The off-road driving module is designed for professionals and personnel that are required to go into the hinterland for their assignment. While most professionals are assigned drivers, it is a skill needed for the “what if” situations. Basic 4x4 off road driving fundamentals and skills are taught to provide the student with the skills need for a self recovery of a vehicle in isolated areas. This course also teaches the student to VET his drivers and ensure that they are using the best driver and vehicles for the correct situation.

This is the perfect module for personnel that have had no previous formal driving instruction. This module focuses on driving fundamentals, such as steering wheel input, straight line threshold braking, turning while braking and braking while turning. Vehicle dynamics for sedans is the concentration but can easily be adapted for High-center of Gravity vehicles such as Suburban’s and 15 Pac vans. This course also allows the student to be able to evaluate the driving staff they have been given in support of their operations. It assists the student to render a better decision when choosing drivers and vehicles based on the needs at the time in relation to terrain and threat.

This module prepares students for travel to high threat countries. This is a comprehensive skill that lowers the risk for the traveler and shifts the focus of being an American in a foreign land to others. Subjects covered are The History of Terrorism, Terrorist Operations, Detecting Terrorists Surveillance and Individual Protective Measures. By using a tested formula of matrix development the student will find his vulnerabilities and use that information to lower his risks and step out of the normal patterns that are sought by criminals when determining an easy target. Once classroom portions are complete, the students will conduct Route planning and Surveillance detection practical exercises in the local area.

This module is for developing the skill of using non-GPS navigational techniques in natural surroundings, along with the use of a map and compass. This module teaches the student to use the sun and terrain to find a way out to civilization or back track to a road or last known point, all without the aid of a GPS. The student will learn to use a lensatic compass and maps of all types. The module starts in the classroom with instruction and equipment familiarization and ends outside with the students moving along a route they determined based on the new skills learned.

The Survival Skills Module is an introduction to wilderness survival techniques that may save a life. Survival mindset and practical skills are taught and tested by the student so that a full understanding of the situation is appreciated. This module is only an introduction to survival and not terrain specific or regionally specific. This is a general survival skills module that covers skills and fundamentals that work in all types of terrain. The module is an outdoor only module with no classroom time but all practical hands on learning.

Stress inoculation has been one of the best ways to prevent PTSD in high stress career fields in modern times. Research has proven that training in realistic stress inducing situations lends itself to better performance of tasks when confronted with unknown situations. This module uses physical challenges along with a complex tactile skill completion for its stress inducing vehicle that pushes the student outside of the “normal” comfort level. Through the use of After Action review and Stress reducing techniques the student will analyze and learn the true techniques that they will use in high stress situations retraining replacement behaviors.

This module is designed to augment the Stress Inoculation module and through the use of scenarios and cultural situational training enables the student to enter into new setting without triggering stress inducing situations and be aware of the threats and non-threats around them in the environment. Not just in an overseas situation but downtown USA. The scenarios are based on past situations that were experienced by people in the journalism career field. These situational scenarios have multiple outcomes depending on the action-reaction of the student and role player’s interaction.

Fieldcraft is not survival, it is the ability to live and continue to do your normal work in a less than ideal condition which is prevalent when embedded with troops. This module will teach the student to use a few simple items to make life more enjoyable if embedded with Coalition or indigenous forces. Having good Fieldcraft skills also shows those that are being covered by the embedded reporter that they know how to handle themselves in multiple situations and are less of a burden on the force. Simple skills and fundamentals are taught that allow the student to be an asset and not a hindrance to the force.

The waterborne activities module develops the skills necessary to function and assist in the water environment. This module teaches small boat operations planning and implementation in support of media operations. This module is also a water survival skills builder for when the worst case scenario happens and the small craft and passengers are separated. This is not a swift water rescue course. It is an introduction to the water environment preparation module.

This module is for the media professional that will be embedded with US and Coalition forces in an Area of Combat Operations. This gives the student basic skills to not be a hindrance to the force but an asset that will not compromise the mission and put the media professional into more risks than is absolutely necessary. This module uses simulated direct fire and indirect fire devices that will induce stress and feedback when the student makes mistakes

This module puts the Media professional in a realistic combat mission scenario with troops that conduct general purpose force mission sets. The embedded media professional will learn the ins and outs of everyday life of being embedded with coalition troops. The scenarios are based on real missions conducted by general purpose forces in a high intensity combat zone. Formations and order of movements and mission planning and mission execution will take place in this module. The combat missions are conducted against opposing forces to add the realistic effects and give the embedded media professional a ground truth about what needs to happen when they make contact and how the force will conduct itself in combat. The student will move with soldiers as they conduct their missions and this module will instruct the student on the tactics, techniques and procedures that general purpose forces use in different combat missions in both day and night time scenarios. This module uses simulated direct fire and indirect fire devices that will induce stress and feedback when the student makes mistakes. This module cannot be completed until the student has completed the Introduction to Coalition forces embedding module, Land Navigation Module and the Fieldcraft Module.

The weapons familiarization module is not about shooting firearms. The module is a development of what weapons are by type, how they are used against the enemy and the destructive power they have against targets. This module also demonstrates the power a weapon has against the objects that are commonly used as cover when in a combat situation, such as concrete block walls, vehicles and other structures. This gives the media professional an educated understanding of the proper use and application of cover and concealment regardless of what they have seen in the movies.

The module is for the media professional that covers both international and domestic natural and manmade disasters. The principles covered are for general disaster preparedness not specific WMD threats. This module covers the best tips and tricks of the trade for packing disaster supplies for a 1-2 week time frame for the media professional crew and support personnel. If the media professional is not prepared for the disaster themselves they are not going to be able to cover the disaster and deliver the information needed. This module keeps the media from becoming the news story.