OPERATION: SLEDGE HAMMER
Full Mission Profile
Situation:
High level Taliban leaders are confirmed to be meeting in a remote mountainous area in Afghanistan. This may be the only opportunity to execute an operation where so many of the leadership are together. Unfortunately their security will be extremely heavy.
Objective:
Your team will insert covertly and carry out a direct action raid of the compound. Resistance is expected to be extremely high, especially at the objective. There are roving security patrols as well, so contact is expected before and after the raid.
Extract will be by helicopter at exactly 1 hour and 5 minutes after insert, so it is essential that you manage your time carefully in order to make the rendezvous. If you miss the pick up, you will be on E&E.
FMP Workout
Insert
Run 1 mile with 25lbs light assault pack
Contact
4 Rounds of:
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10 Burpees with pack
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Run 400 Meters
Actions at the Objective
Complete 100 of each (in any order)
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Deadlift 95lbs / 65lbs
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Dumbbell Push Press 30lbs / 20lbs
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KB Sumo Deadlift High Pull 50lbs / 35lbs
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Dumbbell Thrusters 25lbs / 15lbs
Contact
4 Rounds of:
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Run 400 Meters
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10 Burpees
Extract
Run 1 mile with 25lbs light assault pack
Timeline
You have no more than 1 hour and 5 minutes to get to the extract. If you go over that time, continue on E&E.
Escape and Evade to Secondary RV
Run 3 miles with 25lbs light assault pack
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Notes:
All evolutions in this mission are to be done with 25lbs light assault pack on. Here is how you can make one:
Buy 25lbs of bark or wood chips (used for landscaping). Usually a bag that is designed to cover 2 cubic feet weighs right around 25lbs. If possible, do not open the bag. Instead, insert it into a backpack that has cushioned shoulder and waist straps.
If you must open the bag that the bark came in, do not pour it directly into your backpack. Instead, put it into another plastic bag to keep bark dust and small chips from working their way out of the pack.
With bark in the backpack, zip it up and tighten all cargo straps. You want the backpack to be full and tight. If necessary, wrap duct tape around the outside of the pack at the bottom, middle, and top to keep contents from settling on the bottom.
OPERATION: SMOKE JUMPER
Situation:You are an Alaska Smokejumper stationed out of Fairbanks Alaska.
At 1400 you get a call to go to a fire somewhere in the Tanana Zone. You have two minutes to be on the plane after the siren goes off.
When you arrive to the fire it is determined that there will be two, two man sticks of jumpers. The fire intensity is moderate and is approximately 20 acres burning in black spruce. You circle the fire and throw streamers to gauge the wind.
You are first out the door and you and the second stick of jumpers land at the designated jump spot without incident but your jump partner chose an alternative landing site at the last minute and you cannot reach him on the radio. You hike up a small ridgeline to try and establish communications with him while the other two jumpers get ready to accept paracargo.
You have been hiking for about 15 minutes when you pick up a transmission from your jump partner. He took a hard landing and he believes that he broke his femur. He gives you a GPS coordinate and you realize that he is a little too close to the active fire perimeter for comfort.
Objective:
Get to your jump partner and carry him back to the jump spot which will serve as the extraction point.
The spot needs a considerable amount of saw work in order for the helicopter to land. The ship will be at the LZ in approximately 30 min and the spot will need to be complete by then. The second stick of jumpers has an EMT and will stabilize the patient while you and his jump partner clear out the LZ.
FMP WORKOUT
Gear up and get to the aircraft (must be completed in 2 min)-
3 rounds of:
- Run 50 yds
- 5 burpees
- Rest 5 min
Leave the aircraft and land safely at the jump spot-
2 rounds of:
- 15 box jumps
- 15 walking lunges
Locate your jump partner-
- Hike 1 mile with 30-50lb pack (trail with moderate to steep terrain is preferred)
Get your jump partner back to the jump spot-
- Run 1 mile with pack and heavy KB or sandbag on shoulder.
Cut out LZ for MEDEVAC-
As many rounds as possible in 30 min:
- 10 KB snatches Right arm
- 10 KB snatches Left arm
- 15 squats
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Special Thanks to Matt Score of Boise, ID for this FMP
Matt is a Wildland Firefighter who has worked on numerous hot shot crews.
