TRAINING
3/75th Ranger Regiment Conducts Live Fire Training
FORT BENNING, GA – In preparation for deployment, Rangers of 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment recently conducted a live fire training exercise utilizing Fort Benning’s new Digital Multipurpose Range Complex. There are a number of benefits to training on this range according to Lt. Col. Mark O’Donnell, ... FULL STORY
Special Forces Dive into Training
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, WA – Soldiers from 1st Special Forces Group participated in pre-Combat Divers Qualification Course training the past two weeks at JBLM. The pre-CDQC class room and physical training gives soldiers a head start on what to expect during the main CDQC course in Key West, Fla. Soldiers ... FULL STORY
Training in Trans-Sahara Africa
GAO, Mali – The Malian patrol finally reached its objective, a small village north of Gao, following a long drive through the northern territories of vast desert in this Trans-Saharan nation slightly smaller than twice the size of Texas. The platoon leader had been with ... FULL STORY
10th SFG Conducts Centralized Driver Training
FORT CARSON, CO – In an effort to enhance driver's abilities and safety, leaders from the Group Service Support Company, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), conducted a Centralized Driver Training course here Nov. 15-19. The centralized driver's academy is a program that is conducted by the Group Support ... FULL STORY
Unique Training Links SOF, Conventional and Allied Nation Forces
WASHINGTON, DC – Coordination and synchronization between conventional and Special Operations Forces is crucial on the modern battlefield since both share integral roles within an area of responsibility – whether it involves intelligence gathering or conducting combat operations.Add the element of allied and partner nation forces, and the joint-coalition battle space picture can become more ... FULL STORY
Special Operations Air Component Service Members Attend Interoperability Training
SWINDIN, Poland – The experiences and lessons learned from the current war in Afghanistan underscore the critical importance of deliberate planning for coalition special operations forces missions. Training opportunities such as the Jackal Stone 10 exercise, co-hosted this year by Poland and Lithuania and coordinated by the U.S. Special ... FULL STORY
MARSOC Implements New Training
CAMP LEJEUNE, NC – U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command will implement a new training course, Sept. 15, at the Marine Special Operations School here. The three-week Assessment and Selection Preparation and Orientation Course will serve as the precursor to the roughly three-week Assessment and Selection Course and the seven-month ... FULL STORY
Nighttime Flight Ops Essential Part of Training at MUTC
BUTLERVILLE, IN – Little by little, the droning of a helicopter grows louder in the darkness over Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind. Looking up, there are no visual signs of any helicopter traffic. Suddenly, a single helicopter flies directly overhead, surprisingly quick, as it swoops down to an open field to allow a small group of ... FULL STORY
Hospital Rotations Critical Facet of Training Special Operations Combat Medics
Emergency medical services workers wheel a male patient with multiple gunshot wounds into the emergency department’s trauma bay. The patient has been shot in the back, and the bullets have penetrated into his chest and abdomen. In less than 30 seconds, Specialist Noah Smith performs an endotracheal intubation, which is the placement of a flexible ... FULL STORY
Special Operations Training Course Bridges Gap Between Operators
CAMP LEJEUNE, NC — When Marines hear the word ‘MARSOC’ they typically think of stellar Marines with the highest-speed gear who move the quietest, the fastest and have suppressors on every weapon they carry. While there is that aspect of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command there is also another side, one that often surprises anyone ... FULL STORY
AFP Acquires New Boats; JSOTF-P Assists With Training
CAVITE, Philippines – Fourteen members of Armed Forces of the Philippines are receiving training on four 11-meter-long Naval Special Warfare Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats by Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines during a course at Naval Base Cavite which began, Jan. 12. Because terrorism and other lawless activity takes place frequently throughout the waterways where NAVSOU ... FULL STORY
U.S. Conducts Sniper Training With Kuwait Commandos
CAMP ARIFJAN, KUWAIT – At the base of a mountain range in Kuwait, a barely visible target is seen standing against the wind. Five hundred meters away, a man shields his face against the blowing sand and lines up the target in the crosshairs of his scope, draws a breath, pauses and fires, then pauses ... FULL STORY
SBT 20 Conducts Training at MCAS Cherry Point
CHERRY POINT, NC – Detachments from Special Boat Team (SBT) 20, stationed on Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Va., spent Nov. 2-6 running through complex training scenarios designed to serve as a pre-deployment assessment. "The ranges at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point are the best in the U.S. when it comes ... FULL STORY
The Mission That Never Ends: Downrange Pararescue Training
JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq – "Is she alive?" "Copy. Still alive." The pararescuemen load their patient onto the litter, carrying her off to the safety of an awaiting vehicle. But the mission isn't over; this mission never really ends. It's a crisis-action training scenario -- one of the many ... FULL STORY
1st SFG(A) Conducts Convoy Training at Yakima
FORT LEWIS, WA – If there is one lesson support Soldiers have learned from current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is that simply moving from one base to another during combat operations can be extremely dangerous. For that reason, commanders place convoy training high on their priority list. “It’s critical that these Soldiers know ... FULL STORY
Navy SEAL Training on San Diego TV News
CORONADO, CA – San Diego KSWB Fox 5 News broadcasted parts of their morning show July 21 from Naval Special Warfare Center (NSWC), home of Navy SEAL training, on Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Calif. Reporters Chrissy Russo and Shally Zomorodi spoke with NSWC instructors and operators who highlighted Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training. ... FULL STORY
1/75 Rangers Drop into Waterborne Training
HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD, GA – Residents and visitors at Georgia's historic Tybee Island witnessed training conducted by Soldiers who serve and protect the nation, July 2. Rangers of 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, performed routine airborne operations training mission off the coast of the Atlantic. Safety precautions were in place for ... FULL STORY
International Special Training Center Celebrates 30 Years of Teaching Special Forces
PFULLENDORF, Germany – The U.S. military and other contributing NATO members celebrated the 30-year anniversary of the International Special Training Center (ISTC), June 25. As the only combined, international training center used by NATO, the Center reduces training costs for the nine partner nations of Germany, Belgium, Greece, the United States, Norway, Italy, the Netherlands, ... FULL STORY
MSOAG Marines Receive Training at II MEF Simulation Center
CAMP LEJEUNE, NC — A large-scale attack requires a great deal of coordination starting with the fire team and ending with the battalion’s directive as a whole. Marine noncommissioned officers are often responsible for leading the squads and platoons, but practicing battalion-level operations is expensive and requires a large amount of manpower and planning. Fortunately for ... FULL STORY
Navy SEALS, TF-49 Pilots Conduct Joint Training
FORT WAINWRIGHT, AK – Thirteen operators from a west-coast based SEAL team performed final checks on their equipment as a one-minute warning bell rang shrilly throughout the hull of the CH-47D "Chinook." After descending steeply, the helicopter's back ramp dropped, and the SEAL team sprinted from the Chinook with their weapons up, setting ... FULL STORY
Naval Special Warfare Boat Team Conducts Freefall Training
FORT BRAGG, NC – Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC) from Special Boat Team (SBT) 20, stationed at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va., conducted freefall training at the Matos Military Freefall Training Facility, Fort Bragg, N.C. June 7. "The overall goal of this training is to prepare personnel for military freefall school and ... FULL STORY
Iraqi Commandos Take to the Skies for Air Assault Training
AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq – Different types of military operations call for specific methods of insertion. Since the advent of the helicopter-borne insertion during the Korean War nearly 60 years ago, air assault has become an extremely viable method of troop insertion. To refine their air assault skills, Iraqi soldiers with 1st Company, ... FULL STORY
European Training Center Offers Special Ops Training to Conventional Forces
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany – On a wet spring day in southern Germany, Sgt. Derek Varchulik is working on his marksmanship. There's nothing particularly special about that, since thousands of U.S. Army, Europe Soldiers are constantly improving their weapons skills on ranges operated by the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command (JMTC). After all, the JMTC is ... FULL STORY
JTAC Training in New Mexico
FORT CARSON, CO – Special Forces Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs) from 1st and 10th Special Forces Groups (Airborne), conducted their bi-annual Close Air Support (CAS) training at Melrose Bombing Range and Fort Sumner, N.M., April 14 - 24. Eleven Soldiers conducted six close air support fix-wing airplane controls in order to maintain their proficiency as ... FULL STORY
First Ever MARSOC Individual Training Course Culminates
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Fifty Marines graduated from the first ever U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, Individual Training Course and earned the title Marine special operator during a graduation ceremony April 22, at Stone Bay here. The ceremony marked a historic event for the Marine Corps and the special ... FULL STORY
GEN III ECWCS
The multi-layered insulating system of the Generation III Extended Cold Weather Clothing System (GEN III ECWCS) allows the wearer to adapt to varying mission requirements and environmental conditions. ... FULL STORY
