About this item
It can be as playful as a party game or as dead serious as military training for a coming deployment But whatever your approach to paintball or Airsoft there are rules to learn tactics to master variations to discover and equipment to consider And in every instance Paintball and Airsoft Battle Tactics has the answers The ultimate resource for these sports so popular among weekend warriors and military simulators this book helps novice players and veterans alike to hone their skills and sharpen their understanding of the art and science of MilSim strategy and tactics Written by a military analyst with real-world experience training combatants around the world this paintball and Airsoft tacticians bible refreshes and refocuses the military simulator but it doesnt stop there It also fosters mentors and challenges both the apprentice and the maestro with basic individual and leadership skills team drills and intermediate patrolling operations covering all the necessities for waging paintball and Airsoft combat successfully at the small-team level.
About the Author
Dr. Christopher E. Larsen is an educator in the art of leadership; an instructional designer for the defense industry; an author in the doctrine of tactical operations; and a researcher in the cognitive science of emergent pedagogical models.Christopher holds a PhD from the University of Missouri in learning technologies with an emphasis area of educational psychology. His dissertation research explored emergent trends within the cognitive apprenticeship model of learning and instruction. Additionally Christopher holds a MEd in educational technology with an emphasis in instructional system design, plus a BS in mass communication with a minor in history.A quick overview of Christopher's instructional appointments includes work in the public schools of South Korea, military professionals of foreign militaries in Iraq, as well as professional warriors and scholars in service to the US Armed Forces.Christopher has served as a curriculum developer for both the US Army and his own not-for-profit program, One Shepherd, the Technical Institute of Leadership. These projects included the development of live, virtual, and constructive simulation.Christopher has lived abroad for eight years total, including four years in Europe, three more years in East Asia, and a year in the Middle East. Christopher currently resides in the American Midwest with his wife and two daughters.
