Overcome critical barriers to operational excellence
Your unit trains bodies and weapons to an elite standard. Almost no one has been trained to think under pressure. Chimney Trail closes that gap with cognitive readiness: the skills elite operators rely on to stay clear-headed when it counts.
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Readiness over a career
Illustrative
Results that matter
The Department of War’s own review found standard suicide-prevention training is one-size-fits-all and fails to engage service members, and called for training that is tailored, delivered in small groups, and varied in length. Hundreds of military participants say ours is.
Suicide Prevention and Response Independent Review Committee, Preventing Suicide in the U.S. Military, U.S. Department of Defense, 2023, recommendations 4.1.1–4.1.4
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Firearm injury prevention
65%
of active-duty suicide deaths in 2023 involved a firearm, most of them privately owned.
DoD Annual Report on Suicide in the Military, CY 2023
What the research says about lethal-means safety in a force that owns firearms, written for the culture it is meant to reach. Practical, non-clinical, and built to be put in front of your unit without putting them on the defensive.
Cognitive readiness
98.5%
of military participants recommend the training. 99% said it respected their time.
Chimney Trail military participant feedback
The evidence behind Cognitive Readiness Training for elite performers: what it changes, how fast, and why it holds when it is practiced like any other skill your unit is expected to keep sharp.
Seasoned experts deliver Cognitive Readiness Training, in person or virtual, tailored to your unit’s realities: actionable strategies for sharper decision-making and tighter cohesion under pressure.
Workshops go deeper: an in-person, facilitated working session where your unit practices the skills, works real scenarios, and builds an action plan shaped around your command’s priorities and the specific pressures your unit faces.
Self-led Waypoint Kits mailed to your unit: tactical tools and hands-on exercises that keep these practices front of mind long after the seminar.
Start with the Trailhead Waypoint Kit or the Flagship Waypoint Kit Series to learn the fundamentals of Cognitive Readiness Training. Then move on to the Applied Waypoint Kits, each one built to apply those skills to a specific part of life: a deployment, a new child, a move, a promotion.
The method
Cognitive Readiness Training is our own method, adapted from clinically proven Cognitive Behavioral Theory (CBT). It equips service members and leaders to stay sharp under pressure, make better decisions, and hold the standard when it counts.
It teaches your unit to recognize and break unhelpful thought patterns before they take hold. Evidence-based resources your existing IPW can put to work.
How it works
From finding where pressure is costing you to keeping the practice in place months later.
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Schedule time with our CEO, Matthew Brown, to map the right path for your unit.
