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A few photos from our week long course, September 21-25. The course included, land navigation, basic rope skills/rigging, man tracking and wilderness survival. Students were only allowed a small pocket survival kit for the last 2 days. Great class. One of the best we have ever taught. Hard core group of guys and they were dead tired at the end of the course (so was I!). I wouldn't be afraid to be stranded in any wilderness with this group! These are only a few of the photos. Have not downloaded all the cards yet.

Next course will run in Spring (April) 2010. Should have details up on the web soon. Please sign up as soon as possible if you are interested. Due to material covered and the area we are working in, the course is limited to 10 new students only.

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Great pictures. I HATE that I missed this trip. Stupid money shortage. That stuff looks fun as hell!

Was all that camo a rquirement or did everyone just show up ready for war on their own? That looks more like a plain cargo pants and t-shirt event. I'd be too afraid of misplacing myself with all that camo on.
 
We did not specify camo. A lot of the guys wore it since most of them bought surplus BDUs. Plus, some of the group was LE and was training for tactical environments as well. Lots of variation in clothing on this trip but folks always key on the camo ;)
 
Nobody thought to make Creme Brulee? What the hell kind of training is this?
 
Pete, we've got a couple of LE courses that we are in the planning stages on. These will be heavier into tactical tracking in a potentially hostile environment. Stay in touch with us. Three of the guys that were in this class are working on getting their agency to sponsor it. If they do, then we can pull you into that class and all you will need to do is get yourself to the training area since you are LE.
 
How does your tactical mantracking training compare to the U.S. Border patrols? I went through theirs with their BORTAC unit back in 99 through my department.

Thanks,
Mike
 
bigcountry,

I wouldn't be qualified to speak on that since that part of the instruction is left up to another instructor. I do know he has trained BP and numerous other LE groups and agencies. He has also worked the border a few times on tracking details. If you are interested then I can put you in touch directly with my co-instructor for our domestic programs. Email me at jeff@jungletraining.com
 
Thanks for the pics Jeff.

I just got home and headed to bed! What a great week! :thumbup:

Can't wait for the next one :)

Dan
 
darkwaters said:
Saw a guy in jeans(I think)...bet he was cold and wet a lot!
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Yep, some were. Including me!

The whole purpose of the course was a practice scenario. We purposely got everyone wet. We purposely let people wear cotton. We wanted them to be dressed as they would be if they were hiking, hunting, riding in a patrol car, etc. Although they were only allowed a pocket kit for the survival portion, we had emergency gear such as first aid kit, wool blankets, sleeping bag, etc. staged close to the area. None of it was used or needed.

All of them now know how to navigate with accuracy and read terrain. They know how to build emergency shelter such as a debris shelter for cold weather or a swamp bed for warmer weather or wet areas. They know how to build fire. The know how to signal. They know a lot now about tracking and how to back-track themselves if need be. After the tracking course none of them will ever look at the ground and the surroundings the same again. They now have a comfort level of doing whatever they do. We hammered on them with the navigation and fire making.
 
sammis said:
Thanks for the pics Jeff.

I just got home and headed to bed! What a great week! :thumbup:

Can't wait for the next one :)

Dan
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More to come Dan! Much thanks for taking the course and enduring all our forced hikes and navs! :D
 
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