"appleseed program"
2 episodes tagged with this keyword
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Mark Koernke and Donald Betcher hosted an evening broadcast covering the upcoming Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot (October 8-10) and solicited donations for Liberty Tree Radio's yearly operational costs. A caller from Michigan discussed three weapons-related resources: a 1949 Army training manual on basic military techniques, the value of .22 training rifles and the Appleseed program, and information about obtaining M1 rifles and ammunition through the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP). The hosts emphasized the importance of individual infantry skills, small unit tactics (fire teams, squads, platoons), and referenced the book Total Resistance as foundational reading for preparedness and homeland defense.
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Mark Koernke and Don Betcher discussed firearms training, marksmanship, and preparedness on August 26, 2010. The show featured a detailed historical account of Wild Bill Hickok's gunfighting techniques and emphasized the importance of weapon proficiency through practice, Airsoft training, and muscle memory development. Koernke criticized mainstream media attacks on shooting programs like Appleseed, defended the quality of patriot-led training initiatives against government standards, and addressed internal movement divisions and misinformation. The hosts also discussed the limitations of controlled commercial radio compared to independent patriot broadcasting, using Coast to Coast AM as an example of censorship.