TRAINING
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
Urban Assault Training for Iraqi Special Ops
BASRAH, Iraq — It requires practice and training for elite Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) to perform at the highest level. To better their ability to protect the citizens of this second-largest Iraqi city, some ISOF Soldiers recently conducted an urban assault training exercise in southern Iraq. “If we want to be successful on missions it ... FULL STORY
SWCC Training Turns Sailors into Leaders
SAN DIEGO, CA -- The training to be a future “Dirty Boat Guy” may seem similar to the BUD/s and SEAL Qualification Training, but is remarkably different. To become a SWCC, it takes 21 weeks of hardcore mental and physical training in two phases: Basic Crewman Training and Crewman Qualification Training. ... FULL STORY
Coast Guard Officers Begin SEAL Training
Coronado, CA -- Four US Coast Guard officers recently began their participation in the US Navy's Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training program. The four officers had been selected and completed a two week BUD/S preparatory course and a three week orientation at the Great Lakes Naval Station in Illinois. According to Deployable Operations Group spokesperson Lieutenant James McLay, at least ... FULL STORY
160th SOAR Begins Training in New Aquatics Facility
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (USASOC News Service, March 19, 2009) – The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment’s newest simulation training facility was officially open for business on March 9. “The 160th now has a state-of-the-art Aquatic Training Facility that provides realistic training for our flight battalions and initial qualifications for every newly assigned Night Stalker,” said Lt. ... FULL STORY
Iraqi commandos conquer special forces training
BAGHDAD, Iraq – This class of Iraqi Special Operations Forces graduates will “cut the roots of terrorism,” according to one of the newly designated special forces soldiers in a graduation ceremony here Dec. 4.The march from regular Iraqi Army to the ranks of special operations forces began Nov. 1 for the 109 commando graduates. The ... FULL STORY
Training center turns Airmen into Air Commandos
CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Housed in a nondescript, beige building here resides a new organization that will be responsible for mission-qualification training on a myriad of Air Force Special Operations Command aircraft. The Air Force Special Operations Training Center officially stood up Oct. 6 at Hurlburt Field, Fla., to streamline training capabilities by employing ... FULL STORY
ISOF conduct fast-rope training, improve skill set
TAJI, Iraq – Stepping out of a perfectly functioning helicopter and sliding down a 50-foot rope is another routine day of training for Iraqi Special Operations Forces when they’re not out improving security in Iraq and enforcing the rule of law.In the Mosul area, ISOF conducted fast-rope training Nov. 22. This training is significant because ... FULL STORY
MNOC puts the "Comm" in combat: Spec Ops forces team up for innovative training
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — In combat, as in the civilian world, the methods and tools of communication are constantly changing. But where civilian technology becomes more accessible and intuitive, military communications become increasingly secure and specialized. That is where the Marine Network Operators Course comes in to play. Twenty-four Marines, Sailors and ... FULL STORY
Ranger training wows beachgoers
Tybee Island, Ga. (Sine Pari, June 10, 2008) - It’s not a bird or a plane, but it was the Rangers who came to roost on Tybee Island, to the amazement of Family members and beachgoers along the coast.More than 150 Rangers and approximately 40 aviators of the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, U.S. Army ... 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
