PMCI - April 2018
In this issue of PMCI we are definitely all about "Hand Across The Ocean" as Trampas and the US Team head to SHOT whilst Bill and the UK Crew hit IWA in Germany. There's also the very latest in respect of the SIG "Legion" and some serious "tech" going down with tracking devices, Wiley X, and Sightmark. Combined with the usual articles and reviews be sure to check PMCI out!
In this issue of PMCI we are definitely all about "Hand Across The Ocean" as Trampas and the US Team head to SHOT whilst Bill and the UK Crew hit IWA in Germany.
There's also the very latest in respect of the SIG "Legion" and some serious "tech" going down with tracking devices, Wiley X, and Sightmark.
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Although he didn’t know much about the tactical world, his<br />
interest was sparked as a kid by tactical video games such<br />
as Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six, he was fascinated with<br />
them. As he approached airsoft he started by attending<br />
game days wearing very basic kit. He didn’t take it too<br />
seriously in the beginning, but then as he developed more<br />
of a love for the sport and he started looking more and<br />
more at how the tactical world was developing, especially<br />
from influences such as Costa and Haley, he started driving<br />
everything he was doing in airsoft towards building skills<br />
that could be transferable to real firearms. The adventure<br />
so far has been crazy for Rob, from travelling to the States<br />
to shooting BBs at a Nuclear power plant to slinging plastic<br />
out of a helicopter, he has experienced a lot and it has been<br />
a fun ride so far but he has always strived to continue the<br />
practical application of airsoft.<br />
This leads us to how Rob first got involved with the<br />
firearms/training community in Canada. About 18 months<br />
ago, he started helping out with tactical training courses,<br />
either as an observer, OPFOR or another role.<br />
A particular course is what set Rob on the path he’s on<br />
now; a tactical vehicle operators course, where he was<br />
helping with the live scenarios around the vehicles while<br />
the course was being taught by instructors with a Military<br />
background and facilitated by WGT Consulting. He took a<br />
gas blow back airsoft AK along with him to the course to<br />
show the instructors that there are platforms out there<br />
that mimic the action and of real firearms pretty closely, is<br />
great for force on force training and also dry fire exercises<br />
which was well received. The next day, whilst the students<br />
were taken to the range for live fire practice Rob was<br />
shooting alongside them being watched and coached by<br />
a member of WGT in between the rotations. A few days<br />
later Rob got a phone call from WGT to let him know<br />
how impressed they were with his shooting abilities and<br />
movements. Everything he had been practicing during his<br />
8 years playing airsoft had accumulated to the range day<br />
‘This is what always punches people in the face: I didn’t<br />
shoot a lot when I was younger’ - Rob<br />
He had maybe 200-300 rounds worth of shooting<br />
experience in his lifetime, comparable to a day’s shooting<br />
on the range and he was outperforming , the “average<br />
shooter”. Because of this in November 2016 he became<br />
a sponsored competition shooter for WGT Consulting. He<br />
spent the winter working closely with the team and shortly<br />
after was offered a position with the company and what<br />
is most important about this I feel is that they didn’t care<br />
about his background, but only that he had the drive, skill<br />
and the right attitude.<br />
That’s what leads us to the ethos of WGT, and where<br />
Rob is at now.<br />
The man behind WGT is a veteran by the name of William<br />
Benn, also known as Bill. Bill has recently retired from<br />
the Canadian Armed Forces and for a large portion of his<br />
Military career where he was deployed overseas he was<br />
involved in a source handling unit. There are three others<br />
in the organisation, two of which are still currently serving<br />
and the other is a vet who works in private contracting. All<br />
in all, a well-rounded team of professionals, with years of<br />
experience.<br />
The ethos, Bill’s vision for WGT Consulting, was originally<br />
to supply his guys (the people who served alongside him<br />
overseas) a job, and a place to be after their service is<br />
complete. One theme that is integral to this story is that<br />
Bill cares about his guys. It’s something you hear a lot<br />
about the guys in the front line, they care about getting<br />
home to their families and they care about the guys that<br />
are fighting alongside them and protecting them from all<br />
angles because that’s all that matters out there and Bill<br />
is trying to do the same here. Something that Rob is very<br />
grateful to be a part of.<br />
‘It’s something I don’t take lightly. I don’t have a cool<br />
guy resume, it’s hard for anybody to take people like me<br />
seriously. These are guys that have put their trust in me<br />
and I will never forget that. This is the opportunity of my<br />
lifetime’ - Rob<br />
TRAINING - WGT TACTICAL<br />
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