Foundation
Built and taught by Marine Scout Sniper instructors. You leave not knowing about precision shooting, but doing it.
- The precision rifle system & proper setup
- Optics: mil/MOA, tracking, return-to-zero
PRECISION RIFLE TRAINING EST. 2024 · WY · NC · AK · TX
THE CADRE PRECISION THROUGH CHAOS
Conditions change. Wind shifts. Plans fall apart. Come train to adjust under pressure and still deliver the shot.
- Founded
- 2024
- Instructors
- 9
- Ranges
- 5
- Class size
- 8 — 12
§ 01 Training Path
Core offerings.
Same standard.
Foundation, Advanced, Performance, Experience, and one-on-one mentorship. Same coaches and same standard — different starting points. Pick the lane that matches the work in front of you.
Advanced
The natural progression after Foundation: tripod work, positional shooting, gun number, wind refinement, and the old Precision Hunter lane.
- Tripod setup and recoil management
- Positional shooting beyond prone
Performance
The competition lane: PRS-style timed stages, stage planning, match wind, and debrief.
- PRS-style stage flow
- Stage planning and time management
Experience
The Cadre event lane: focused range time, skill blocks, and time with the team outside the standard class progression.
- Cadre-hosted range time
- Invite-style event format
One-on-One
Direct help with rifle troubleshooting, component choices, hunt prep, or focused coaching when the standard class path is not the right fit.
- Rifle and equipment troubleshooting
- Component and setup guidance
§ 02 On the Calendar
Train with us next.
Upcoming courses listed in chronological order. Round counts are guidelines — bring twenty percent extra, and a notebook.
| № | Course | Location | Dates | Days | Venue | Tuition | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Foundation Precision | Cody, WY | Aug 19–21 | 3 | Cody Shooting Complex | $1,200 | Details |
| 02 | Tenacity Arms Precision Hunter Foundation | Cody, WY | Aug 25–26 | 2 | Cody Shooting Complex | $1,200 | Details |
| 03 | Tenacity Arms Precision Hunter Advanced | Cody, WY | Aug 27–28 | 2 | Cody Shooting Complex | $1,300 | Details |
| 04 | Foundation Precision | Beryl, UT | Aug 31 – Sep 1 | 2 | Brave Lizard Tactical | $900 | Details |
| 05 | Advanced Precision | Beryl, UT | Sep 2–3 | 2 | Brave Lizard Tactical | $1,000 | Details |
| 06 | Precision Hunter Prep | Beryl, UT | Sep 4–5 | 2 | Brave Lizard Tactical | $900 | Details |
§ 03 Instructors
The people behind the line.
Our cadre is small on purpose. Every name on the roster has stood on the line at matches and stood in front of a class to teach the next one. No filler.
NO. 01Phillip Velayo
CEO / Chief Executive Officer
15+ years
Co-founder of The Cadre and a Marine Corps Scout Sniper who taught roughly 350 snipers as a marksmanship instructor at 1st Marine Division Scout Sniper School. PRS Finale champion. Teaches the why behind every technique, not just the how.
NO. 02Jon Bumpus
CTO / Chief Training Officer
14+ years
Co-founder of The Cadre, still active duty. A Recon Marine turned Scout Sniper who runs our West Coast courses. Big on process over outcome: trust your fundamentals and the hits will come.
NO. 03Matt Solowynsky
COO / Chief Operating Officer
12+ years
Co-founder of The Cadre and a former USMC urban sniper instructor. Matt runs operations and brings a planner's eye for detail to how every course is built and taught.
§ 04 How We Train
Proven training.
Real results.
Four working principles, drawn from a decade of teaching shooters who came to get better. These do not change between classes, ranges, or seasons.
Process over outcome.
We don't train you to chase a hit. We build a repeatable shot process and drill it until it runs on its own. Trust the process and the hits follow — under pressure, that's the only thing that holds.
Understand the why.
Anyone can hand you a list of fundamentals to memorize. We teach the reasoning behind each one, so when conditions are not textbook you can diagnose yourself and adapt instead of guess.
Diagnose, don't react.
Every shot gets called and accounted for — where you held, what you saw, what the wind and the dirt told you. No excuses, no luck. You leave able to troubleshoot your own miss.
Precision through chaos.
Field positions, real terrain, real wind, a clock running. Square ranges build false confidence. We put you in the uncomfortable spots on purpose so the shot still breaks clean when the plan falls apart.
- Students trained
- 200+
- Typical class
- 8 — 12
- Partner ranges
- 5
- Instructors
- 9
§ 05 Word of Mouth
I always tell my students to go train with other instructors. When they ask me who, I never had a good answer — until I saw what these guys are doing. Now I send them to The Cadre.
§ 06 Frequently Asked
Before you sign up.
The four questions we get most often, answered the way we would answer them on the phone.
Foundation is the fundamentals lane. Advanced builds on those mechanics with positional, tripod, and field-style work. Performance is the competition lane, while Experience and one-on-one offerings are published or arranged separately. The individual class page is the source of truth for prerequisites; contact us if your experience does not fit neatly into one lane.
Still have questions? Write to info@thecadretraining.com.
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Find a course. Bring a rifle.
Show up ready to learn.
— no shortcuts · no gimmicks —
Precision through chaos.