TRAINING
Soldiers Train With Filipinos
ZAMBALES, Philippines — Philippine army soldiers from the 24th Infantry Battalion teamed up with the Joint Civil Operations Task Force U.S. Army medical team to conduct a four-day, lifesaver refresher course for Philippine first responders at the President Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Hospital in the Iba Municipality, April 6. The ... FULL STORY
Special Response Team Prepares for SWAT Competition
FORT BRAGG, NC – In preparation for the North Carolina State Special Weapons and Tactics Competition, members of the Fort Bragg Special Reaction Team conducted shooting drills at range 75 on March 5. The team, comprising of both enlisted and civilian members, is looking for a repeat of last year’s top ... FULL STORY
JTACs Attend Weapons School
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, NV - For the first time in the 64 year history of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Joint Terminal Air Control Airmen received advanced instructor diplomas Dec. 15, 2012. JTACs are responsible for communicating with pilots from all services and advising ground force commanders on where ... FULL STORY
Special Forces Qualification Course to Incorporate MFF
FORT BRAGG, NC - In today’s global environment, areas of conflict are becoming increasingly difficult for military forces to access. Through advances in technology, tactics and training, potential adversaries are prepared to prevent unwanted forces’ physical presence and the U.S. military must adapt to face these challenges. A collective military free-fall capability throughout the Army’s Special ... FULL STORY
MARSOC Trains With 160th Special Operations Aviation
CAMP PENDLETON, CA – “Marines are first and foremost a naval force,” said Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James F. Amos, speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., Nov. 8. “The Marine Corps fills a unique lane in the joint fight, one that leverages the sea as ... FULL STORY
Ranger Graduates Kaibil School
FORT BENNING, GA – For the first time in more than 25 years, an American Soldier has graduated from the Guatemalan special operations Kaibil School, in Poptún, Guatemala. Staff Sgt. Joel R. Rodriguez, Jr., a Ranger Reconnaissance Team Leader assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 75th ... FULL STORY
SOTG Trains 26 MEU
CAMP LEJEUNE, NC - The armored vehicle careened through the woods, throwing the 14 Marines inside of it on top of each other. The Marines, weighed down by body armor and their weapons, were slow to pick themselves up and return to their seats. Many of them had been half asleep ... FULL STORY
SOCSOUTH Exchange
PORT ROYAL, Jamaica - Located in the middle of the Caribbean Sea, Jamaica is surrounded by beautiful beaches and tropical weather making it a popular destination for tourists from all over the world. However, the small island, like much of the region between North and South America, is a potential location ... FULL STORY
How the Best Train
LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA – U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. David Knutzen was in a different world. He dropped the water jugs and kept moving. The magazine fell out of his weapon and he paused, wanting to go back for it. “Ah crap,” thought Knutzen of Denver, a communications officer with the 5th ... FULL STORY
PANAMAX 2012
FORT SAM HOUSTON, TX – Today U.S. Army South along with armed and security forces from 17 nations officially kicked-off the annual U.S. Southern Command sponsored Fuerzas Aliadas PANAMAX exercise taking place simultaneously here in San Antonio, Miami, Suffolk, Va., and in Panama Aug. 6-17. Commonly known as PANAMAX, ... FULL STORY
SF Trains OPFOR
FORT MCCOY, WI - The Combat Support Training Exercise (CSTX) at Fort McCoy is a chance for soldiers from all over the U.S. to go through training scenarios and hone in on their warrior tasks and battle drills. In order to make the scenarios as realistic as possible, the 314th Combat ... FULL STORY
SOCSOUTH's JCET
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - In support of Special Operations Command South (SOCSOUTH), Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen attached to Naval Special Warfare Group 4, participated in a Joint Combined Exchange Training event in Uruguay, May 15 to June 15. This was the first time a training event of this scope has been ... FULL STORY
Mailed Fist
CHERRY POINT, NC – Taking a simple but bold step off the back of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, more than 20 force reconnaissance Marines plunged into the choppy Atlantic Ocean off the North Carolina coast, June 18. The maneuver was part of the initial operations for Exercise Mailed ... FULL STORY
AFSOC Sharpens DAGRE
HURLBURT FIELD, FL – Bravo team surveyed its objective through the tree line. The two-story safe house had to be cleared swiftly and efficiently. From that point, the team would have three minutes to gather any intelligence material and get out of the immediate area. The students' eyes were set ... FULL STORY
Exercise Eager Lion 12
JABAL PETRA, Jordan – The 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, Maritime Raid Force, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, participated in combined training with the 77th Jordanian Reconnaissance Battalion, May 12, during Exercise Eager Lion 12. Eager Lion 12 is an annual irregular warfare-themed exercise focusing on missions that coalition partners might perform during ... FULL STORY
SOCSOUTH, Nicaragua in Training Exchange
MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen assigned to SEAL Team – 18 in support of Special Operations Command South (SOCSOUTH) participated in a Joint Combined Exchange Training event in Nicaragua, April 15 to May 15. JCETs allow U.S. special operations forces to train and hone their skills in foreign ... FULL STORY
SF Advanced Mountain Ops School
FORT BRAGG, NC - The Special Forces Advanced Mountain Operations School, based out of Fort Carson, Colo., is filling its classes of the Special Forces Senior Mountaineering Course throughout the summer of 2012. The school trains special-operations personnel to survive in and move through mountainous ... FULL STORY
Surviving SERE
CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, NM – To say that the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Specialists at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., are mere instructors doesn't begin to give them sufficient kudos for the skills, tactics and mission-essential tools they instill in aircrew members in the 27th Special Operations Wing. ... FULL STORY
MARSOC Marines Get Immersed in Training
KEY WEST, FL — Sixty-nine Marines hit the beaches at the Ranger Amphibious Assault Course during the second phase of the Marine Corps Special Operations Command’s Individual Training Course in Key West, Fla., March 19 - 30. This is just one of the many courses these Marines must complete in ... FULL STORY
Recon Marines Conduct Pre-dive Training
CAMP SCHWAB, Okinawa — Most Marines would think swimming all day would be a relaxing way to spend their time. Some may prefer to be drenched in water from a pool rather than drenched in sweat, after a training session. After a grueling two-week training package consisting of open-water swims with gear, ... FULL STORY
US, ROK Navy SEALs Train to Counteract Threats
JINHAE, Korea – Two days before a weather front sopped the southern tip of the peninsula, Navy SEALs from both the U.S. and the Republic of Korea teamed up to conduct visit, board, search and seizure drills on a Korean Navy ship in Jinhae Harbor. Sailing in calm seas and ... FULL STORY
Force Reconnaissance Marines Conduct VBSS
USNS MATTHEW C. PERRY, At Sea — Looking down the electronic optics on his rifle, yet keenly aware of the sights and sounds surrounding him, the Marine moved with the rest of his squad like a wolf in a pack across the deck of the ship. Swiftly infiltrating the confines of the ... FULL STORY
USAFSOS Courses Craft Diplomatic Warriors
HURLBURT FIELD, FL – An instructor lit a Molotov cocktail and threw it at his target to illustrate the type of explosion this cheap, homemade weapon produces. Audience members could feel the heat produced by the massive fireball that swallowed the test site. Lt. Col. Dan Wilson, chief of the irregular ... FULL STORY
Exercise Promotes US-Guyana Spec Ops Capabilities
WASHINGTON, DC – A special operations exercise under way in Guyana is enhancing capabilities of both U.S. and Guyanese special operators and ensuring they have a foundation to respond together in the event of a common threat. Exercise Fused Response kicked off March 1 and continues through March 9, bringing together ... FULL STORY
Djiboutian Special Forces, US Share Language Skills
KARABTI SAN, Djibouti – Djiboutian and U.S. Army soldiers participated in a language class led by Civil Affairs Team 4902 here Feb. 1. The class was part of an ongoing program between the Djiboutian special forces and CAT 4902, 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, ... FULL STORY
CA Fields AN/PRC-152
FORT BRAGG, NC – They may not be the best thing since sliced bread, but in the radio world of the foot Soldier, the Harris ... FULL STORY
