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Texas Has a New Shoot Boss - MRAKESTRAW!!!

Started by AF5US, June 06, 2023, 02:41:43 PM

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AF5US

June 06, 2023, 02:41:43 PM
The promotions are in and it's official - MRAKESTRAW is officially a shoot boss!!!

:F  :F  :F Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah!  :F  :F  :F
O0  O0  O0

Matt did a fantastic job planning and executing his third SBiT event.  The organization as a whole is fortunate to have you, and I (and others in the local area) are extremely grateful to have you helping to carry the load.  Thank you for stepping up to take the new green hat, and taking the task so seriously.  I know for a fact that you took the advice offered by multiple SBs under consideration and came back for more, asking great clarifying questions.

For those that don't know Matt, he is also a strong pistol shooter and has already proven an excellent pistol instructor.  The North Texas crew is fortunate to have the ability to regularly hold 25 meter rifle events, KD events and pistol events - Matt is right there in the middle of these events, passing on knowledge and driving home the history and heritage to all of our fine participants.  Way to go sir!
Rifleman:                          04/2016
Known Distance Rifleman:  10/2018
Pistoleer™:                          08/2019
Distinguished Rifleman:      07/2020
Morgan's Shingle:              12/2021
Standing Morgan's Shingle: 11/2022
Member: GOA (Gun Owners of America)
Member: FPC (Firearms Policy Coalition)
Life Member: NRA (National Rifle Association)

Mrs. Smith

#1
June 06, 2023, 03:06:32 PM
Congratulations, Matt!!   :beer: well done!!!
"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't." - Margaret Thatcher

You can have peace, or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - Robert A. Heinlein

"A generation which ignores history has no past, and no future." - Lazarus Long

"What we do now echoes in eternity." Marcus Aurelius

Waco 1-17       Waco 1-19     El Paso 7-19       Alamogordo 5-20     Albuquerque 7-21       Houston 8-21 (SBC)    Colorado Springs  2-22 (SBC)    Midland 8-22 (KDIBC)     Albuquerque 2-23      Harvard 5-23      El Paso 12-23 (PIBC)     Phoenix 2-24    El Paso 3-24

Gugisman

#2
June 06, 2023, 03:52:59 PM
Great to hear, Matt. Congratulations!
The right to freedom is the gift of God Almighty....The rights of the Colonists as Christians may be best understood by reading, and carefully studying the institutes of the great Lawgiver and head of the Christian Church: which are to be found clearly written and promuligated in the New Testament.
― Samuel Adams

GenX Minuteman

#3
June 06, 2023, 04:42:21 PM
Hey Matt,

  Congratulations on becoming a Shoot Boss!!!!  Your enthusiasm and sense of volunteerism will further solidify the Texas cadre.  Thank you for your hard work!

Chad Stovell - GenX Minuteman

ArmyVet

#4
June 06, 2023, 05:23:20 PM
Congrats!  :beer:  O0
The difference between a novice and a master: the novice does it until they get it right. The master does it until they can't get it wrong.

JustKim

#5
June 06, 2023, 07:22:44 PM
CONGRATS!
ACCEPT YOUR WOBBLE!

It's not about perfection -- it's about progress!!

I LOVE this stuff!

"Perhaps you and I have lived with this miracle too long to be properly appreciative. Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again."  Ronald Reagan

Charley

#6
June 06, 2023, 07:45:49 PM
Congratulations Matt!  ^:)^

mrakestraw

#7
June 07, 2023, 12:29:47 AM
Thank you all so much! I remember when I took my first Appleseed with Mrs. Smith acting as SB in New Mexico. I really liked the history and interestingly enough, it was only my second professional class for shooting. Her and her instructor's passion and how the line was ran impressed me. Even more importantly, the mission called me.

A year and a half later (and many other classes taught and taken later) I'm happy to be a part of the program. I genuine look forward to hanging with the North Texas crew for every event. I really want to thank (alphabetically) AF5US, Captain, Ghostring, Kproctor, Steck, and all the other gray/green hats who've helped me get here. If I forgot your name or didn't mention it it's because I'm typing this on my phone after a 12 hour day.

After seeing many other instructors and professionals I really believe Appleseed is one of the best courses (definitely when it's ran by the Texas Crew ;).
07/21: Rifleman
12/21: KD Rifleman, Distinguished, Morgan's Shingle
01/22: Pistoleer™

Turbo Pin, Complete Combatant Black Belt Patches, 3.45 card, MSP 3/4 patch, Tier 1 Three Sevens patch

Come get more instruction with me!
My next class is: Sage Dynamics in March in Muenster, TX

Steck

#8
June 07, 2023, 12:36:51 AM
 Congrats dude!

:beer:   :beer:   :beer:

Cleveland

#9
June 07, 2023, 07:03:57 AM
HUZZAH
The highest level of mastery is simplicity. Most information is irrelevant and most effort is wasted, but only the expert knows what to ignore. James Clear

Rifleman 19April2015
KD Qualified 17Oct2015
Pistoleer™ 12Dec2020
KD Requal 11Nov2021 50/50
Pistol IBC/Charter Pistol Instructor Antioch 2-22
200y RKD Qualified 14May2022

TheMenace

#10
June 07, 2023, 11:04:57 AM
Well done!  O0
Sons of Liberty!
Defend the Constitution,
The Law of Our Land
https://youtu.be/w6H12dyS8FI
Joshua 1:9

Big John

#11
June 07, 2023, 11:26:29 AM
Oogashaka!

scuzzy

#12
June 07, 2023, 03:37:54 PM
Well done.
An Armed Society is a polite society. Heinlein.

300berg

#13
June 07, 2023, 04:12:44 PM
 :F

Shipwreck

#14
June 07, 2023, 09:47:22 PM
 :F

Awesome!

malabar

#15
June 08, 2023, 11:07:06 AM
Congratulations and thanks for stepping up!

tk
The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances where all other rights have failed -- where the government refuses to stand for reelection and silences those who protest; where courts have lost the courage to oppose, or can find no one to enforce their decrees. However improbable these contingencies may seem today, facing them unprepared is a mistake a free people get to make only once.

-- Justice Alex Kozinski, US 9th Circuit Court, 2003

KProctor

#16
June 12, 2023, 01:39:54 AM
I'm super sorry I wasn't able to attend your SBIT 3 but I was rooting for you the whole time. I'm  incredibly proud of you my dude. From before you joined the program I thought to myself this dude knows what he's about. The programs lucky to have you and I know north texas is in good hands with you and your fancy hat. Congratulations brother you earned it
Rifleman   06/20
Rifle KD     12/20
Pistoleer™    07/21
Rimfire KD 01/22
Morgans Shingle 05/22

Tennessee Beast

#17
July 28, 2023, 11:50:41 PM
Congratulations!!!  🎉
In giving us dominion over the animal kingdom, God has signified His will that we subdue the beast within ourselves.
John Lancaster Spalding

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin, 1775

"A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite; and their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories as tend to render them independent of others for essential, particularly military, supplies."  George Washington 1790

"[T]o preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them…"
- Richard Henry Lee, Declaration Signer

Practice every time you get a chance. - Bill Monroe

Sir Not Appearing In This Film

#18
August 18, 2023, 11:45:36 AM
Congratulations!!!!
Ladyseed Man Slave

"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing." - Theodore Roosevelt

Attitudes are contagious. I hope mine is worth catching.

Leam

#19
September 02, 2023, 04:15:46 PM
For those of you who have said "Well Done!", I would fully agree. Matt ran last weekend's Appleseed, and it was well done. He paid attention to detail, engaged all of the other hats, and listened to shooters. His shoot bossery set a high standard because that's what he demands of himself.

I echo; "Well Done!"
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