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Posted: 1/10/2021 8:40:53 PM EDT
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I'm leery of any group where the website doesn't have any contact information. No names of the officers of the group, no address, no email.
Based on the number of pictures of people carrying modern sporting rifles, it seems more a militia than a leadership training organization. I'd look at something more established if you are looking for volunteer activities where you can pick up some skills. Civil Air Patrol, Red Cross Disaster Volunteer, Coast Guard Auxiliary, Auxiliary Police (if your area has that). Heck, be an assistant Scout Master. |
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Posted: 1/10/2021 11:41:40 PM EDT
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What part of FL? I’m in Jacksonville and curious as well
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Posted: 1/12/2021 12:04:39 PM EDT
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I am just north of West Palm Beach.
I was under the impression that APC got it's start on this site based on some other threads I have read. Is the Florida Battle Buddy thing the same as American Pioneers? |
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Posted: 1/14/2021 9:27:26 AM EDT
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Yes, Florida Battle Buddy is APC from before APC changed its name to APC. There are several local groups in Miami, Tampa Bay, Orlando, and Jackson.
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Posted: 1/14/2021 10:34:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm leery of any group where the website doesn't have any contact information. No names of the officers of the group, no address, no email. Based on the number of pictures of people carrying modern sporting rifles, it seems more a militia than a leadership training organization. I'd look at something more established if you are looking for volunteer activities where you can pick up some skills. Civil Air Patrol, Red Cross Disaster Volunteer, Coast Guard Auxiliary, Auxiliary Police (if your area has that). Heck, be an assistant Scout Master. We are actually in the process of updating our join page with contact info for groups across the country. The issue is a lot of APC chapters exist primarily offline, or use personal emails and phone numbers. We don't want to put your personal email on our website. We've recently started hammering down on getting organizational emails up so that interested folks don't have to go through APCs central email. This is as much for our sake as yours- our entire staff on the top side are current reservist officers or staff NCOs in the armed forces, and are also each and every one law enforcement, fire fighters, or DOD civilians for our day jobs. So we are really pretty swamped with this year, hence our website taking so long to update. |
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Posted: 1/14/2021 12:51:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yes, Florida Battle Buddy is APC from before APC changed its name to APC. There are several local groups in Miami, Tampa Bay, Orlando, and Jackson. |
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Posted: 1/15/2021 11:30:55 AM EDT
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Thank you for the replies.
I am not sure how this works but, if someone were to offer a little guidance, I would be willing to put in the time and effort to help establish something in the Treasure/Space Coast area. It seems like a big gap to fill and I don't know how many members in the area would be interested. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 10:30:28 AM EDT
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We host 1 hike a month (that is our goal anyway) here in the Tampa Bay area. We hike in Pinellas, Hillsborough, and most recently Manatee counties. Pasco County is not really out of our range, and we may be able to stretch into Western Polk County. However people come from South of Miami and North of Jacksonville to attend. It is humbling to see really.
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Posted: 1/19/2021 6:40:50 PM EDT
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The Miami chapter is holding a hike on 1/30 (see link below). It would be about a ~3.5 hr drive, but we'd be glad to have you.
https://www.ar15.com/forums/Hometown/January-FLBB-Miami-Chapter-Hike-30-Jan-2021-OPORD-Posted-/10-651319/ As far as planning your own hike, build it and they will come... usually (I did end up stepping off solo once  ). Find a place to hike, and pick a time to do it. I'll try to show up and lend a hand if that would make it easier. Don't let any of this stuff intimidate you, it's really just a group of people taking a walk.You can get ahold of me via IM here, or at: Apc.fl.miami[at]protonmail.com |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 6:42:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The Miami chapter is holding a hike on 1/30 (see link below). It would be about a ~3.5 hr drive, but we'd be glad to have you. https://www.ar15.com/forums/Hometown/January-FLBB-Miami-Chapter-Hike-30-Jan-2021-OPORD-Posted-/10-651319/ As far as planning your own hike, build it and they will come... usually (I did end up stepping off solo once ). Find a place to hike, and pick a time to do it. I'll try to show up and lend a hand if that would make it easier. Don't let any of this stuff intimidate you, it's really just a group of people taking a walk.You can get ahold of me via IM here, or at: Apc.fl.miami[at]protonmail.com Thank you for the invite. This should be closer than Jax or Tampa. email sent. |
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