Required skills
It is necessary to have a simple impression of the skills required for the training of special air traffic missions.
However, the special forces briefing course is not one-way, and the introducer will evaluate your on-site performance. In fact, poor performance or bad attitude in class will directly lead you to be excluded from selection training. Therefore, treat this weekend as the beginning of your training and treat it with enthusiasm. In addition to briefings, most of the weekend is a practical test of your health status and abilities. These tests fall into two basic categories:
Health check
The testing of the health status of the special forces briefing course does not involve the content that will be experienced in selection training, but these tests will also help the special air mission instructor determine if you have the basic strength, perseverance, and health that you need to participate in later training. Take the certificate of your organization's Military doctor for training. Most health conditions tests are very standard British Army model battle health tests and combat health tests. You will face two special types of running: 2 miles of speed running and 8 miles of endurance running. Give you two chances to complete in one day. Other exercises will also involve negative mountain runs and general circular training courses. Unexpected projects may also have swimming pool training. Put on a standard combat training suit, you have to jump from a high platform to a swimming pool, swim 100 meters in 3 minutes, and step on water for 10 minutes. Here's where you've made swimming preparations.
Ability test
Friday night time is usually reserved for testing mental adaptability tests for the selection of special air crews, including a series of basic ability tests in key areas of special air traffic missions, including ability to read maps and memory maps, first aid, and military aspects. Knowledge, history and process. You will also be given an IQ test. For this reason, it is better to spend a few weeks practising the ability to solve logical problems before attending the course.
The special forces briefing course will tell you the problems you will encounter first in selection training. Reading maps and permanent sittings are likely to be in several items in the list. If you concentrate your energy and work hard, this weekend will be good for you. It will help you to adjust your mind to suit the training that begins right away. It also reminds you of your weekend performance. It is very likely that you will be very excited, but you must control yourself, and try to behave as well - do everything you can to do what you want to do, and let the drill sergeant pay attention to you. Be sure to be confident. If you think that some of the things others are doing are wrong, don't follow others with anxiety, and don't be anxious to follow orders after practicing the sergeant's feet - these are people you don't want to anger or stimulate. Just like special airline training, the purpose of the special forces briefing is to see if you are under pressure. Is it still like an individual? Can you show 100% dedication from the beginning to the end?
In the next chapter, we will take a deeper look at your performance in the selection and training of special air traffic missions. However, we will now turn our attention back to the skills you will need and do our best to help pass the selection.
Orientation
We talked extensively about the topic of orientation and positioning because it is probably the most important skill you need in the selection and training of special air crews. Perhaps you have a particularly good physical fitness and ability to carry your heaviest backpack back and forth on the rugged mountain roads of the Welsh hills, but if your orientation is poor, even if you reach the highest point, you are wrong. At the meeting place, you also failed. In addition, the time scale in the endurance march is so dense that if you spend too much time reading maps and compasses, you are unlikely to use running to make up for wasted time. The Welsh summit is particularly ruthless. A bit of a mistake in orientation can lead you to be eliminated, or at the lowest price, correct your mistakes with your valuable physical reserves. A special airstrike sergeant said after finishing the selection training:
“Differentiation is definitely the most important thing because if you choose the wrong valley and you end up there, you have to work hard to correct this mistake. Maybe you’re going fast but it’s not important if you go If you're wrong with the valley, then you're finished. So the ability to identify and locate is critical."
(Adrian Wiltz, "The Really Special Air Rift", London Pan Book Company, 1998)
In the special air traffic missions, there are two types of orientation methods that you should be familiar with: compass map orientation and survival orientation orientation. Some books mention technical orientation, such as the Global Satellite Status System. However, these advanced techniques cannot be obtained when you participate in the selection. Therefore, this chapter will not be discussed. For the selection of special airline missions, the ones listed first are also the most important at present. However, we will also talk about the orientation of survival: First, because it will be very useful if you have been catastrophicly hit during endurance marches and you have lost your compass. Second, in the special air mission training program, it will be Suddenly somewhere, it would be great if it appeared in additional training.
Map Compass Orientation
The starting point of the exemplary map and compass orientation is to understand how to read the map. The scale of the map is not the same, and the most commonly used scale in the elimination process is 1:50000. (This means that a unit of measure on the map is equal to 50,000 times the same unit of measure on the ground.) It will send you a high-quality military survey map with a detailed description of the ground features. This map is very important to you through the selection process, so be careful to protect it. Put the map in a transparent waterproof package so that it won't break down in the rain. Be careful when folding. At the same time, follow the previous creases and never mark them. In the end, these two measures are not just to protect the original appearance of the map, but also to prevent it from becoming vague. This is also the most basic security measure for special air traffic missions. If it is captured by the enemy, there is no information on the map that allows the enemy intelligence crackers to analyze what the original mission is.
Map symbol
When selecting a march, certain symbols on the map will give necessary help when you choose a route. Contours are very important. These are brown or orange lines that connect areas of the same height. If these lines are wide and spaced equally, it means that the slope is very slow. The closer the lines are to each other, the steeper the slope – if the lines are almost tied together, it means that the slope is almost vertical. Before starting any journey between the two assembly sites, make sure that you have not chosen a route like “raven flying.†This will take you to the front of the steep wall, which will cost you time and increase the risk of injury. .
The altitude of the target on the military survey map is provided by two indications. One is the point elevation marker. It is a small black spot next to the corresponding altitude. The other is a triangular mark that represents a "symmetrical" point. Symmetry points are terrain features (usually a triangular concrete block) that geographers and map makers use for triangulation. On the map, the symmetry point also indicates the altitude.
The next step in understanding the map is to master the grid reference system. Coordinate grid lines, as the name suggests, divide the terrain on the map into grids of horizontal and vertical lines. The actual distance between each line interval is one kilometer. The line that goes up and down is called the eastward value, and the line that goes horizontally is called the northward value. Each line is marked with numbers in the margins of the map, and each square is further divided into 10 increments. This means that any one of the coordinates has 6 digits. With this system, you can find out exactly where you are on the map. It is easy to find the point on the map that you want to refer to. Then read the eastbound value first and then read the northbound value. Use these two data to determine the coordinates. For example, a mountain peak is 24 and 10/10 in the east and 57 and 10 in the north. The coordinates are 246,574. (Note: In some military survey maps, the map is further divided into 100,000 measurement grids and identified by letters in the alphabet, such as SE; this means that you need to include letters in determining the coordinates, such as SE246574.) The 10 increments are usually not represented on the map, so if you want to give a clear coordinate, you have to make an accurate estimate of each square.
Once you understand the map, you need to be able to use the compass to quickly march between the two coordinates. The standard compass for directional movement and orientation is the Silva compass. (Silva is actually the world's largest compass manufacturer - producing nearly 1.5 million compasses each year.) These compasses are very solid (tested between -40 degrees Celsius and -60 degrees Celsius) and are also accurate. When you mark the map accurately, you can use it for great use. You need to master two basic orientation routines that use a compass: determine the orientation (for example, determine where you should walk in any location) and read the compass data twice to determine where you are.
Before discussing these procedures, we need to clear the meaning of the word “North†in the orientation. It is puzzling that you may have to deal with 3 North. The first north refers to magnetic north, which is due to the attraction of the strong magnetic attraction of the Earth's north pole, and the direction in which the compass turns. However, this direction is not the true direction of the North Pole. The north of the Arctic is called the true north. The true north is an indication of the heavenly body. Like the sun and the stars, although it also becomes the north, it is not usually used for the purpose of distinguishing the orientation. The third is Grid North. This north is the north indicated by the coordinate line on the map, and it is also the north we refer to when reading the map.
In this equation, we must also take into account the fact that magnetic north is not fixed. The magnetic north pole of the Earth changes according to your location, year, and time of year. To accurately read the map, you must calculate the change in the pole and add or subtract from the position. A compass marks 360 degrees and/or 6400 angle mils. Angle mil is a unit used to measure magnetic field changes. Thankfully, the military survey map contains details of the magnetic field changes. You can use it to add or subtract the correct number to read the map correctly.
If you operate the map and the compass is slow, each reading exercise on the training field will gain valuable minutes when you reach the next assembly site.
As mentioned above, the two core issues in the selection process are the use of maps and compasses to determine the direction and their own position. To achieve the former, you must first place the compass flat on the map. The side of the compass (the Silva compass is rectangular) is attached to the point A to B in your itinerary. Next, turn the compass's adjustable dial until the north-south line is parallel to the map's meridian, and the north arrow points to the north of the map. At this point, you should next add or subtract geomagnetic variables. Next, take the compass off the map. Instead of moving the compass's adjustable dial, adjust the compass horizontally. This needle points to the north of the adjustable dial, parallel to the north-south line of the compass. The directional arrow on the compass should now point to your heading. Once you have determined your direction, it is a simple matter to refer to the compass regularly to make sure that you are always on the right track.
Of course, the accuracy of localization in this way depends to a large extent on whether you know exactly where it was originally or at some point along the way. This is quite difficult to do in the selection process of special air traffic missions. You will feel overstretched, and the weather in Breconki Briggs is also very volatile. Visibility will suddenly drop, and that may be when there is confusion or mistakes. Therefore, the basic compass skill uses a technique called excision to determine its position.
The resection technique reads two compass data from identifiable locations and uses this data to determine your location. First, point the direction of the compass or the symbol arrow to a target that can be clearly identified on the map. Then turn the compass's adjustable dial until the north-south line is parallel to the pointer, and the red needle points to the same direction as the northward pointing direction on the adjustable dial. Then add or subtract the magnetic variable.
Next, take out the map and touch one side of the compass with your chosen location. Then use this point as the axis to turn the entire compass horizontally, only the north-south line is parallel to the north line of the map, and the magnetic needle points to the north of the map. Next, draw a line along this side of the compass. Find another identifiable goal in front of you and repeat the same steps. The location where the two lines cross is where you are.
Before participating in the selection, practice the skills of these maps and compasses until you feel that these skills are the behavior of your next day. If you operate the map and the compass is slow, each reading exercise on the training field will gain valuable minutes when you reach the next assembly site. Another thing - remember to bring a spare compass. A simple button-type compass placed in your pocket may, in some cases, become a savior during the selection process.
To be continued...
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