S & S Training Solutions

S & S Training Solutions is built by combat infantry veterans who deployed to Iraq and trained with the Missouri National Guard. Owner Cole Sammons spent three years active duty as a U.S. Army Combat Infantry soldier with a 15-month deployment to Baghdad in 2007-2008. Co-owner Parker Schreckenghaust runs the CCW and pistol program. They don't do corporate training theater—they do the work that matters.

• •MILES Warfighter Program - Force-on-force training using MILES 2000 laser systems. This isn't square range shooting. You're running reactions to ambush, conducting patrols, and working under stress with blanks, smoke grenades, and instructors playing opposing force. Participants need to be able to run 1.25 miles in under 14 minutes and handle the physical load.

• •Concealed Carry Certification - Missouri CCW instruction from certified instructors. Both Cole and Parker hold NRA certifications in Basic Pistol, Basic Rifle, and Personal Protection Inside the Home. Range Safety Officer certified.

• •Care Under Fire - Combat medical training taught by Cole Sammons (EMT, Combat Infantry Badge) and Kyle Wright (Army Combat Medic, Iraq and Afghanistan deployments). This is battlefield medicine, not civilian first aid. You learn tourniquet application, wound stabilization, and casualty evacuation under simulated combat conditions with blanks and obstacles.

• •Tactical Training - Small unit operations, fire team tactics, patrolling, reaction to ambush. The emphasis shifts based on the course, but everything incorporates stress inoculation.

"We don't want to pump out just gunfighters. We acknowledge that no training medium is perfect."

S & S uses live fire, blank fire, and airsoft together because real combat isn't one-dimensional. Live fire on static ranges doesn't replicate a fluid battlefield. Blank fire under stress teaches weapon manipulation under chaos. Airsoft builds decision-making and small team communication. Combined, they build competent warriors instead of specialists in one narrow skill.

• •Age 14 and up
• •U.S. Citizens only
• •No felony convictions or pending felony charges
• •Explicit rejection of extremists, terrorists, and racists

Parents must sign waivers for anyone under 18. Bring your own lower receiver or sling if you want—they'll pin it to their rifles. Don't bring ammunition or magazines; they control custody of all M200 factory blanks and dedicated MILES mags.

2425 S Crysler Ave, Independence, MO

📧 [email protected] 📞 816.916.1851 or 816.365.3017

Blog posts from Cole document actual self-defense encounters—including one where an unstable individual blocked the only exit from their training range, forcing a decision to potentially draw. These aren't hypotheticals. They're why Cole and Parker train: "You cannot rely on others for your personal safety."

Their approach: carry everywhere, train often, recognize threat signs early, disengage when possible, only draw as last resort.