POC- Officers Training Schedule

Question 1

Outline the Length, Skills Learnt and a few Exercises in Phase 1

Answer 1

Length: 16 weeks
Skills Learnt: Initial Training, Core skills you need to be a Royal Marine, and assess your abilities in an intensive and progressive environment.
Exercises: First Stop, introduction to life in the field and basic skills.
Tender foot- putting first stop into practice with basic field craft
Lost Tribe- day and night nav on Dartmoor
Eye Opener- Nav Ex over a longer period of time
Quick Draw I- Firing Range Exercise and ACMT
Softly Softly- Introduced into low level soldiering skills and Operating Procedure and developing an understanding of Estimate and Orders Process.

Question 2

Outline the Length, Skills Learnt and a few Exercises in Phase 2

Answer 2

Length: 12 weeks
Skills Learnt: Tactics and Doctrine Training, Learning Troop and Section level Tactical Development.
Exercises: Quickdraw II – Live Field Firing, starting with Close Quarter Battle (CQB), before progressing to team firing and manoeuvres.
Long Night – Over the course of a week you will develop your tactical knowledge developing leadership skills
Eagle Eye – You will be taught to establish and run surface and sub-surface observation points
Jagged Edge – This will teach you all about Troop level battle procedures and offensive operations
Dragon Storm – Drawing on everything you’ve learned about offensive operations, you will complete a test exercise
Quickdraw III – Tactical live firing training

Question 3

Outline the Length, Skills Learnt and a few Exercises in Phase 3

Answer 3

Length: 6 weeks
Skills Learnt: Defensive, FIBUA, Special to Arms, and Commando Course Phase. Teaches Principles of Transitional Operations and Tactics of FIBUA.
Exercises:Open Door – Conducting FIBUA operations up to Troop level.
Special To Arms Week – Intro into Specialist weapons and equipment.

Question 4

Commando Course Testsî

Answer 4

Endurance Course – You will need to complete this in less than 71 minutes
A 9-mile Speed March – You will need to complete this uphill route in less than 90 minutes
Tarzan Assault Course – This ropes and ladders course will need to be completed in less than 12 minutes
The 30 Miler – You will have 7 hours to complete this cross-terrain challenge

Question 5

Outline the Length, Skills Learnt and a few Exercises in Phase 4

Answer 5

Length: 2 weeks
Skills Learnt: Advanced Military Management Training- Broaden Military knowledge and experience. 2 week range course and Study at BRNC Dartmouth
Exercises: Stone Post – Visits that focus on the Army’s land capabilities. This will broaden your Service knowledge
Special To Arms Week – Into to the specialist weapons and equipment.
Deep Blue – Similar to Stone Post, but for the RN
Virginia Tempest – This is a three-week deployment to the US, where you will forge closer links with the United States Marine Corps, and complete a number field exercises

Question 6

Outline the Length, Skills Learnt and a few Exercises in Phase 5

Answer 6

Length:
Skills Learnt: Unit Management, Exercise Planning and Final Exercise. Develop the ability to administrate and manage your troops. Such as:
-Military law
-Report writing
-Unit documentation
-Strategic studies
-A planning exercise in Normandy
Final Exercise:
Wet Raider – Taking place on the West Coast of Scotland, this is where your amphibious training will conclude
Counter Insurgency – This is one of the most realistic experiences in training, replicating a full-scale riot
Final Nail – You will be integrated with trained marines and use VIKING vehicles
Otter’s Run – Use a series of hypothetical scenarios to hone your decision-making skills