I mean, for me it's a hobby to learn this stuff. I've been doing long range for 16 years, but have been shooting and learning this stuff from an interest perspective for my whole life. I started to see how "bad" things were getting politically and socially in 2018 and felt I needed to up my training game in case I ever found myself in a dangerous situation. It's only recently that I went full in on milsim because it's the only way as a civilian to actually test yourself, your gear, and your knowledge against large groups of people who can fight back. Most people train and do courses at a range. That's useful certainly, but nothing is more useful than realizing how terrible everyone is at gear selection, light weighting, and fighting back against a group of attackers. Plus, night fighting makes is absolutely clear how terrifying combat is. I don't ever want to see combat, but I don't ever want to be without minimum proficiency in that area.

I mean, for me it's a hobby to learn this stuff. I've been doing long range for 16 years, but have been shooting and learning this stuff from an interest perspective for my whole life. I started to see how "bad" things were getting politically and socially in 2018 and felt I needed to up my training game in case I ever found myself in a dangerous situation. It's only recently that I went full in on milsim because it's the only way as a civilian to actually test yourself, your gear, and your knowledge against large groups of people who can fight back. Most people train and do courses at a range. That's useful certainly, but nothing is more useful than realizing how terrible everyone is at gear selection and light weighting. Plus, night fighting makes is absolutely clear how terrifying combat is. I don't ever want to see combat, but I don't ever want to be without minimum proficiency in that area.