OPERATION: MAYDAY
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Situation:
Somewhere in Alaska, 50 miles offshore a vessel capsized in heavy seas with 3 persons on board. Before going over, the captain sent out a mayday message that was received by the US Coast Guard.
Objective:
Immediately board a rescue helicopter and transit to the scene. Deploy Rescue Swimmers via free fall to location outside of floating debris. Rescue Swimmers will approach victims and assist them, in order of priority, into Rescue Basket for recovery.
FMP Workout
Get to the Helo -
Run 400 meters with EMT kit (approx 35lb ruck).
Insertion -
Swim 200 Yards/Meters with gear (fins + mask & snorkel).
Pick up survivors -
3 rounds of:
- Swim 75 Yards/Meters
- Hypoxic Swim 25 Yards/Meters (see notes on hypoxic swim)
- In-Water Buddy Tow 100 Yards/Meters
The last round is done without mask / fins / snorkel.
CPR in Transport –
50 Burpees
Time Line Penalty-
If “Insertion” and ”Pick up survivors” takes longer than 20 minutes (due to time on scene for helo fuel) then:
4 rounds of:
- Swim 25 Yards/Meters without fins
- Hypoxic Swim 25 Yards/Meters without fins
- Rest 30 Seconds
Notes:
Due to the danger associated to Shallow Water Black Out, Hypoxic Swims will be used to simulate underwater breath holding.
Instructions for Hypoxic Swims -
- Utilize the crawl or free-style swim stroke. Attempt to swim the entire 25 Yards/Meters taking as few breaths as possible.
- If you feel that you need to breath, then by all means do.
- Do Not Submerge / Do Not Hyperventilate
Special Thanks to the Creators of OPERATION: MAYDAY
AST3 Wes Price USCG Rescue Swimmer
AST3 Tyler Holt USCG Rescue Swimmer
OPERATION: MORNING GLORY
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Situation:
Satellite imagery and human intelligence sources have confirmed that the headquarters of a violent pirate gang is located on a remote island off the Horn of Africa. Intel reports confirm that this is the location of a large weapons cache and the operations center for planning strikes. There are two main buildings in the compound: the operations center used for planning strikes and storing weapons, and a residential building where all members reside.
Objective:
Infiltrate by water under the cover of darkness and patrol to the compound. Set security and covertly plant explosives at the operations center. Once explosives are in place, patrol to residential compound. Simultaneously detonate explosives and conduct Direct Action Raid to capture all members of the gang.
Call for Fast Boat Extraction just before dawn.
FMP Workout
Insertion:
Swim 2000 Yard or Meters with Fins
Set Explosives:
4 round of:
- Sprint 200 Meters
- 25 Squats
Patrol to Residential Compound:
Run 1 Mile
Raid Compound:
4 Rounds of:
- Run 100 Meters
- 10 Burpees
- 10 Alternating Jumping Lunges (Left + Right = 1)
- 10 Clapping Push Ups
- 10 Mountain Climbers (4 Count Exercise)
Exfil to Fast Boat Extract:
Run 1 Mile
Notes:
Special thanks to Justin Nees for inspiring this FMP. Hoo-Yah BCL!!
Time entire workout, including transition time. Monitor your intensity so that you can pour on the power in setting the explosives and conducting the raid. The swim and run should be scaled back from 100% effort to allow for violence of action where it counts.
OPERATION: COVERT ASSAULT
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Situation:
To quell the growing genocide and proliferation of child soldiers by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda, N.A.T.O. has authorized your special ops team for a direct action raid against a small group of LRA leaders. Their meeting is taking place in an LRA camp in Uganda just over the border from Kenya. The terrain is mountainous and thickly forested. Intelligence forecasts security to be light.
Objective:
You will travel a short distance over jungle terrain on foot. Once at the camp, a sniper/spotter team will perch on the hill for primary target elimination and suppressive fire. The rest of the team will plant explosives in camp. Once targets have been eliminated and the camp has been blown, you will make a hasty exfil while planting claymores to cover your exit.
FMP Workout
Infil:
5 rounds of:
- 400 meter run with 25-35lb pack
- 20 burpees
Setup: (break into sniper/spotter team and explosives team)
Sniper/Spotter Team:
10 minutes of:
- lean and rest (push up position) or chair-sit
(You have to hold either lean and rest or chair-sit position for at least two minutes. For example, you could lean and rest for the full 10 minutes, or switch between the exercises every two minutes. You should not do more than five total sets.)
Penalty if form is broken: *See notes for additional info on penalties
- 400 meter run
- 10 burpees
Explosives Team:
10 minutes of:
- 5 walking lunges (5 each leg = 10 total steps)
- 7 kettlebell snatches each arm(35 lb)
- 9 pushups
Exfil:
5 rounds of:
- 400 meter run with 25-35lb pack
- 5 kb snatches each arm or 20 pushups (sniper team does snatches, explosives team does pushups)
Notes:
Everything should be done with a 25-35lb pack.
Both teams do infil and exfil.
The ideal terrain for this FMP would be in the hills, but if this is not possible due to kettle bell placement that is OK. If you’re doing this on flat terrain make sure you push yourself that much harder to make up for the disadvantage.
*Breaking form on the sniper/observer 10 minute portion (knees touch ground on lean and rest or forced to stand up on chair-sit) represents your location becoming compromised. The penalty will be to relocate the sniper pair after the ten minutes is over. This will be added to your total time.
Special thanks to Jason Weidemann for this FMP – Hoo-Yah BCL!!
