Editor's Note: If you're never fired a line drill or 'qualification course' under supervision or never used a holster, proceed with caution. Don't be in a hurry to put the gun back into the holster after loading and/or shooting, and make full use of the Four Safety Rules, plus whatever rules exist at the range you use.

Todd's Pistol-training.com target, the Q-PT, is made by National Target. It's useful for a wide range of drills, including Todd's trademark F.A.S.T. drill. Photo from National Target.

We lost a shining star in the shooting/training industry on Tuesday, Todd Louis Green. A fixture in the industry from the late 1990s, he was an instructor having worked with NRA, Beretta and SIG Sauer. He was a master ranked competitor and a certified armorer across platforms. We share his family's grief and extend our sympathy to all those who knew and worked with Todd. His F.A.S.T. Drill became a staple of training shortly after he came up with it. Part of his two-day "Aim Fast, Hit Fast" handgun class, the F.A.S.T. Drill has been incorporated into classes by a number of world class trainers – giving some clue as to the relevance perceived by his elders as well as his contemporaries. The Drill is available from a number of sources, but here's the low down – F.A.S.T. (Fundamentals, Accuracy, & Speed Test) Fired at seven yards, the target zones are a 3x5" head box and an 8" circle "high chest" area. You start with the gun concealed or in duty holster with all holster retention devices being used. One round is chambered and one round is in the magazine – setting up a slide-lock reload. You face the target, relaxed with your arms hanging at your sides. Using an electronic timer, you use the tone to draw to a pair of hits in the head box, reload from slide lock and print four hits into the chest zone as quickly as you can. Do it in less than 10 seconds, you're 'intermediate.' Less than 7 seconds will make you 'advanced' and less than five makes you 'expert.' The world record, according to Todd's FASTest page is 3.56 seconds posted by Dave Sevigny. Oh and that's all hits where they need to be and when. We never said it was supposed to be easy. Todd had set up a fund to help the cancer researchers at Johns Hopkins. It wasn't just to defeat the disease that afflicted him but a range of cancers. If you'd like to remember Todd for his contributions to the art or if you just hate cancer and feel that you'd like to support them, you can check the Rampage for the Cure page. Fair winds, following seas. -- Rich Grassi