EAST Group

06/18/2026

Less than two days and we'll be releasing details on Rapid Response - Cohort V.

Are you ready? Are you up to the challenge? Three full days!

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06/17/2026

Bottle the weather up last night and keep it the rest of the summer. Our local ladies of the Armed Women of America Mt. Vernon OH had it perfect for their June meeting. Heck of a way to celebrate Sly’s birthday and be recognized during “range appreciation month” from the Armed Women of America.

No warmup for the ladies last night, it was right to range two for a little friendly competition on the steel. They headed back to finish up on a small stage that required 18-shots to clean. Great work by Sly on setting this one up and throwing something different at them this month. The stage involved movement, mag changes, reacquiring sights, targets at varied distances, head shots, hostages, and a little thinking.

Discussion was had after stages on how run it better, how to smooth things out, remove wasted time and movement to improve their times. In competition it is one thing to speed things up, in real life it is for far different circumstances. One is measured in time and the other in life…potentially saving your own.

We finished out the evening down in the classroom with a light meal and birthday cake. Thank you Connie, Diana, and the rest of the ladies for making this group what it is.

06/16/2026

The weather couldn't be much more perfect than this ladies of the Armed Women of America Mt. Vernon OH chapter! You know the time, see you on the range tonight!

After the crazy Ohio weather we've all seen this year so far, this is a nice change. Whats holding you back? Armed Women of America - OHIO

06/16/2026

Intel dropping this Friday. If you've been sitting back, waiting, watching, now is the time to get in on the action.

06/15/2026

Are you ready for Vehicle Defense?

Increasingly as we turn to the news, threats in and around vehicles are on the rise in the United States. Often citizens turn to the typical range for class or target practice to keep skills up, but is that really preparing you?

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This Saturday, June 20, E.A.S.T. Group Training will host Intro to Vehicle Tactics to help take you to the next level with your skills. This class is the first level to take you from flat range to real world scenarios. You just can’t practice this and prepare at the indoor range. Imagination and the flat range can’t take you where you need to go…BUT WE CAN!

🪩E.A.S.T. Group Training
🪩2535 Township Road 192, Fredericktown, Ohio 43019
🪩June 20, 2026
🪩9:00am – 5:00pm

There won’t be much classroom discussion on Saturday, most of the talking and instruction will be in and around your vehicles, with live fire scenario work around our range vehicles. Students will learn and build the skills required to survive the attack and what works in the real world…not the movies or Youtube.

Topics covered

✅Situational awareness
✅Basics of vehicle construction
✅Family/passengers
✅Gear placement
✅Movement around vehicles
✅Myths of fighting in your vehicle
✅Weapon access while seated
✅Cover vs concealment
✅Threat engagement from inside and around vehicle

⚠️Portions of this class will be dry-fire and all fi****ms will visually roped off.⚠️

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06/15/2026

“You have to keep it pointed down range. It must be pointed in a safe direction”

Perusing the interwebs over the weekend, these comments popped up on a shooter that was doing some practice with movement. Closer contact shot, then falling back to cover to re-engage, and then repeating.

Video was done by someone moving safely away and parallel. Video person continued to move in a safe manner out of direction of travel, appeared to be a private personal range, and shooter was indexing well along the frame of the pistol. Purposeful training.

Lambasted on the socials and this was just the short clip of some of the comments. You never break the “90”, you will be “DQ”, gun always “down range”, and it continued.

As someone carrying legally, where is the “safe” direction? In the Walmart on a Thursday night where is it if you must draw your firearm? On A Sunday morning with a full congregation that you need to navigate to address a threat, where is that safe direction? The real answer is that there is no “true” safe direction.

For those barking about the 180 and keeping pointed downrange. Certainly, that will get you disqualified in competition if the rules are not followed. There is a significant difference however between the range and out in the real world.

Often times what is done on the range will get you unalived in the real world.

06/14/2026

Won't find this in the mainstream media.

While this is yet another incident that was stopped by a firearm owner there is another discussion that needs to be had. This next conversation is about accuracy and training.

Where did the rounds go that did NOT impact the attacker? They went somewhere.

We as legal gun owners are held to a higher standard and indeed when the hammer of the legal system falls we take the hit often harder than the criminals. We don't just represent ourselves, but every other legal gun owner out there.

If you have fi****ms, we implore you to seek quality, regular, and realistic training to build confidence in your skills and abilities.

Armed citizen stops potential mass shooting at Georgia family gathering, preventing further harm.

06/12/2026

They are holding you back

You may not know it, but deep down THEY know it. Your usual range is holding you back from reaching the next level of training and often holding back instructors. Limited space, limited abilities, and lists of what isn’t permitted are lengthy at most other ranges. Whether a state-owned natural resource range, indoor range, conservation club, and even LE facilities, they have their varying limitations. We know because that’s what we saw across the country and why we set out to be different.

As we’ve been told by several world renown instructors and military personnel, we have hosted our facility, “this is the only place where you can train for real.”

The facility of E.A.S.T. Group was designed from the ground up based on the need for a place to teach real world training for those going into harm’s way. It’s layout and capabilities were etched out some 7,000 miles away from Central Ohio where the sand blew and every day had threats looming.

✅ Designed to allow for movement in ALL directions
✅ Private training facility
✅ High safety berms that wrap range areas
✅ Natural sound abatement and buffers
✅ 360-degree capabilities
✅ Multiple areas can be utilized simultaneously

While not limited by the long lists of stipulations set forth by some organizations, we run a highly safe and well monitored training environment that was designed with best practices. Just because we allow more opportunity for realistic training does not mean that we sacrifice the safety of others.

While our instructors do travel to teach, few places can provide what our training facility offers here in gorgeous rural central Ohio.

Most ranges are great places to shoot a gun, but limitations keep you from training to FIGHT with a gun.

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06/10/2026

Are you out for training this week? If you haven't already experienced the heat and humidity...you will. Thank you to Fredericktown EMS for sharing these maps and updates from the National Weather Service.

Please make sure to pack in extra hydration when attending training to help take care of your body. E.A.S.T. Group instructors regularly monitor weather conditions and plan for extra breaks and opportunities for shade and rest.

⚠️ Hydration begins BEFORE the day of training. At least 24 hours before you should be regularly drink fluids rather than loading up the morning of.
⚠️ Try to avoid carbonated beverages, tea, and coffee.
⚠️ Water and sports related drinks that have electrolytes are your friend.
⚠️ Be cautious in the heat conditions by solely hydrating with water. This can flush yous system of the needed electrolytes. A balance of water and electrolytes is important.
⚠️ Avoid waiting to drink until you are thirsty, at that point you are already behind the game.
⚠️ Be aware of medications or supplements that you are on, and the effects that heat and light exposure can have.

If you are attending training at our facility, monitor weather conditions in the days leading up to the class. Use your preferred weather app to look up conditions for the 📌43019 📌 zip code.

At E.A.S.T. Group we do push the envelope in training and stress, but we are very safety oriented and aware. If our RSO or instructors pull you aside or evaluate you, we are doing so for your safety and all of those in the class.

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The forecast is calling for higher temperatures this week.

That means it’s officially the season of:
• Sitting in your car with the AC blasting before driving anywhere
• Realizing the steering wheel is approximately 4,000 degrees
• Saying “It’s not that hot” while immediately sweating through your shirt

A few reminders as temperatures climb:
• Drink plenty of water
• Take frequent breaks if working outdoors
• Check on elderly neighbors and family members
• Never leave children or pets in a vehicle, even for a few minutes

Stay cool, stay hydrated, and try not to challenge the sun to a contest it wins every year.

06/09/2026

Another newsletter going out this week. We've had another uptick in individuals signing up, follow the link below to be in the know.

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