Team Leader I is a 2-day non-firing course of instruction designed to teach students to be effective small-unit leaders. Students learn how to organize, plan, and lead training to mold a group of willing volunteers into a cohesive fighting force. Throughout the class you will lead a team of fellow students in a series of battle drills to get the experience you need to apply what you’ve learned on your own.
Topics covered:
- Small unit organization
- How to make a training schedule
- How to coordinate and lead local training events
- Basic Leadership
- Fire and Movement drills
- Intro to day/night patrolling
- Coordinating fire and maneuver
- Defensive operations
- Intro to mission planning
Packing List
Note: It is important to train like you fight, so you can discover weak points in your setup. While I can train you with minimal equipment, you will get more out of the class if you run everything that you plan to use in an actual combat situation.
Bare Minimum
- Rifle (whatever is your primary, go-to long gun)
- At least 3 EMPTY magazines
- Long-sleeve shirt and heavy-duty pants
- boots
- personal water supply (canteens, camelback, nalgene, etc.)
- Notepad and pen
- Whatever you need to spend a night or two camping in the woods
- food for 2 days
- camp chair
Highly Recommended
- Load bearing gear (LBV, plate carrier, chest rig, etc.)
- personal medical gear (IFAK, tourniquets)
- tactical gloves
- handheld radio
- anything you expect to wear or carry into combat
- clean clothes (expect to get dirty/wet/muddy)
- bug spray
- watch
- knife/bayonet
- flashlight/headlamp
- NVG/Thermal optics
- Bible
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