Training
The Special Operations Command conducts three primary qualification courses to provide its personnel with the foundation of knowledge and skills on special operations.
The Special Forces Operations Course is conducted to provide every Special Forces trooper the foundation on unconventional warfare and highly specialized combat skills.
The Scout Ranger Course is heavy on direct action and jungle warfare operations that provides the ranger trooper knowledge and skills attuned to conducting jungle warfare operations.
The Counter-Terrorist Course is conducted to provide SOCOM counter-terrorist troopers the necessary special combat skills utilizing modern small-arms weapon systems.
All of the three courses mentioned will undergo actual combat test mission in priority conflict areas in the Philippines prior to the completion of the course. This serves as the Command’s performance evaluation of students prior to the confirmation of their qualification as a Special Forces paratrooper, Scout Ranger fighter or Counter-Terrorist operator.
Other types of specialized training conducted by the command are as follows:
- Basic Airborne Course
- Jumpmaster Course
- Parachute Packing, Maintenance and Air Delivery Course
- Military Freefall Course
- Combat Diver’s Course
- Scout Ranger Target Interdiction Course
- Close Quarter Combat Training
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