Interview:
John D. Hurth
pmcimagazine.com
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“Since that first class our program has developed into a very
aggressive tracker program and is not your average bed and
breakfast combat tracker course. There are no Power Point
presentations and all of our tracking courses are conducted
completely in field conditions.
PMCI: Who do you see as your target customer for your
courses?
John: “I will teach a course to almost anyone (within reason)
who is interested in learning this skill set. I have taught courses
designed for Military, Law Enforcement, Hunters, Survivalists,
SAR personnel and other individuals who live an outdoor life
style. I offer basic courses that appeal to everyone. Yet, I’ve also
designed and taught courses based on our individual client’s
needs and will go out of my way to work with our clients to
create special courses based on their training objectives and
mission requirements.
PMCI: What exactly do you specialise in?
John: “TYR Group LLC currently specialises in the instruction of
Basic and Advanced Visual Tracking Techniques employed by
individuals, team and multiple teams for Combat Operations,
Tactical LE Operations, Search and Recovery Operations and
individual survival/ self-reliance applications. TYR Group LLC is
also in the process of expanding our services to include shooting
courses (pistol and rifle), Small Unit Tactics, Land Navigation,
Survival, Unarmed Self-Defence and Personal Threat Mitigation
for overseas travellers.
PMCI: We know that you have an excellent training facility
in Louisiana; can you tell us more about that and what you do
there?
John: “We don’t own a facility at this point, which keeps
our overhead low and the ability to offer our classes for a lower
price than our competitors. We are a company that imports our
training anywhere through Mobile Training Teams. We have
provided our training to our customers where ever requested
so long as the area supports the training to be conducted.
PMCI: Do you train just military and police personnel or
civilians too?
John: “We teach almost anyone who would be interested
in learning the skill of visual tracking. We already have classes
designed specifically for Military, Law Enforcement, SAR and
civilian sectors.
PMCI: Do you offer training in specialised equipment?
John: “Not really in the sense of technological equipment. Our
motto is “The Human Advantage”. Our classes revolve around
self-reliance and we honestly believe that the human brain is
the best “technology” we have. Batteries die, electronics can
short out or break but we believe that the human mind and
the ability to think critically surpass any electronics. This is
not to say we don’t incorporate or integrate some technology
within our courses. We have used GPS, digital cameras, laptop
computers for certain projects and some battery operated
optics. We just don’t want our students to over-rely on this