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Training those who stand on
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About the Facility

After 19 years in Stafford County, Crucible plans to move their headquarters and new state-of-the-art training facility to Spotsylvania County. The proposed facility will consist of indoor classroom space for students and government agencies, as well as a scenario training area built to simulate small, challenging environments. Trainees will learn defensive driving techniques on the property’s off-road course and combative techniques on designated mat space. Highly supervised, small arms training will take place at four target areas, ranging from 25 to 500 yards in length. All shooting will be one-directional, and all ranges will be surrounded by 20-foot earth berms and additional safety features.

About the Training

Team-Crucible has provided niche comprehensive training and security consulting to government and military agencies in the U.S. for 25 years. Trainees live in, travel to and operate in high-risk areas around the world. Taught by the most competent, operationally experienced military and law enforcement veterans, Team-Crucible’s students are guided through proven techniques and methodologies that are direct and effective. This diverse set of training, including personal defensive measures, driving, emergency medicine, firearms training, and international security services, prepares trainees to successfully complete any security task in a safe and professional manner, allowing them to safely return home to their families.

Supporting Those Who Serve

Locating a state-of-the-art training facility within a short driving distance to Washington, D.C. is critical to the preparedness of those going into harm’s way. Spotsylvania County’s strong patriotic community, many with close ties to military service, understands the importance of ensuring that our military assets receive the best training possible. Team-Crucible supplies the additional niche training not provided by the government so these heroes can return home safely. Team-Crucible is also proud to employ veterans, helping them reestablish themselves into civilian life.

Changes to
the Planned Facility

We believe in Team-Crucible’s work and the training they provide. Their goal is to help prepare military, law enforcement and security personnel to perform their jobs at an extremely high standard in hostile environments.


Team-Crucible submitted their original plans to Spotsylvania County in early 2017. When the community expressed specific concerns, they employed a diverse team of experts to help improve the proposal. Being a good neighbor is important to Team-Crucible, so they took this past year to redesign the facility and make changes to the operational activities. They are now proposing an even safer, quieter facility that addresses those community concerns.

Original Plan

  • 20-foot berms around the outside of all firing ranges
  • 1:4 staff-to-student ratio with qualified range safety officers
  • Internal ballistic walls
  • Targets against backstops
  • Three percent grade toward target

Additional Features

  • Horizontal bullet catchers constructed along all backstops to prevent ricochet escapement
  • Designated “no shoot zones” within breaks between berms to prevent bullet escapement
  • Prohibition on rearward falling steel targets that can result in deflected bullet escapement.
  • Prohibition on high explosives as defined and regulated by the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau
  • Limit the caliber of weapons fired on the property

Original Plan

  • 20-foot berms around the outside of all firing ranges
  • Berms obstruct line of sight to neighbors’ properties
  • Interior range berms
  • Limit shooting to 8 am-10 pm
  • Limit scenario training to daylight hours

Additional Features

  • Limit the caliber of weapons fired on the property
  • New 12-foot earthen berm will be constructed along the northeast corner of the property, further isolating the facility from its immediate neighbors
  • Prohibition on high explosives as defined and regulated by the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau
  • Further limit shooting hours to 2 hours after dark on weekdays, 9 am-5 pm Saturdays, 10 am-4 pm Sundays

Original Plan

  • Clay soil protects water table
  • Sand traps with clay base
  • Limestone on range floor to maintain high pH
  • Flat ranges slow rainwater runoff
  • Construct check dams in drainage swales to prevent erosion
  • Record number of rounds fired to support reclamation efforts

Additional Features

  • Permanent wired silt fence at drainage
  • Maintain grass in drainage swales

Show Your Support for
Team-Crucible

Letter To The Board of Supervisors

Please contact the Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors to tell them you support Team-Crucible! First, you will need to fill out the contact information below. This information is simply used to verify that the sender is a Spotsylvania County resident and will only be shared with the Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors. Once complete, review the letter to the right and personalize as needed to voice your opinion. When you finish steps 1-2, click on SUBMIT. Your personalized letter will then be sent to all members of the Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors.

STEP 1: Contact Information

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I am a resident of Spotsylvania County, and I support Team-Crucible.

I am confident Team-Crucible will make a good neighbor. Please approve the rezoning request required for their training facility in Spotsylvania County.