SOF Overland Development
Overview
Our SOF Overland Development is geared toward military personnel who want to develop their cross-country navigation skills over challenging terrain. It is designed to improve your confidence, enhance your ability to teach others, and prepare more effectively for the land navigation phase of a SOF selection course. Since most clients are preparing for the CAG operator assessment or related SMU, this training is designed and scheduled to dovetail with our Tier One Navigation Development course to provide you options and flexibility to best meet your goals, training needs, and constraints.
This intensive two day course will help you to develop your land navigation skills, emphasizing terrain association and route planning. Throughout your training, you will have the opportunity to ask questions, sharpen your technique, assess your gear, methods, and nutrition, plus test alternative options.
True North has much experience working with the SOF community. We regularly work with personnel, both individually and at the unit level, from the Army, Marine, and Navy service components of SOCOM.
Highlights
Our training area provides the ideal environment to learn and improve. This is why the SOF community in Kingwood, West Virginia uses this same area to train and conduct their own assessments. So, if you want to practice and learn in the same place that they do, then this is the perfect location.
Your training will involve the following two core evolutions over fourteen (14) hours of training:
- Day I (0900-1600) will focus on reviewing and refining the fundamentals of land navigation over moderate distances. You’ll become familiar with the local terrain, vegetation, and weather as you dead reckon and terrain associate to refine your route-planning skills.
- Day II (0900-1600) will be framed as a series of staged checkpoints over longer distances. It will offer you the opportunity to cover approximately 20 miles in 6.5 hours.
You should already possess a solid understanding of fundamental and advanced techniques. We will certainly help you to fine-tune your technique and improve, and answer all of your questions, but if at any point during this program we are not confident in your overall skill and physical fitness level, then you will be asked to leave with no refund available. If you have any general questions, especially those concerning your present ability, we strongly recommend that you contact us for answers before you register.
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The physical difficulty of this course is Strenuous. This course involves hiking, usually with laden rucks, over extended distances at a steady pace over varying terrain that will include off-trail sections, rough spots, unexpected obstacles, and low to steep terrain inclines and declines. This course is conducted in low to no light conditions in varying weather, including hot, cold, humid, rain, and snow, or a mixed combination. This is a very physically challenging course so it is only suited for those in excellent physical condition and ready for a long day.
Once you book a slot, then one of our staff will follow up personally with an email. It will include three short forms for you to complete and return to us. We will also send you the course information sheet, which will contain all of the details that you will need to prepare and arrive (like required and optional gear; exact rally point; general driving directions; and overnight recommendations).
This course is often run as a private one to better meet the specific needs and schedule of our clients. Please contact Erik to learn more (412.913.6000 or erik@exploretruenorth.com).
We typically reply to emails and telephone calls within 1-2 hours. Please note, however, that it may be as long as 24 hours if we are away teaching.
This intensive two day course will help you to develop your cross-country navigation skills.
Course Gallery
This course will begin your preparation for the land navigation phase of selection and beyond.
We’re often asked these questions about this course...
Yes, our Mil-Nav Program prepares individuals for the land navigation phase of an assessment and selection course. We provide this training for both individual candidates and units. We’ve worked with most branches and ranks. Many are in an SOF or leadership pipeline, like Special Forces (18X), Ranger, OCS, BOLC, and WOCS, while others are preparing for CAG selection. We also provide instructor development to combat training groups and special mission units.
Our training site provides an ideal learning environment for all skill levels not found anywhere else. The vegetation, terrain, and climate spans the mix from open, easy, and pleasant to dense, strenuous, and harsh. This is why the SOF community uses this same area to conduct their own specialized training and assessment.
This training is open to all sworn law enforcement professionals. We highly recommend these courses for LEOs who are interested in improving their physical fitness and endurance, expanding their skills and mission readiness, or looking to advance their careers by expanding their expertise. Prior clients include federal agents preparing for their agency SOG, members of a state and municipal SRT, Game Wardens, and Rangers.
We recommend that you telephone Erik (412.913.6000) to discuss prior to registering for this course.
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