On a windy Friday morning last week, Gary Job Corps Center security cadets Alfonso S. Martinez and Agustin Diaz Espinoza stood at the ready in the shooting range at The ALERRT Center at Texas State University. At their instructor’s signal, the two cadets came forward to watch CTT Security Instructor Captain Sean Schultz’s demonstration before they hit the firing range.
Aiming a Smith & Wesson .357 revolver ahead of him, Schultz lectured the cadets on how to hold their weapon properly when firing. “For this one, your grip is a little bit different. With your Glocks, you hold them with your thumbs pointing out. For these you have to change it to more of an underhanded grip,” Schultz said.
The cadets were at the range that day as part of a special firearms training offered through Gary Job Corps Center’s PFC Kristian Menchaca Training Academy. The training is just part of the curriculum provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety for their Level IV Security Officer certification test.
