Force Protection Training

Force Protection Training & Counter Guerrilla Warfare Course

This course will develop the participants as team members, as well as individuals, in force protection and countering guerrilla warfare. All exercises cover from basic soldier levels to command levels.

Subjects from the Course Outline:

1) Countering Threats & Terrorists Tactics

Use of car bombs
Detecting car bombs
Detecting suicide bombers
Disarming a suicide bomber before detonation
and much more...

2) Surveillance and Counter Surveillance

Surveillance detection skills
Counter espionage and hostile gathering of information
Israeli method of surveillance detection
Using daily logs and detection matrixes
and much more...

3) IED’s & Vehicle Inspection

Scanning for various types of booby traps
Explosives
Letter bombs
Anti-sabotage
Detection of car bombs and booby trapped vehicles
Stopping a suspected car bomb in progress
Scanning a vehicle for explosives
Counter measures for explosives
Detecting and stopping a suicide bomber suspect moving towards a vehicle or facility
Various methods of scanning a vehicle for booby trap explosives
Scanning a building for booby traps
Detecting booby traps on the roadways
and much more...

4) Route Planning

Risk assessment
Deception used by the enemy to influence route planning
Alternative routes, choke points, danger areas, safe areas, emergency services, planned construction and expected traffic patterns
Case studies on how poor route planning can cause the deaths of military and other critical personnel
Identifying hostile populations
and much more...

5) Basic and Intermediate Off-Road Driving

Hands on driving training with SUV’s, HUMMV’s and sedans in off-road and cross country environment as requested
Terrain and weather assessment in relation to vehicle mobility
Vehicle capability and limits
Preserving the vehicle in relation to weather, terrain and environment
and much more...

6) Basic ATV All-Terrain Driving

Driving through obstacle courses
Driving on rocks and deep sand
Crossing falling trees
Crossing ravines
Techniques on how to climb and descend from steep hills
Driving through mud and on uneven roads
Recovery and self recovery
Use of winches, cables, straps, D shackles, high-lo jack, pull pal and 2x4’s
Improvising recovery tools
and much more...

7) Evasive, Offensive and Defensive Driving Skills/Counter Force-Off Tactics

Professional driving skills used by secret service, Special Forces, police and bodyguards
Winches, cables, straps, D shackles, high-lo jack, pull pal and 2x4’s
Improvising recovery tools
Braking techniques and skid control maneuvers
Surprise new off-road recovery techniques exclusively developed by CRI
Handling multiple vehicles that are attempting to force the vehicle off road
Understanding over/under steering a vehicle
Dynamics of avoiding obstacles
Emergency braking and turns
Evasive maneuvers -- forward 180 degree turns (bootlegs), and reverse 180 degree turns (J-turns)
Reverse 270 developed exclusively by CRI as an effective technique for countering ambushes
Tactical ramming
Barricade breeching
Forward and reverse ramming
Ramming various sizes of vehicles and obstacles
Pushing vehicles and obstacles with a vehicle
Situational exercises simulating vehicular attacks
Contact exercises in preventing the vehicle from being run off road or stopped
Correct escaping maneuvers
Taking control of the vehicle after the driver has been immobilized
Split-second decision making drills
Counter roadblocks and illegal checkpoint survival
Driving under fire
Emergency procedures
Handling the vehicle in an obstacle course
Deceptive terrorist traffic stops
Correct functioning while in pursuit or being pursued
High speed vehicle maneuvers
and much more...

8) Counter Ambush Training

Countering ambushes
Close protection drills
Counter ambush and kidnapping drills
Tactical patrol and roadblocks
Terrorist traffic stops
Surviving Molotov Cocktail bomb attack
Rescuing a follow soldier held at gunpoint
Evacuation and rescue of a team vehicle that has been ambushed
Tactical evacuation of wounded team members and vehicles under ambush attack
Surviving terrorist ambush on a convoy

9) Dead Man Takeover Exercises

Vehicle recovery with driver disabled (wounded, in shock, etc.)
Gaining control of the steering wheel and pedals from the side and rear
Performing evasive, offensive and defensive maneuvers including ramming, Pit maneuver and counter Pit Maneuver (“fishtailing”)
Maneuvering the vehicle around tight corners
Escaping from a pursuing vehicle
and much more...

10) Team/Team Member Recovery Under Attack

Extinguishing a teammate in flames
Handling fire in the vehicle from a Molotov Cocktail or a fire bomb

Reacting to a hand grenade thrown into an occupied vehicle
Evacuating under enemy sniper (counter sniper)
Evacuating wounded teammates under fire
Secured withdrawal to safe cover
and much more...

11) Less Lethal Weapons & Tactics

Familiarization and use of CS gas, grenades, stun guns, Tazers, rubber bullets, paintball technology for riot control including heat and burning affects
Tactical use of pepper spray and expandable batons
Functioning correctly in lynch-type scenarios
Rescuing a team being lynched
Tactical use of CS gas
and much more...

12) Terminal Ballistics Involved in Vehicle Attacks

Results of shooting a vehicle
Shooting at the windshield, rear window and tires
Shooting at the body of the vehicle (doors, engine block, trunk)
Penetrating of different calibers on the vehicle (9mm, 40, 45, 5.56, 7.62)
Deflection of rounds on a windshield

13) Field Expedient Bulletproofing

Live-fire tests with:
Sandbags (dry/wet)
Phonebooks
Paper reams
Compacted newspaper
and much more...

14) Using a Vehicle as Cover

Using vehicles as cover against shooters and explosives
Areas of the vehicle that provide the best protection
Taking cover behind the vehicle in relation to shooting from different angles and heights
Taking cover behind the vehicle while under fire from several directions
and much more...

15) Live Fire From a Vehicle During an Ambush

Static and dynamic shooting from inside a vehicle (handguns and assault rifles)
Shooting from sedans, SUV’s and HUMMV’s
Shooting tactics from a static and moving vehicle to counter ambushes (short, medium and long range)
Shooting techniques from braking contact
Shooting techniques to create contact (assault)
Eliminating an ambush under pressure of time
and much more...

16) Force on Force Counter Ambush Tactics

These exercises will be performed on three levels: Individual, Team and Command

Each solider will protect themselves using shooting and defensive tactics
Unconventional shooting methods during various exercises
Shooting from vehicle while driving
Exercises of force on force around vehicles, homes, offices and on streets
Realistic counter sniper exercises using scope rifles
and much more...

Force on Force: Shooting Improvement Skills

Tactical Israeli Point Shooting
Basic & Advanced CQB
Dynamic drills using handguns and assault rifle (if using handguns)
Engaging various targets
Shooting at moving targets
Shooting from a moving vehicle
Shooting at a moving vehicle
Shooting in densely populated areas
Shooting in low visibility (smoke, fire, fog, darkness)
Shoot/don’t shoot drills and exercises
and much more...

17) Defensive Tactics

Weapons disarmament including handguns and assault rifles
Knife fighting
Disarming an assailant with a knife or sharp object
ITS (Israeli Tactical Survival) special defensive tactics method developed by CRI that instructs how to effectively deal with severe crime and terrorist attacks in the field of hand-to-hand combat
and much more...

18) Survival Behind Enemy Lines

Releasing from being tied by a rope, duct tape, wire and handcuffs
Escaping from captivity
Improvising/creating weapons
Surviving beheading attempt
Surviving execution attempt
Stealth techniques
and much more...

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