Noctis Academy
The Noctis Academy
Practical, free guides to marksmanship, tactical equipment and preparedness. Start with a published chapter and follow along as we build the Academy.
Two Guides, Building Chapter By Chapter
The Ultimate Guide to Rifle Marksmanship
Marksmanship for every rifle shooter — hunters, recreational shooters, and tactical or semi-automatic platforms like the AR-15, right through to long-range precision.
The Ultimate Guide to Tactical Gear & Urban Survival
Protection, technology and close-quarters readiness — everything outside the rifle itself.
Backed By Real-World Experience
Built From Real Operational Experience
Noctis Africa draws on more than sixteen years of hands-on experience operating across Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, the United States and the United Kingdom. Every published chapter is informed by real operational use, not a textbook.
Always Free, Always Growing
The Academy is free to access, in full, for as long as it exists. There's no paywall and no signup wall — just an honest, ongoing build, one chapter at a time.
Led By Real Operational Experience
Matt — Executive Director, Noctis Africa
A former Royal Marines Commando, Sniper and Reconnaissance Operator with over seventeen years of operational experience across military, government and private-sector security roles throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. That experience spans close protection, specialist marksmanship instruction, reconnaissance and small-team tactics, alongside years spent advising governments and organisations on equipment and operational capability in some of the most demanding environments in the world.
The Academy exists to put that same real-world experience within reach of anyone serious about the craft — not repackaged theory, but knowledge earned in the field.
Have a question, or something you'd like to see covered? Send the team a message and we'll help however we can.