepherd Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/OneShepherdVideos Other helpful links pertaining to our One Shepherd experience: What kind of gear should you take to One Shepherd training. Check out our PCC/PCI One Shepherd gear video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv6sQpOavaw&t=1048s Techniques for applying camouflage face paint (One Shepherd instructor): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpzUr3twW4Q&t=175s Like the music played by the guitarist Jesse Irwin? Check out his band "The Dock Ellis Band": https://dockellisband.com/ Lastly, please support Bruce’s channel by subscribing to him, he’ll be having plenty of excellent content coming down the pipe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwfzznRRdLUHwKiMTND49Jg Thanks for watching! Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:15:20 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/374f9c0f-c249-4ce6-b195-f2d171c0ef3f All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.