Post on 08-Jun-2018
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Training Guidance Intent
To empower all teams to train successfully but also to ensure that the integrity
and uncertainty of the competition remains intact. Also to prepare teams that
are competing for the first time and mitigate the advantage that teams that have
competed in previous competitions.
Intent
Location
Sandhurst Website.
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Military Skills
US Army Task
Zero an M4 Series Carbine
Engage Targets with an M4 Series Carbine
Perform Safety Checks on Hand Grenades
Employ Hand Grenades
Engage Targets with an M9 Pistol
Move Over, Through, or Around Obstacles
Move Under Direct Fire
Select Hasty Fighting Positions
Camouflage Yourself and Your Individual Equipment
Determine Direction Within the Target Area
Move as a Member of a Fire Team
Estimate Range
Practice Noise, Light, and Litter Discipline
Perform Surveillance without the Aid of Electronic Device
Evaluate a Casualty (Tactical Combat Casualty Care)
Perform First Aid to Prevent or Control Shock
Perform First Aid to Open the Airway
Apply an Emergency Bandage
Apply a Hemostatic Dressing
Apply a Occlusive Dressing
Apply a Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT)
Transport a Casualty
Perform First Aid for Burns
Request Medical Evacuation
Send a Situation Report (SITREP)
Send a Spot Report (SPOTREP)
React to Chemical or Biological (CB) Hazard/Attack
Report Information of Potential Intelligence Value
US Army Task
Request Medical Evacuation
Coordinate Medical Activity Support
Adjust Indirect Fire
Establish an Observation Post
Control Organic Fires
Select a Movement Route Using a Map
Use a Map Overlay
Communicate Effectively at the Direct Leadership Level
Supervise Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services (PMCS)
Solve Problems Using the Military Problem Solving Process
Supervise the Crossing of a Contaminated Area
Control Movement of a Fire Team
Conduct Movement Techniques by a Squad
Conduct the Maneuver of a Squad
The following will be assessed during the competition:
References:
US Army Soldier’s Manual of Common Tasks - Warrior Skills – Level 1
US Army Soldier’s Manual and Trainer’s Guide, MOS 11B, Infantry, Skill Level 1
US Army Soldier’s Manual of Common Tasks - Warrior Skills – Level 2/3/4
US Army Soldier’s Manual and Trainer’s Guide, MOS 11B, Infantry, Skill Levels 2, 3, and 4
Training for Success
• Understand the task.
• Understand the conditions.
• Understand the standard.
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2018 Events
• Obstacle Course
• Day Land Navigation
• Night Land Navigation
• Zodiac water crossing
• Rifle Marksmanship
• Pistol Marksmanship
• Leadership Evaluation
• Trauma Care (under fire)
• Medical Evacuation
• Basic Infantry Squad Tasks
• Functional Fitness
• CBRN
• Call For Fire
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Military Skills – Training Example
• Understand the Task: Conduct the Maneuver of a Squad
Reference: US Army Soldier’s Manual and Trainer’s Guide, MOS 11B, Infantry, Skill
Levels 2, 3, and 4
• Understand the Conditions:
• Understand the Standards:
Conduct Maneuver as a Squad
Performance Measures GO NO GO
1. Acted on contact. —— ——
2. Determined enemy location, disposition, and strength. —— ——
3. Choose a course of action. —— ——
4. Fixed the enemy. —— ——
5. Fought the enemy. —— ——
7. Controlled fire. —— ——
8. Used teamwork and control. —— ——
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Sandhurst Events
Patrolling
• The teams will be given a route to patrol along.
• The teams will be given a route for Day 1,
Night and Day 2.
• The teams will be given timings to meet along
the route. With a no later than time to complete
the route.
• Along the route will be a series of events that
will assess military skills.
Events
• Events are designed to replicate combat
operations as closely as possible.
• Events will assess multiple military skills.
• All events are conducted in English.
• All events are designed to be the same
experience for every team.
Events will not exceed
the level outlined in
the doctrine.
Complexity will be
generate by asking
teams to do multiple
skills at the same time.
Sandhurst Event
?EVENT
• Arrive SP
• Check In
• Move to planning area
• Receive FRAGORD
• Plan
• Select SQD Members
• Complete Event• Move to FP
• Receive
Feedback
• Make
Challenges
• Check Out
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EVENT #5 - GRENADES TASKORG. SANDHURST SQUAD. 1. Situation.
a. Terrain. Upton Road is a major supply route for coalition forces running generally north to south to the east of your current position. There is a covered and concealed position twenty meters to your front. b. Enemy Forces. There is enemy fire team patrolling in the vicinity. The enemy fire team is currently assessed to be located to your front within hand grenade range of the covered and concealed position. c. Friendly Forces. An adjacent squad in your platoon will provide covering fire for your movement to the covered and concealed position to your front.
2. Mission. Sandhurst Squad destroys the enemy fire team commencing time now plus three minutes in order to enable coalition freedom of movement on Upton Road.
3. Execution.
You have three minutes to conduct troop leading procedures. In three minutes when your adjacent squad initiates covering fire (replicated), move as quickly as possible (squad leaer determine method either by low crawl, high crawl, or 3-5 second rush) to the covered and concealed position to your front. Once your squad has reached the covered and concealed position your squad must maintain 360 degree security prior to your enagement. It is the job of the squad leader to place his security team and throwers in place prior to reaching the covered and concealed position. Once your squad has reached the covered and concealed position the squad engages all enemy targets with hand grenades.Your squad must effectively engage all targets within three minutes of reaching the covered position in order to prevent the enemy from repositioning to the north and causing further disruption of coalition freedom of maneuver. Scoring. Teams will receive points for each time a squad member properly engages the designated targets: a) 15m target= 1 b) 25m target= 3 c) 35m target= 5 Squad receives point for each grenade that detonates within five meters of a target, limited to three hit maximum per enemy target or position (i.e. the 15m target (5 points x3 hits=15 max points)). Grenades that detonate after three minutes of the squad reaching the covered and concealed position will not receive points.
Point deductions are as follows: a) improper storage of grenades: – 1 points per infraction; b) greater than three second exposure to enemy fire once at the covered and concealed position: –
1 points per infraction; c) cooking off a grenade: – 3 points per infraction; d) personnel exposed when grenade detonates: - 3 points per infraction.
4.) SUSTAINMENT.
a. Squad leader will be issued 9 grenades. Squad leader will use best judgement as it relates to their squad task organization.
b. Your element lacks rifle ammunition and is not carrying bayonets on its fighting load.
5.) MISSION COMMAND.
a. Event OIC:, MAJOR YO, USMA b. Event NCOIC: , SFC JACKSON, USMA
Event FRAGORD Example
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Requests for Information
What I can tell you:
• What military skills will be assessed.
• The doctrine that the military skill is based on.
What I cannot tell you:
• The locations of the events.
• How the military skills will be assessed.
• How to train your team.
For Example:
Question: “How will pistol marksmanship be assessed?”
Answer: “It will assess the team’s ability to accurately engage multiple targets at
various ranges under combat like conditions.”
NOT
Answer: “It will be 20 rounds per firer with man sized targets from a standing position
at 5m, 10m, 15m, 20m, and 25m. Firers will have 30 seconds to engage all targets.”
RFI Tracker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cwqE2KU1wnTrA-rgqPDFrewJvLC-m0IKqW3ixtk4rak/edit#gid=0
Events are designed
to mitigate the
disadvantage of lack
of familiarity with US
Army equipment and
techniques.
Gold Standard Patches: Top 10% of the teams
Silver Standard Patches: 10-20% of the teams
Bronze Standard Patches: 20-30% of the teams
Sandhurst Trophy: Best combined Regimental score
Reginald E. Johnson Saber Plaque: Best overall team score
Tom Surdyke Leadership Award: Best Squad Leader
Navigation Streamer: Best navigation score
Marksmanship Streamer: Best cumulative marksmanship score
Sandhurst ROTC Streamers/Cup: Awarded to the 3rd, 2nd, 1st place ROTC teams
Sandhurst International Streamer: Awarded to the 3rd, 2nd, 1st place International teams
Sandhurst USCC Streamers: Awarded to the 3rd, 2nd, 1st place USCC teams10
Sandhurst 2018 – Awards
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General Advice
• In order to successfully prepare, the eleven competitors should be trained equally as all members of the
squad could execute an event.
• All teams should ensure that it’s all of its squads members arrive fully fit and uninjured at the start of the
competition.
• Do not specialize the training of individual squad members, the events are designed to assess multiple skills
simultaneously. Squad members that are proficient at all the military skills will score better than those who
specialize at one or two skills.
• Focusing on purely on marching/patrolling with weight as fitness training is not recommended. This
increases the risk of injuring a squad member closer to the competition.
• 3-5 periods of moving with weight as close to the competition as possible after a longer period intensive
general fitness is more than sufficient to prepare a squad.
• The fitness training should focus of developing all round body endurance. Training holistically is
recommended as the Sandhurst Competition regularly includes a functional fitness event which assess all
round fitness, not just moving with weight.
• When training for movement with weight, train towards a goal. For example a specific pace, with a specific
weight and over a specific distance. There is no need to exceed the distance of the competition as this will
increase the risk of an injury and is unnecessary to prepare the squad for success.
• Train how to effectively create sufficient shelter for the entire squad and their equipment. Allowing the team
to rest effectively is essential. Often little preparation and thought is given to this by squad and thus they do
not maximize the time available to rest and prepare for the next events.