Sandhurst 2018

Training Guidance

CPT Philip Anderson

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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.

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Questions?