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Special Forces Training
Once assigned to a position within a Special Forces Group, Green Berets continue to train in order to sustain their specialized skills and aquire new ones. Some of the training that is carried out includes:
- Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat (SFAUC)
- Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC)
- Special Operations Terminal Attack Controller Course (SOTACC)
- Static Line Jumpmaster Course
- Advanced Special Operations Techniques (ASOT)
- Multipurspose Canine Handlers Course
- Intermediate Language Training
- Advanced Language Training
- Special Forces Combat Diver Qualification Course (SFCDQC)
- Special Forces Combat Diving Supervisor Course (CDSC)
- Special Forces Combat Diving Medical Technician (CDMT)
- Military Free-Fall Parachutist Course (MFFPC)
- Military Free Fall Jumpmaster Course (MFFJM)
- Military Free Fall Instructor Course (MFFIC)
- Military Free-Fall Advanced Tactical Infiltration Course (ATIC)
- Special Forces Intelligence Sergeant Course (SFISC)
- Advanced Special Operations Techniques (ASOT) course
- Advanced Special Operations Managers Course (ASOMC)
- Special Forces Technical Surveillance (SFTSC)
- Special Operations Analytics and Intelligence Course (build phase) (SOAIC)
- Special Forces Network Development Course (NDC)
- Unconventional Warfare Operational Design Course (UWODC)
- SOF Digital Targeting Training (STTE)
- SOF Sensitive Site Exploitation, Technical Exploitation Course (SOFSSE)
- SOF Sensitive Site Exploitation Operator Advanced Course (OAC)
- Special Forces Physical Surveillance Course (build phase)
- Special Operations Animal Packing Course (SOAP-C)
- Special Forces Sniper Course (SFSC)(formerly SOITC)
- Special Forces Advanced Reconaissance Target Analysis Exploitation Techniques Course (SFARTAETC)
- Special Forces Senior Mountaineering Course (Level-2)
- Special Forces Master Mountaineering Course (Level-1)
Special Forces Training : Photos & More Info
Special Forces soldiers interdict a vehicle during Special Forces Advanced Reconnaissance, Target Analysis, and Exploitation Techniques Course (SFARTAETC). The SFARTAETC program is an advanced direct action / counter terrorism training program designed for members of a Special Forces CIF Company.
more info : SFARTAETC
more info : SFARTAETC
Photo by Sgt. Justin P. Morelli / Released
Special Forces students on the Military Free-fall Parachutist Course (MFFPC) conduct high altitude low opening (HALO) parachute training. All members of a HALO Team (a SFODA that specializes in military free-fall ops) will take the MFFPC.
more info : Military Free-Fall Parachutist Course
more info : Military Free-Fall Parachutist Course
US Army Photo
Students on the Special Forces Combat Diver Qualification Course (SFCDQC) enter the water for a 3,000-meter open water swim. The SFCDQC is a 7-week course run at NAS Key West, Florida. One Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha (SFODA) in each Special Forces company is a designated SCUBA team in which all 12 Green Berets are qualified Combat Divers. The SFCDQC teaches Green Berets assigned to a Combat Diver position in a range of waterborne infiltration techniques, including SCUBA, the use of Zodiac inflatables and Kayaks, and helocasting.
more info : Special Forces Combat Diver Qualification Course
more info : Special Forces Combat Diver Qualification Course
US Army Photo by Maj. Dave Butler
Green Berets attenfing the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School Mountaineering Program conduct Senior Course Level II training. The course includes basic animal care of pack animals and procedures on properly loading and securing heavy equipment and weapons onto mules.
more info : Special Forces Senior Mountaineering Course (Level-2)
more info : Special Forces Senior Mountaineering Course (Level-2)
U.S. DoD Photo