2. Monday Live Fire Range
Tuesday Force on Force
We use the same rifles and the same magazines for live fire and force on force
training!!!
EXAMPLE OF CURRENT TRAINING
4. PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE
Marine dies during training exercise at Pendleton
North County Times Tuesday, October 31, 2006
CAMP PENDLETON - Authorities are investigating the death of a decorated 22-
year-old Marine who was shot Monday night during a training exercise at Camp
Pendleton.
Cpl. Seth M. Algrim, a mortarman from Kansas assigned to the 1st Reconnaissance
Battalion, 1st Marine Division, died at about 10 p.m. from gunshot wounds sustained
during an urban combat training exercise, Lt. Esteban Vickers said. Foul play is not
suspected.
LeatherNeck.com staff writer Gidget Fuentes, Nov13, 2006
Mortarman killed in mix-up
Pendleton death may prompt range safety scrutiny
Around 10 p.m., Algrim was hit several times with live rounds, according to base
officials. Emergency medical technicians responded, but the young Marine was
pronounced dead at the scene, they said.
Photo Source: Force ReconAssoc
5. OTHER INCIDENTS
Photo Source: Force ReconAssoc LeatherNeck.com staff writer Gidget Fuentes, Nov13,
2006. In that case, Pfc. Jeremy R. Purcell, 19, was a role player for an evening training
session with members of 1st Force Reconnaissance Company on another nonlive-fire range
at Camp Pendleton on Aug. 28, 2002.Purcell, a military policeman from Provo, Utah, was
fatally shot when four rounds of frangible ammunition penetrated his body armor and struck
him
Sgt. Cody W. Ottley, who had accidentally loaded his M4A1 carbine with a magazine of live
rounds instead of blanks, pleaded guilty to negligent homicide and received a one-year
sentence and a bad-conduct discharge. Ottley had recently completed a close-quarters
battle training course using live rounds with his weapon and told investigators that he
believed he had loaded his weapon with blanks for the subsequent urban raid training in the
nonlive-fire range. However, investigators found gaps in prescribed safeguards and gear
inspections and faulted members of the unit and range officers
Photo Source: Force ReconAssoc LeatherNeck.com
6. OTHER INCIDENTS
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - A Fort Campbell soldier has been shot and
killed during a training exercise. Pfc. Kevin J. Rodriguez, an infantryman with
Company A, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat
Team "Rakkasans," 22, was pronounced dead at about 10:20 a.m. at
Blanchfield Army Community Hospital on Fort Campbell. The shooting
happened on the sprawling base on the Kentucky-Tennessee line. No one
else was injured. Lt. Col. Brian DeSantis, public affairs officer for the 101st
Airborne Division, said initial indications are that the shooting was
accidental.The incident is still under investigation.
Photo Source: Force Recon Assoc
PHOTO COURTESY OF JANE GONZALO
7. RECENT INCIDENTS
Morning of May 13th, 2016 an Apache Helicopter at
Fort Irwin California National Training Center (NTC)
was struck by 5 out of 7 shots of small arms fire from a
soldier in the 11th ACR. The soldier was an OPFOR
role player and both were equipped with MILES Gear.
The soldier fired what he believed were blank rounds
but were live 5.56 rounds. The aircraft was struck 5
times and grounded once discovered for the
investigation. This event occurred during the phase in
which all units have blank ammunition.
Photo Source: Pfc. Daniel Parrott/Army Times
8. Both Marines and soldier died during an urban combat training exercise.
Both died from gun shots from another Marine in their platoons.
The Marine’s and soldier involved in the incident thought their magazines were loaded with M200(blanks). Their
magazines had a mixture of live and blank rounds in them.
Both Shooters plead guilty to negligent homicide, sentenced to a year in jail, and both received other than
honorable discharges.
Both cases were not properly reported!
The third and fourth cases are under investigation
WHAT
HAPPENED?
9. IMPACT
Personnel
2 Marines killed/ 1 soldier killed
2 Marines/1 soldier in jail/ kicked out of the
Military
4 to 8 other Marines/ Soldiers removed from
their platoon/ company
Morale
8 to 12 trained Marines/ Soldier out of
the fight
$1,500,000 to the families of the fallen
Marines and
Hundreds of thousands of dollars wasted
in training
Violation of public trust
Military/Government
12. PRODUCT
Simple/ inexpensive 5.56 millimeter training magazine
Prevents accidental and negligent discharge of live ammunition
¼ inch aluminum bar welded in the inside of the magazine
preventing the loading of live ammo.
Reduces malfunctions!!!!
Provides distinctive safety features to
enhance safer training
Mechanical safety (blank only)
Visual safety (blue magazine)
Safe Tactical Magazine
13. PRODUCT
This product does not replace small unit
leadership or proper range procedures but is a
tool to assist leadership in their duties
The magazine decreases malfunctions by being
specifically designed for the M200 round
-Enhances the effectiveness of training
-Confidence in individual weapon
14. “SAFETY YOU CAN SEE”
PSO’s and other Soldiers/Marines can easily ID that a training
magazine is inserted in the weapon.
15. ORGANIZATIONS USING OUR
PRODUCT
Military Working Dog, 2nd LE Bn. (USMC)
1st LAR Bn,SOI West, and 1st Bn 4TH Marines are testing magazines
4th Army Corps Safety and Range Personnel testing product
Florida National Guard (currently deployed to Africa pictured below)
16. Several Local Law Enforcement Organizations
Private Contracting Companies who run Active
Shooter Drills for Law Enf.
Nextra Energy Sea Brook, NH.
(Harrisonburg, Va. below is conducting Active Shooter
Drill)
ORGANIZATIONS USING OUR PRODUCT
17. Currently NTC and JRTC are proponents of the magazine due to their high volume of blank and live fire exercises.
4Th Army Corps is reviewing the product for use.
The magazine is currently at MARCORSYSCOM Infantry Weapons for their review.
No requirement established for the magazine.
As of now SafeTacMag has three testing units from the Marines to collect data and feedback on the product.
The magazine is available through our distributor Tactical Global Solutions (NSN 1005-01-652-0720)
WAY FORWARD
18. PARTNERSHIP
SafeTacMag is proudly teamed up with Tactical Global Solutions(TGS) a
fellow Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business to bring quality
training products to support and enhance your unit’s mission. TGS is our
primary Distributor.
Tactical Global Solutions
SDVOSB
Cage-Code 7J5C5
Duns-078507827
CEO/Owner
OJ Sosa
19. SUMMARY
Soldiers and Marines have died and been seriously injured because of
this problem
Soldiers and Marines will continually be at risk until we change the way
we train with blank ammunition
STM Contact info:
Brent Conover
478-394-5195
brentconover@safetacmag.com
TGS Contact info:
OJ Sosa
951-551-8493
oj@tgsops.com
