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The Special Forces Group training program
Qualification as a Special Forces Group operator consists of different parts.
Selection
After having successfully completed SOF Basic course (8 weeks), Cdo A (4 weeks) and Para A (3 weeks), you can participate to the selection week (1 week) to start the Qualification course that lasts 21 weeks. It’s followed by the Operator course of one year to become a full member of the Operational Detachment. New operators receive advanced training, courses and tasks within the teams (sniper, communication specialist, medic or breacher) depending on their specialty.
Job description
Execute Direct Action, Special Reconnaissance, Military Assistance, close protection team, Combat Search and Rescue and Non-combattant Evacuation Operation. Quickly deployabled teams by air, land or sea to combat and peacetime operations.
Criteria
All candidates must achieve 80% proficiency in all tests in order to complete each phase. Failure to meet these standards will result in sanctions or elimination. Honesty and loyalty are important to us. Therefore, any candidate that is caught cheating will be returned to unit and is barred from ever enrolling for candidacy. A candidate that must stop due to medical reasons may enroll the following year, but the stage at which he may re-enter is determined by a committee within the SFG.
After completion
After successful completion of this training program, the candidates receive their Special Forces Operator certification. From that moment on, they are integrated into an existing operational team and may be deployed on missions. This is the beginning of the functional training. Depending on insertion specialty, operators are given advanced training and courses. New operators are given specialized tasks within the teams (sniper, communication specialist, medic or breacher)