~ OPEN OCEAN/COASTAL ~
Coastal training is conducted in Tillamook Bay, OR.
Tillamook Bay, Oregon, United States
This phase
of training is broken into 2 sub-phases, Open Ocean Survival and Coastal
Survival.
Open Ocean Survival
Typical
groups range in size from 5 - 10 students per instructor element. Students
are taken out into the open ocean on Coast Guard Cutters and released into
the ocean on 20 man survival rafts. Once on the rafts cadre conduct
scenarios and expect the students to apply what they learned in the
academics classroom while maintaining their survival needs. Sea sickness is
a contributing factor to dehydration so the students are taught how to
procure fresh water from salt water. Once all objectives are accomplished
each member from the element practices calling in the Coast Guard rescue
helicopter and are recovered in a rescue basket and flown to shore. The
students also practice surf penetration on one man life rafts.
Coastal Survival
Typical
groups range in size from 5 - 12 students per instructor element. Students
learn in how to build and use shelters, fires, ground to air signals,
improvised tools/equipment, food procurement, sustenance preparation, and
cooking techniques, to meet their survival needs. Students also learn to
call in recovery assets to their location for recovery. These skills are
similar to the ones they learned in the previous phases but are practiced so
they apply to the coastal region. All these skills are learned and graded
regardless of the present weather conditions because the students are taught
and expected to cope with extreme conditions.
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