Table 2 Activity characteristics
From: Prediction equation for estimating total daily energy requirements of special operations personnel
| Training | Description |
|---|---|
| Combat Dive School | Participants engaged in daily physical training, that included formation runs up to five miles, rigorous callisthenic-type workout, 4 h of high-intensity pool work, open water swims, and drills to properly don 30 kg open circuit diving gear. |
| Pre-Mission Training | General training of skills required to conduct SOF combat operations; physical training, weapons familiarization, airborne operations, urban operations, and convoy operations |
| Weapons Traininga | Training with weapon systems covering the function, mechanics, and employment of the weapon system to include firing the weapon system at firing range |
| Urban Combata | Military maneuvers in urban terrain comprised mostly of man-made construction such as cities and towns. |
| Squad Raidsa | A unit comprised typically of ~ 12 personnel who conduct a rapid attack on an objective followed by a quick movement out of the objective by the attacking force before the enemy can launch a counter attack. |
| Platoon Raidsa | A unit comprised typically of ~ 40 personnel who conduct a rapid attack on an objective followed by a quick movement out of the objective by the attacking force before the enemy can launch a counter attack. |
| Small Unit Ranger Training | Initial fitness tests that include a 5 mile run, push-ups, sit-ups, and a 12 mile ruck march. Classroom taught troop leading procedures, tactics, patrolling techniques, and small unit operations. Field training included a squad sized elements performing mock patrols for multiple days. |
| Ranger Selection Assessment Program | Initial fitness tests that include a 5 mile run, push-ups, sit-ups, and a 12 mile ruck march. The course is a mixture of classroom, cognitive, and physical assessments to include a field exercise. |
| Raider Spiritb | Simulated raids and ambushes in field settings. |
| Close Quarters Battleb | Weapon qualification and close quarter shoot house training at firing range |
| Derna Bridgeb | Training a local guerrilla force and simulated irregular warfare operations in field settings |