As you might imagine, smarter candidates did better. Special Forces candidates are chosen for their ability to problem solve and that requires smarts. Having written other articles on the physical traits of SEAL trainees and Marine Corps Sniper Candidates , these findings are not particularly surprising. Smart, tough, military members will always do better in rigorous selection programs. However, each pipeline does have some differences based up the specific requirements of the school.
In SEAL training, researchers found that the 3 mile run time and m swim times strongly predicted successfully passing Hell Week. For Marines, having come from Recon Battalion most increased their chances of completing Sniper School.
This demonstrates that having similar experience matters. To be honest that type of program is much different than what you will see here on this website. They need to have a decent level of overall strength as highlighted by the pull ups, and obstacle course. The first step in creating a good program is picking the traits you most need to work on. Next you break down the available time and allocate your training budget towards achieving those goals.
Having gone through some fairly rigorous training in the Marine Corps and elsewhere, I can offer you some advice that has helped me in some difficult spots. Spec Ops Magazine. Training and selection. Eric Sof. Contents hide. Be the gray man. Arrive in shape. Play the game. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published.
Related Posts. Read More. Former soldier reveals how to get fit from the comfort of your home Being fit is a matter of fact. It is an underrated resource that has been the foundation of many land navigation manuals, like those of the U.
Keep in mind that this is article is only a primer. There is much else of importance to consider to becoming a confident navigator, like coordinate grid systems, night navigation, natural and celestial elements, amongst many others — All of which we cover, and more, in our Military Land Navigation course. But this should help offer you a good foundation on which to build these additional skills. After all, our primary mission is to help you confidently succeed in your goals — and we feel that we owe a debt to those who serve others by serving.
True North Wilderness Survival School. Call Us: True North Blog. To Free from Oppression. Related Posts. Posted 6 y ago. Send me an e-mail, [login to see]. I'm sure I can give me some very useful info. Info just sent. Is it ok to still email you about the SFAS information?
Are you still giving out the information? I looked up the email and it said it is no longer valid. SFC Join to see. And though I didn't wind up becoming an 18 series, I'm pretty sure most of what I'm going to say here still applies: 1st: Before you go PT You have to be able to ruck and run more than anything else.
Set up a PT program where you ruck at least 1x-2x a week, with increasing weight and distance. I know a lot of guys who tried to train up until the week before they left, and they wound up injuring themselves You want to do enough to maintain, but at this point, you need to focus on preventing ANY injuries before you go.
You need to assign two people underneath you as you lieutenants, and have them do things such as make sure that they check the planning board every hour. They need to help you control the rest of the guys. They need to run errands for you and also get other guys to run errands.
Try to use those strengths where you can. If someone isn't working out in a particular position, put them in a different position. A couple of last pointers: Take everything litterally! If the blackshirts say to run between the cones, and the cones are set up so that there's a puddle between them, run through the puddle, not around it!
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