Training includes shooting human silhouettes that spin on a wooden frame. Students are given a few seconds to land shots to the head and heart from 3, 5, 10 and 15 yards.

The job involved 96 hot days for the construction of what is now known as Panther Ridge Training Center, located at 2935 N. Vandeventer Road, in the hills near Solsberry, or about 25 minutes from ...