Course Info
This small unit tactics and leadership course intends to develop functional skills directly related to units whose mission is to engage the enemy in close combat and direct fire battles. It is divided into three phases. as follows: Individual Capacity Phase, small unit phase and drill Phase.
The purpose of the course is teaching to soldier as a combat leader while enduring the great mental and psychological stresses and physical fatigue of combat; the curriculum of the course creates and cultivate such a physical and mental environment. After increasing the psychical and mental capacity in the first phase, The second phase primarily comprises field craft instruction; students plan and execute daily patrolling, perform reconnaissance, ambushes, and raids against dispersed targets, followed by stealthy movement to a new patrol base to plan the next mission.
During this course students conduct about 10 hours of training per day, while consuming two or fewer meals daily totaling about 1500 calories with an average of 4 hours of sleep a day. Students also typically wear and carry some 65–90 pounds (29–41 kg) of weapons, equipment, and training ammunition while patrolling more than 100 miles (160 km) throughout the course.