EXAMPLE OF A SKILL LEVEL ONE VOLUNTEER

Basic AR-15 Rifle with 4-Point Stock

TRAINING GUIDELINES

SKILL LEVEL ONE

 

1.Command and Organization

Mobilization/Alert Readiness

a.Learning the Alert System and implementing it

b.Evacuation routes/rally points

c.Emergency mobilization

d.Task Organization (4-18 man element)

2.Movement Techniques/Small Unit Tactics

a.Low/high crawl

b.File, wedge, staggered column, echelon left/right

c.Rushes over open ground

d.Deliberate Danger Area Crossing

3.Communications

a.Hand and arm signals

b.Basic radio operating

c.COMSEC/SITREP/SALUTE

4.Individual Camouflage

5.Basic First Aid/CPR - Red Cross Certification

a.Evaluate a casualty

b.Prevent/treat for shock

c.Clearing obstruction from throat

d.Treat/prevent heat exhaustion and frostbite/hypothermia

e.Treat burns

f.Put on field dressings

g.Apply dressing to an open chest, head, or abdominal wound

h.Splint a fracture

i.Perform CPR

j.Transport a casualty

k.Basic sanitation, preventive medicine, and health maintenance

6.Noise, Litter, Light Discipline

7.Basic Emergency Preparedness

a.Water storage

b.Hygiene/sanitation

c.Food storage

d.Medical supplies

8.Basic Survival Skills

a.Identify wild foods in A/O

b.Identify poisonous plants/snakes in A/O

c.Locate and purify drinking water

d.Build a fire

e.Snare/trap wild game

f.locate and construct a field expedient shelter