Winter Forge 2025
Join S&S for the 5th Winter Forge!
Date: January 20th through January 25th, 2025
Patrolling & conducting operations in cold weather conditions is a highly specialized task requiring specific training and patrolling experience. Therefore we must require a certain amount of experience required to participate.
How do you prove it?
Veterans can provide combat arms DD214, civilians- attend the 1 Shepherd Leadership Institute, Max Velocity or similar patrolling school. Or call us to describe your background & skill level if none of the above applies to you!
The cold will beat you before the enemy, if you let it.
Prerequisites: Must be able to demonstrate tactical proficiency in the following categories:
Basic Patrolling Competency: IMT, Hand & Arm Signals, Patrolling Formations, Attack Formations & AR15 manipulation.
Land Navigation: ability to use compass and read military map day & night (civilian orienteering ok)
Working knowledge & application experience on at least ONE skill in EACH Tactical Task category:
Offensive Operations- Ambush, Raid, Deliberate Attack, Movement to Contact, Pursuit & Exploitation, Counter-Attack
Enabling OPS- Area Recon, Point Recon, Screening Ops, Covering Ops, Guard Ops, Passage of Lines
Defensive OPS- Area Defense, Retrograde Delay/Withdrawal, Mobile Defense, Patrol Base, Objective Rally Point
To be eligible to attend just the FTX you must have attended a previous Winter Warrior Course with us.
Course Descriptions:
Winter Warrior Course is the entry point for operating in cold weather regions & the Winter Forge FTX. The WWC is focused on individual & team equipment, tasks as well as cold weather knowledge.
Winter Leaders Course is for returning Winter Warrior Course participants who want to expand their capabilities into the leadership, planning & higher organizational tasks of the fire team & squad leaders. The WLC will enhance your abilities to plan & lead successful patrols in cold weather regions.
Field Training Exercise: 2 patrols face off against each other in 48 hour FTX to apply lessons learned in the WWC & WLC. Using the MILES force on force laser engagement system, individuals & patrols get real visceral experience on conducting cold weather ops in an austere, non-stop mission set against an enemy force.
Location:
Central Missouri Training Center
92 Howell Loop
Ulman MO 65083 USA
Important Times & Dates:
August 1st, 2024: Registration Opens
January 10th, 2025: Registration Deadline
January 18th, 1000: Pre-event Work party- discount off tuition (15%).
January 19th, 1800: Winter Patrolling Course Arrival Time
(personnel in-processing takes 30 mins per student please arrive NLT 1800)
January 20th, 0600: WWC/WLC courses begin.
January 21st, 1600: WWC/WLC courses end.
January 21st, 1900: FTX Road to War & Troop Leading Procedures.
(FTX only arrival time NLT 1800)
January 22nd, 1200: FTX Startex
January 25th, 0800: FTX Endex
What to expect?
Check out The MILSIM Perspectives 'Lessons Learned' & 'Event Review' blog here:
http://www.themilsimperspective.com/2020/02/06/ss-training-solutions-winter-forge-ftx-lessons-learned/
http://www.themilsimperspective.com/2020/01/23/ss-training-solutions-winter-forge-ftx-event-review/
Join the discussion, find tips & become part of the Winter Forge Community here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/338535484833525
View the REQUIRED ITEMS list here on this document.
Watch our video series on the Required & Recommended Items here.
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Watch Brent0331's video series on Winter Forge here:
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Brent0331's Videos Documenting the Winter Leaders Course
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