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There is a company near me, that I essentially came by via news feed on Facebook. They are an NPO and claim to send teams on foreign aid missions in conjunction with humanitarian NPO's and provide Security or in some cases their own foreign aid. Im skeptical because im attempting to get my foot in the door to the PSD field and there are a few red flags ive noticed just from their website that make me wonder about the legitemacy of how they run the business.
First of all most of the "training" they provide is within about 25 yards at paper targets. That may just be my misjudgement about their curriculum.
They charge 900-1200 to attend class to be a reservist component, im not entirely sure what the role of their "reservists" are, the majority of the guys they have pictured seem to be of retirement age (considering the allegedly are doing this as volunteers i suppose that isn't out of the realm of possibility, they probably arent exactly hoping for Tier 1 entities)
They only allow six students at a time, and they have not posted any specific credentials as far as instructors go, i havent asked for them yet because the Founder added me when I inquired and i wanted to get a chance to talk to him before i go claiming they arent willing to show proof that they know what they're doing. (They claim to have previous contractors instructing)
In theory I really like the idea of what they claim to do. Im sure since theyre an NPO things wouldnt be on the same standard as Academi or something, but before i go drop 1200 bucks and risk not "deploying" since i suppose i would be on the "reserve team" i wanted to get some experienced advice. Ill post their company website link here : http://dvmhasf.org
First of all most of the "training" they provide is within about 25 yards at paper targets. That may just be my misjudgement about their curriculum.
They charge 900-1200 to attend class to be a reservist component, im not entirely sure what the role of their "reservists" are, the majority of the guys they have pictured seem to be of retirement age (considering the allegedly are doing this as volunteers i suppose that isn't out of the realm of possibility, they probably arent exactly hoping for Tier 1 entities)
They only allow six students at a time, and they have not posted any specific credentials as far as instructors go, i havent asked for them yet because the Founder added me when I inquired and i wanted to get a chance to talk to him before i go claiming they arent willing to show proof that they know what they're doing. (They claim to have previous contractors instructing)
In theory I really like the idea of what they claim to do. Im sure since theyre an NPO things wouldnt be on the same standard as Academi or something, but before i go drop 1200 bucks and risk not "deploying" since i suppose i would be on the "reserve team" i wanted to get some experienced advice. Ill post their company website link here : http://dvmhasf.org