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From the AF Portal On 13 May 2019, The Air Force Security Forces Center will host a Ranger Assessment Course (RAC), previously known as Pre-Ranger. This course will be co-located at the Tropic Lightning Academy, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii and is available to all Air Force Personnel in the ranks of E4 and above. RAC affords …
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If your aspiration is to become an operator, the chances are you will most likely fail. With selection rates around 15-30%, the statistics say your probability of achieving your dreams is slim. To break through the mold and have a fighting chance at being one of the elite few where most fail, you must be …
4 ways you are sabotaging your workouts (and how to fix it) Read More »
The Life of a Cone series follows an AFSPECWAR trainee through his pipeline schools and provides real world experiences at some of the DoD’s most coveted schools. The Survival Experience This course is very sensitive due to the material being taught. That said this is a gist of an experience while keeping Operational Security (OPSEC) …
The Life of a Cone series follows an AFSPECWAR trainee through his pipeline schools and provides real world experiences at some of the DoD’s most coveted schools. The Army Airborne Experience Our team was assigned to A Company, 2nd Platoon while attending Airborne. Everyone I asked about airborne said the same thing, it sucks. Aside …
I frequently get questions about training with the direct intent of getting ready for the PAST (Physical Ability Stamina Test) or hitting indoc grad standards prior to entry. I want to take a moment to explain why this method of thinking is flawed, and historically, has been proven ineffective at delivering qualified candidates to the …
We recently received confirmation of exciting news for AFSPECWAR and the US Air Force. On a recent episode of the PJ Medcast podcast, the Combat Rescue Officer leadership confirmed the Special Operations Weather Team (SOWT) career field is being replaced with an all new career field name and mission: Special Reconnaissance. Alongside information that we …
EXCLUSIVE: SOWT confirms change to Special Reconnaissance Read More »
A CRO Phase 2 instructor once told me a story of a CRO-wannabe going through Phase 2 selection. We’ll call the trainee Evan. Evan was a physical stud. He could run, swim, ruck and knock out calisthenics. He was equally adept under the water- performing underwaters, drownproofing, tieing knots and buddy breathing with relative ease. …
A critical part of passing selection with a water confidence portion is having the where with all to remain calm while performing tasks underwater. Underwater training is not just about teaching your mind to stall calm but to train your body to cope with the rigors of prolonged apnea. Apnea. Definition: suspension of external breathing, Professional and …
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Sanderson Performance’s Coach Shawn; founder of Team ST, sits down with Specialtactics.com to talk workouts and maximizing performance. 1) What were your primary goals when developing Team ST? When developing Team ST I first looked at what the requirements to graduate selection are and why so many applicants were unable to make it. I then …
Maximize Performance; Q&A with Team ST Coach Shawn Read More »
Specialtactics.com sat down with a recent graduate of the Special Tactics Officer (STO) Phase I and II selection course. We had 10 burning questions for him regarding his preparation and keys to success: 1) You recently successfully completed STO Phase I & II selection. For those that may not know, what are these two …
