Train hard. Know your tools. Win.
Bill Rapier is the owner and lead instructor of American Tactical Shooting Instruction LLC, also known as Amtac Shooting. He is the lead instructor of over 200 Amtac Shooting courses and has trained over 2500 students since 2020. Bill is retired after twenty years in the Navy, where his duty assignments included several years at SEAL Team 3 and over 14 years at Naval Special Warfare Development Group. Positions held include assaulter, breacher, sniper, team leader, troop chief, and military working dog department senior enlisted adviser. He has always been an avid shooter and is heavily involved in combatives.
UPCOMING COURSES
7-8 August 2025 – Amtac Shooting Fighting In & Around Vehicles Carbine Course ID
7-8 August 2025 - Amtac Shooting Fighting In & Around Vehicles Carbine Course ID
We are in and around vehicles on a daily basis. As the security situation in our nation continues to deteriorate, more and more good Americans are choosing to keep a carbine with them in their vehicle (just in case). This course will take you through when/why to have a carbine with you, how to stage it in your vehicle, set up, zero and drill with your live weapon, and incorporate challenging force on force drills using airsoft tools. This is a physically demanding course that requires a baseline of fitness to participate.
10-11 September 2025 – Amtac Shooting NVG Level 2 Course / Fighting at Night ID
10-11 September 2025 - Amtac Shooting NVG Level 2 Course / Fighting at Night ID
Fighting at night. The Amtac Shooting Level 2 NVG course is designed to train solid Americans how to maximize the advantage of fighting at night time. What are the best tactics, what is the right gear, what are the best practices to maximize our chances of success? How do we shoot, move, and communicate at night? In this course, we will cover day and night shooting with pistol and carbine, setting up your helmet and NODs, setting up pistol and carbine for night fighting, team movement at night, intro to day and night 2 man CQB, force on force runs at night, radio communications, Team Tactics, and mindset. This is a physically demanding course. You will need a baseline of fitness to participate. For this Level 2 Course, I recommend that you have spent some time on NODs before you come.
Lodging is available onsite for an additional $100 per night, payable to Amtac Shooting (please contact us by the contact form). You must reach out to us to coordinate lodging arrangements no later than two weeks before the course. See lodging photos here.
Lodging is available onsite for an additional $100 per night, payable to Amtac Shooting (please contact us by the contact form). You must reach out to us to coordinate lodging arrangements no later than two weeks before the course. See lodging photos here.
12 September 2025 Amtac Shooting Pistol Combatives Level 1 Course ID
12 September 2025 Amtac Shooting Pistol Combatives Level 1 Course ID
This is a one-day course focused on Pistol Combatives. Pistol Combatives is being able to seamlessly transition between striking, pistol deployment and blade deployment based on what is tactically and situationally appropriate. This course will cover mindset, loading procedures, concealed draw stroke, combative weapons retention shooting, blade selection, blade deployment and targeting, striking and transitions from striking/ blade use to pistol deployment.
1 October 2025- Amtac Shooting AK Manipulations Course FL
1 October 2025- Amtac Shooting AK Manipulations Course FL
Because the AK is one of the most widely proliferated firearms in the world and has been the preferred weapon of our enemies for the last 50 years, it is a platform that you should be comfortable running. This one-day course is designed to teach you how to effectively operate the AK-47 style platform. Topics covered will include zeroing your rifle, fundamentals of marksmanship, proper weapons manipulation, fast and effective shooting at CQB and intermediate distances, shooting and moving, and barricade use.
2-3 October 2025 – Amtac Shooting Integrated Combatives Level 2 Course FL
2-3 October 2025 - Amtac Shooting Integrated Combatives Level 2 Course FL
The Integrated Combatives Level 2 course is designed for more experienced shooters to increase their shooting, fighting and integrated combatives capabilities. We will cover both fundamentals and more advanced shooting drills, situational striking from different stand up grappling positions and ranges, stand up grappling with weapons concepts, both strong and other strong hand use of the blade and most importantly being able to tie it all together as tactically and situationally appropriate. This is a physically demanding course and you must be healthy and have baseline of fitness in order to participate.
5-7 November 2025 – Amtac Shooting NVG Level 2 Course / Fighting at Night ID
5-7 November 2025 - Amtac Shooting NVG Level 2 Course / Fighting at Night ID
Fighting at night. The Amtac Shooting Level 2 NVG course is designed to train solid Americans how to maximize the advantage of fighting at night time. What are the best tactics, what is the right gear, what are the best practices to maximize our chances of success? How do we shoot, move, and communicate at night? In this course, we will cover day and night shooting with pistol and carbine, setting up your helmet and NODs, setting up pistol and carbine for night fighting, team movement at night, intro to day and night 2 man CQB, force on force runs at night, radio communications, Team Tactics, and mindset.
This is a physically demanding course. You will need a baseline of fitness to participate. For this Level 2 Course, I recommend that you have spent some time on NODs before you come.
Lodging is available onsite for an additional $100 per night, payable to Amtac Shooting (please contact us by the contact form). You must reach out to us to coordinate lodging arrangements no later than two weeks before the course. See lodging photos here.
Lodging is available onsite for an additional $100 per night, payable to Amtac Shooting (please contact us by the contact form). You must reach out to us to coordinate lodging arrangements no later than two weeks before the course. See lodging photos here.
11-12 November 2025 – Amtac Shooting Integrated Combatives Level 2 Course CT
11-12 November 2025 - Amtac Shooting Integrated Combatives Level 2 Course CT
The Integrated Combatives Level 2 course is designed for more experienced shooters to increase their shooting, fighting and integrated combatives capabilities. We will cover both fundamentals and more advanced shooting drills, situational striking from different stand up grappling positions and ranges, stand up grappling with weapons concepts, both strong and other strong hand use of the blade and most importantly being able to tie it all together as tactically and situationally appropriate. This is a physically demanding course and you must be healthy and have baseline of fitness in order to participate
3 December 2025 – Amtac Shooting Pistol Combatives and Medical Course CA
3 December 2025 - Amtac Shooting Pistol Combatives and Medical Course CA
The Amtac Shooting Pistol Combatives and Medical Course will review pistol fundamentals and combative fundamentals and then teach lifesaving medical skills, including bleeding control, airway management, respiratory support, and dealing with shock and hypothermia. This is a physically demanding course and you will need a baseline of fitness to participate.
4-5 December 2025 – Amtac Shooting Integrated Combatives Level 2 Course CA
4-5 December 2025 - Amtac Shooting Integrated Combatives Level 2 Course CA
The Integrated Combatives Level 2 course is designed for more experienced shooters to increase their shooting, fighting and integrated Combatives capabilities. We will cover both fundamentals and more advanced shooting drills, situational striking from different stand up grappling positions and ranges, stand up grappling with weapons concepts, both strong and other strong hand use of the blade and most importantly being able to tie it all together as tactically and situationally appropriate. This is a physically demanding course and you must be healthy and have baseline of fitness in order to participate.
