The Tactical Action Group (TAG) Single Day Hostage Rescue and Barricaded Operations Skill Builder is an intensive, performance-driven training program designed to sharpen individual and team-level capabilities during high-risk tactical incidents. Sponsored by the Special Operations Training Association of the Upper Midwest (SOTA), this training opportunity for SOTA members provides a focused, hands-on environment to refine doctrine, tactics, and decision making under realistic conditions.
This 9-hour course blends classroom instruction with progressive practical application, moving students from foundational doctrine into micro-drills, mini-scenarios, and full-scale exercises. Participants will engage in Non-Lethal Training Ammunition (NLTA) evolutions and force-on force scenarios designed to test tactical judgment, communication, speed, precision, and team coordination in hostage rescue and barricaded subject environments.
Instruction emphasizes deliberate versus crisis response decision-making, stealth and covert movement, close-quarters combat (CQC) principles during hostage rescue operations, breaching concepts, suspect and hostage control, chemical agent deployment considerations, and lawful use of force within current liability and case law standards. Students will be challenged through Decision-Making Exercises (DME’s) that require rapid threat assessment and appropriate tactical selection.
This course is ideal for SWAT operators, tactical team members, supervisors, and patrol officers assigned to high-risk operations seeking to strengthen operational readiness and performance under stress.