This course will help you to enhance your land navigation skills over extremely challenging terrain, both day and night.
This training is for service members and those in the recruitment stage (like 18X) with an existing competence in land navigation or have recently completed our Baseline Military Land Navigation course. Some are transitioning to special operations, while others are already serving in a special mission role. Prior clients include Soldiers from Special Forces and the 75th Ranger Regiment, and Sailors from the Naval Special Warfare Command, many of whom are preparing for the CAG operator assessment and selection course.
Sailor preparing for CAG selection.
Your training will stress the importance of fundamentals. We will fine-tune your ability to dead-reckon over short to moderate distances and terrain associate and route-plan over longer ones. We appreciate that your skills may be rusty since you’ve been primarily using electronic tools to move overland (or underwater), or your mission role doesn’t require navigation tasks, so we will review and refine your skills as needed.
We just don’t expect that you’ll need to start from scratch or will hold up the group. If you do, you’ll be asked to leave with no refund available. If you want some direction about this course and your present ability, then we strongly recommend that you telephone True North at 412.913.6000 to discuss.
Marine preparing SF selection.
Our training location provides the ideal environment for all skill levels. The vegetation, terrain, and climate spans the mix from open, easy, and pleasant to dense, strenuous, and harsh. This is just one reason why top tier SOF units use this same area to train and conduct their own assessments. So, if you want to learn how to navigate in the same place that they do, then this is the perfect location.
Course Overview
- Course Duration: Two day & Two night sessions (approximately 22 hours of instruction).
- Start / End Times: 0900 – 1600; and 1800 – 2200 (depending on the season) both days.
- Fee: $450 per person.
- Location: Quebec Run Wild Area (see below for detail).
- Maximum Group Size: 6
- Description of Physical Difficulty – Moderate to Strenuous: This course walking over varying distances (with laden rucks at your discretion) at a steady pace over varying terrain that will include off-trail sections, rough spots, unexpected obstacles, and low to steep terrain inclines and declines. This course is conducted in varying weather conditions, including hot, cold, humid, rain, and snow, or a mixed combination. This is a physically challenging course so it is best suited for those in very good physical condition and ready for a fast paced day.
- Note: The course requires a minimum of four persons to run this training. If we are unable to meet this size, then True North will fully refund your payment with as much advance notice as possible.
Frequently Asked Questions:
What happens when I register? We will personally follow up with you with three quick and easy forms for you to complete and return. We will send you a detailed course information sheet which will contain all of the applicable details that you’ll need to prepare and arrive for your training.
True North Training Area – Click to Enlarge.
Where is Quebec Run Wild Area located? Quebec Run Wild Area is a 7,441 acre preserve within Forbes State Forest, located roughly 60 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, along the West Virginia border, on the western edge of the Appalachian Mountains. It is approximately 25 miles North of Camp Dawson in Kingwood, West Virginia.
I’ve already completed another True North land navigation course, may I register for this one? Yes, if you’ve taken our Advanced Land Navigation or Basic Military Land Navigation, but we recommend that you first discuss with Erik (412.913.6000) before you register.
What kind of gear do I need to bring? After you register for the course, we will send you a course information sheet which will contain all of the program details, including a list of required and optional gear. Our goal is to help balance what you need to get the most out of your training while still minimizing your costs. We can even loan much of the key gear. We also make some additional equipment and supplies available for your convenience which we sell at-cost.
Where can I spend the night? You can chose to either spend the night in the woods at the training area for free or stay in a local hotel or home-share. Once you register for the course, we will provide more detailed information, which will include some recommendations.
Is this course open to LEOs? This training is open to all sworn law enforcement professionals. Prior clients include federal agents preparing for their agency SOG, members of a state and municipal SRT, Game Wardens, and Rangers.
To learn more, contact us.