since 2017
Atlanta, GA
- a Women’s Meet & Mingle
- 2 day VIP event
- annual event
http://www.thecompletecombatant.com/the-mingle.html
Shelley Hill
- Hosts The Complete Combatant’s annual event called “The Mingle”
About The Mingle
The Mingle, now called “The Mingle: Openness to Experience,” is an annual invitation-only training and networking weekend for women in the firearms industry, hosted by The Complete Combatant, the Georgia training company led by Shelley Hill. The idea came from Hill’s attendance at the 2nd Annual Women’s Meet and Mingle at SHOT Show in Las Vegas in 2017, after which she set out to hold a similar gathering in the Atlanta area. The first Mingle took place in 2017, and the event has run every year since, reaching its tenth edition in 2026.
The two-day VIP weekend is held each May at Cohutta Pines, a range in Cisco, Georgia, in the North Georgia mountains. Guests train in three-hour blocks of live fire and presentations, hear from guest speakers and instructors, and build business and professional contacts. Invitations go to industry business owners and staff, club officers, professional shooters, self-defense, tactical and competition instructors, and Second Amendment supporters working in the field. Participants must already have safe gun handling skills and experience drawing from a holster, and the range runs hot under Jeff Cooper’s four safety rules. The event is sponsor-supported and includes a scholarship program named for the late “Corky” Hamilton.
Key Facts
- 2017: Shelley Hill attends the 2nd Annual Women’s Meet and Mingle at SHOT Show, which inspires a Georgia version.
- 2017: The first Mingle is held.
- 2022: The event adopts the name “The Mingle: Openness to Experience,” used from the 2023 edition onward.
- 2026: The tenth annual Mingle is held, at Cohutta Pines in Cisco, Georgia.
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