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FULL MISSION PROFILE Situation: A group of 4 international missionary members who had been volunteering at a remote mobile health care outpost in rural Afghanistan were kidnapped by insurgent militiamen approximately 1 week ago. A video sent by the insurgent militia states that the 4 hostage "infidels" will not be ransomed, but instead will pay [...]
Full Mission Profile Situation: Somewhere in Alaska, 50 miles offshore a vessel capsized in heavy seas with 3 persons on board. Before going over, the captain sent out a mayday message that was received by the US Coast Guard. Objective: Immediately board a rescue helicopter and transit to the scene. Deploy Rescue Swimmers via free [...]
Full Mission Profile Situation: Satellite imagery and human intelligence sources have confirmed that the headquarters of a violent pirate gang is located on a remote island off the Horn of Africa. Intel reports confirm that this is the location of a large weapons cache and the operations center for planning strikes. There are two main [...]
Full Mission Profile Situation: To quell the growing genocide and proliferation of child soldiers by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda, N.A.T.O. has authorized your special ops team for a direct action raid against a small group of LRA leaders. Their meeting is taking place in an LRA camp in Uganda just over [...]
Full Mission Profile Dispatcher: "Any unit for a possible 503 (stolen vehicle) in progress at 618 N. Cypress. Advise." You: "31-114 for the last, from Birch and 4th" Dispatcher: "114 Copy. Be advised CP states suspects are possible TRG (gang) members involved in the 245 (shooting) at this location on W-1 today." "CP requests no [...]
FULL MISSION PROFILE Situation: Recently a small cargo ship bound for Tel Aviv that was thought to be carrying a biological weapon was sunk by the Israeli Navy. A nearby US Navy vessel has been called to assist in the rapid safe salvage of the vessel and its cargo. Objective: Your Navy EOD and Dive team will rapidly set up [...]
Full Mission Profile Situation: High level Taliban leaders are confirmed to be meeting in a remote mountainous area in Afghanistan. This may be the only opportunity to execute an operation where so many of the leadership are together. Unfortunately their security will be extremely heavy. Objective: Your team will insert covertly and carry out a [...]
FULL MISSION PROFILE Situation: You are an Alaska Smokejumper stationed out of Fairbanks Alaska. At 1400 you get a call to go to a fire somewhere in the Tanana Zone. You have two minutes to be on the plane after the siren goes off. When you arrive to the fire it is determined that there [...]
An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence This is a great book for anyone trying to understand how to improve overall performance in any endeavor - not just sport. How does stress/pressure affect performance? Consider this: Imagine yourself in a parking lot. On the ground in front of you is a parking stop - the long concrete [...]
SQUAD PT Close Quarters Combat defined (wiki) Close Quarters Battle (CQB) or Close Quarters Combat (CQC) is a type of fighting in which small units engage the enemy with personal weapons at very short range, potentially to the point of hand-to-hand combat or fighting with hand weapons such as swords or knives. In the typical CQB scenario, the [...]
