Mantis Strategic Defense LLC

02/03/2026

📅 FEBRUARY TRAINING SCHEDULE | Mantis Strategic Defense LLC®

February is stacked with state-required certifications and performance-driven handgun training. If you’re in security or looking to sharpen your skills, this is your month.

DPSST COURSES

🔹 Feb 5
• Unarmed New Hire
• Unarmed Refresher

🔹 Feb 12
• Unarmed New Hire
• Unarmed Refresher

🔹 Feb 19
• Armed New Hire

🔹 Feb 21
• Armed Yearly Refresher
• Qualification Shoot
• Add-on: Duty Handgun

🔹 Feb 28 – Roseburg Location
• Armed Refresher
• Unarmed Refresher

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🔫 MANTIS COURSES

🔥 Feb 7
Handgun Red Dot Fundamentals
Perfect for shooters transitioning from irons to optics and looking to build confidence, efficiency, and consistency.

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📍 Professional instruction
📍 State-compliant training
📍 Performance-focused mindset

👉 Register now at: www.mantisstrategicdefense.com
📩 Questions? DM us or email MantisStrategicDefense@gmail.com

Persistence and courage. Be ready. Always train hard. Stay free.

02/03/2026

02/03/2026

Controversy in the Training Industry

There’s a growing trend in the training world where instructors discredit others for personal benefit or gain. That’s not something we align with. At Mantis Strategic Defense LLC®, we believe the proof is in the teaching—and the proof is in the delivery.

We don’t discourage anyone from training elsewhere. In fact, we encourage it. Different instructors communicate differently, and sometimes another instructor may explain a concept in a way that finally clicks for you. That matters.

What we don’t agree with is stagnation. An instructor’s past can help shape mindset and perspective, but when the teaching stops evolving, the instruction becomes stagnant—and stagnant instruction produces stagnant shooters. We believe in development. We believe in growth. We believe in pushing ourselves and breaking out of the molds of the ’80s, ’90s, early 2000s, and even outdated 2020-era mechanics and teaching styles.

Our staff agrees: try different training environments and find where you fit best. Our goal is that when you train with us, you see measurable growth and leave with an advantage—not just information.

Students don’t sign up for classes to hear war stories, résumés, or accomplishments. If that’s what they wanted, they’d buy an autobiography. They come to work on themselves. They come to improve their skills, mindset, and performance.

Instruction should focus on the needs of the student and the curriculum required to get them where they want to go. When teaching becomes about ego, titles, or past achievements instead of the client in front of you—that’s where we fundamentally disagree.

At the end of the day, growth speaks louder than words.

— Mantis Strategic Defense LLC®
Persistence and courage. Train forward.

02/02/2026

🚨 THIS SATURDAY | RED DOT HANDGUN FUNDAMENTALS 🚨

Thinking about switching to a red dot… or just did and feel slower than irons?
This class is built for shooters new to pistol optics who want consistency, confidence, and performance.

🎯 Who this class is for:
• Shooters transitioning from irons to red dots
• Beginners looking to build solid fundamentals
• Concealed carry, duty, or range shooters

📍 What we’ll work on:
• Finding the dot consistently
• Grip & presentation for optics
• Zeroing & confirmation
• Common red dot mistakes (and how to fix them)

⏰ This Saturday
👥 ONLY 8 SLOTS REMAIN
🎖️ Military / Prior Military — 15% OFF

👉 Register now on the website before it fills

Mantis Strategic Defense LLC®
Persistence and courage.
Be ready. Always train hard. Stay free.

02/02/2026

01/29/2026

RED DOT TRANSITION COURSE 🔴
📅 February 7 | ⏰ 9:00 AM
💲 $175
🎯 Instructor: Michael Rexius

This course is built for shooters making the move from iron sights to red dots. Learn proper mounting, zeroing, dot acquisition, and efficiency behind the optic — with reps that actually matter.

Stop hunting the dot.
Start running it with purpose.

📍Hands-on training
📍Skill-focused instruction
📍Built for real-world shooters

Spots are limited — sign up now.

01/29/2026

Progress on the range isn’t comfortable — and it isn’t supposed to be.

Achievement is chased through failure.
Skill is built through struggle.
Growth lives just past the comfort zone.

If your training starts to feel stagnant, that’s not a sign to slow down — it’s a signal to raise the standard. Push the next mark on the board. Shorten the time. Increase draw speed. Demand tighter hits at greater distance. Hold yourself accountable to higher round counts in defined zones.

The humbling part of training isn’t failing — it’s realizing how long you stayed comfortable.

Pressure reveals truth.
Standards expose ego.
Honest work builds capability.

You don’t drown by falling in the water — you drown by staying submerged. Failure only defeats you when you stop fighting through it.

Stay uncomfortable.
Chase the next standard.
Continue to push, adapt, and sharpen your skill set.

Always train with purpose. Always demand more.

01/28/2026

🚨 LAST DAY TO SIGN UP 🚨

Today is the final day to register for our Concealed Handgun Classroom Course (NO LIVE FIRE)

🗓 Thursday
⏰ 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
💲 $50 per person

👫 Couples Special:
Sign up together and get $25 OFF

🎯 Bonus:
Anyone who completes the Mantis Concealed Handgun Course will receive $25 OFF our upcoming Concealed Handgun Range Days

📍 Train smart. Stay prepared.
🔗 Sign up now — spots are limited!

01/28/2026

🔥 FEBRUARY TRAININGS | MANTIS STRATEGIC DEFENSE LLC® 🔥
Stay certified. Stay sharp. Stay ready.

📅 February Schedule

🛡 Unarmed Security
• Unarmed New Hire Course — Feb 5
• Unarmed Refresher Course — Feb 5 | ⏰ 5:30 PM
• Unarmed New Hire Course — Feb 26
• Unarmed Refresher Course — Feb 26 | ⏰ 5:30 PM

🔫 Armed Security & Fi****ms
• Handgun Red Dot Fundamentals — Feb 7
• Armed New Hire Security Course — Feb 19
• Armed Refresher Qualification — Feb 21
• Armed Refresher (Roseburg Location) — Feb 28

📍 Rogue Valley & Roseburg
🎯 DPSST-Compliant | Professional Instruction | Real-World Focused

🔗 Register now: www.MantisStrategicDefense.com

Persistence and courage. Be ready. Always train hard. Stay free.