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AUGUST 2008 - NEWSLETTER # 08-44


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TRAINING NEWS
Despite the rain and heat, Team Spartan and the DS Arms Law Enforcement Training Division kept busy throughout the month of July! We ran several outstanding classes, which included our exciting Rapid Deployment Pistol Operator Course, Introduction to the AR-15 / M-4 Rifle and the hottest pistol class in town - Speed on Steel!



For more information about upcoming classes, visit the Team Spartan training schedule and sign up for one of our upcoming classes today!
NORTH SUBURBAN POLICE PISTOL LEAGUE - NSPPL
The North Suburban Police Pistol League (NSPPL) offers a variety of shooting venues to compete in, offering matches in Combat (both open and duty classes), bullseye, off-duty handgun, snub nose revolver, long range rifle and 3-gun. The NSPPL also conducts an Annual Awards Banquet at the end of each shooting season, recognizing the top shooters of the league in 6 ranking catagories for each venue. The NSPPL offers one of the most impressive prize tables in the shooting industry, with over 50 firearms given away at last years banquet! I invite you to join us this year to compete in one of the best shooting leagues in the country. Contact Pete Kolovos for more information on how to join the NSPPL at (847) 699-8838.
View on-line critiques about Team Spartan classes and instructor staff at:
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UPCOMING COURSES
The following courses are scheduled for AUGUST: Introduction to Dynamic Room Entry - Harvey, Illinois ADVANCED PISTOL 1: Developing Reflexive Gun-handling Skills - Harvey, Illinois Rapid Deployment Patrol Rifle - Harvey, Illinois Rapid Deployment Patrol Shotgun - Harvey, Illinois Introduction to the AR-15 / M-4 Rifle - Harvey, Illinois AR-15 / M-4 Rifle Instructor Course - Harvey, Illinois The following NSPPL matches are scheduled for AUGUST: 3-gun match - August - 2 Mid-range Rifle match - August - 10 3-gun match - August - 16 3-gun match - August - 23 Click the link below to view the complete Team Spartan Network training schedule: TRAINING SCHEDULE

UPCOMING EVENTS
Action Target (LETC) - Advanced Law Enforcement Training Camp
Action Target will once again be running the Law Enforcement Training Camp (LETC) for 2008. The LETC will be held on the following dates: - LETC West - September 8th - 12th, 2008 in Provo, Utah This exciting firearms instructor development camp is packed with over a dozen world class presentations from some of the top law enforcement trainers in the country! You'll attend classes with different instructors each day for 4 days and have an opportunity to network with fellow firearms instructors from agencies across the country! The LETC also offers you an opportunity to show off your skills in the classic "Dirty Harry" pistol competition where instructor students compete for prizes and bragging rights! Theres no down time here! If you like to shoot, and you're looking for a fun and exciting training conference to attend, the LETC is for you! Come join us at the most exciting shooting conference in the country!
Police Training Institute - 8th Annual Combat Challenge Match
The Police Training Institute will hold their 8th Annual Combat Challenge Match on Saturday, September 20th, 2008 at the Tactical Training Center in Champaign, Illinois. This match consists of 6 challenging courses of fire that you can re-shoot as many times as you like. Your best scores are posted for ranking in each stage for trophies and prizes and your overall combined score is used to determine the Top Gun shooter for the match. The match consists of 4 pistol stages, 1 carbine stage and 1 shotgun stage. All long guns and long gun ammunition will be provided by PTI for the match. This is truly one of the most exciting matches I have ever shot and I guarantee that you will find these courses of fire challenging and fun! Participants must register for the match by September 12th, 2008. For more information about the match and how to register, visit PTI's Combat Challenge - Special Event page today. Plan on spending the whole day shooting and socializing with officers from other agencies at this match - and bring lots of ammo!!!
Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center (NLETC) - Grant Funded Training
The Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center (NLETC) is sponsoring a Nebraska state funded grant to host Team Spartan's Defensive Duty Knife Instructor Course September 22 - 26, 2008 in Grand Island, Nebraska. This strategic partnership with NLETC will allow us to provide state funded and approved training to law enforcement officers in the state of Nebraska that qualify for grant covered training. For more information about this program, click here to visit the NLETC course description page.
STRATEGIC PARTNER NEWS
SPONSOR PRODUCT OF THE MONTH Located in Lake Barrington , Illinois, DS Arms is the manufacturer of the ZM4 5.56 Spartan Series rifle receiver. These unique AR-15 type receivers are forged from the highest quality aluminum alloy, engraved with the Spartan Lambda symbol and marked MOLON LABE, meaning "Come and take them!" This exciting theme, used to create the ZM4 Spartan Series rifle line, was influenced by Team Spartan's affiliation with DS Arms and the DS Arms Law Enforcement Training Division. Contact DS Arms and order your ZM4 Spartan Series rifle receiver today! For more information, contact DS Arms at (847) 277-7258.
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INSTRUCTOR STAFF DEVELOPMENTS
To work on staff as an instructor with Team Spartan, we require that all of our instructors maintain the ability to perform on demand, all drills and courses of fire that we ask our students to perform. To maintain this level of performance, our instructors continuously attend training programs and instructor training conferences with other agencies and organizations to stay razor sharp! To view some of the other training organizations Team Spartan endorses, visit our Training Group Links page.

Team Spartan staff instructor John Krupa has a training article titled "Hold Your Fire!" published in the Summer 2008 edition of The Journal - law enforcement publication, released in July of 2008.
Team Spartan staff instructors Vince Jamison and Don Szczesny will be presenting the Advanced Pistol 2: Rapid Deployment Pistol Operator class at the Action Target Law Enforcement Training Camp coming up the second week of September in Provo, Utah.
Team Spartan staff instructors Aaron Cunningham and Sung Joo Lee will be presenting the Edged Weapons Defense - instructor development course at the Action Target Law Enforcement Training Camp coming up the second week of September in Provo, Utah.
Team Spartan staff instructors Aaron Cunningham and Sung Joo Lee will be presenting a grant funded Defensive Duty Knife Instructor Course at the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center in Grand Island, Nebraska September 22 - 26, 2008. Congratulations on getting your training program grant funded and approved for presentation in the state of Nebraska!
ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS
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HOST A CLASS
Team Spartan is actively seeking new host training sites and proposals from agencies and organizations that are interested in hosting our mobile training classes. We offer our professional training programs at competitive industry rates and reward hosting agencies with comped slots in our classes. . We are currently seeking host agencies interested in hosting the following courses: AR-15 / M-4 Rifle Operator AR-15 / M-4 Rifle Instructor DS Arms FAL SA58 Rifle Armorer DS Arms FAL SA58 Rifle Operator DS Arms FAL SA58 Rifle Instructor Defensive Duty Knife Courses 1, 2 and 3 Multiple Weapon Skills Development Course For more information, contact John Krupa at (708) 207-2594 or submit your host training site proposal to: Team Spartan Attn: Host Training Site Proposals 4951 Indiana Avenue Suite # 100 Lisle, Illinois 60532-3818 Thanks for listening. Stay sharp and train safe! Respectfully, John Krupa III President Director of Training Operations Team Spartan Network www.TeamSpartan.com
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