Scout

The Scout program answers the questions of: How do we keep ourselves and loved ones safe from danger? In a woodland environment and the world at large? How do we work in teams and effectively communicate? How do we make our presence invisible on the landscape?

Over the course of a very packed week students will learn new ways of looking at awareness and threat detection, stealth and team movement, natural camouflage, tracking and counter tracking, hidden shelters, self defense in the form of ninjutsu training, navigation, and much more.

Fun and intense, this is one of my favorite classes to teach and a truly unique educational experience.

Although this program is open to a wide range of skill levels it requires a high level of enthusiasm and resolve. It is a fast paced and full on week with exercises going late into the night, movement through varied terrain, and can be a lot of physicality. It does not require being perfectly fit, but requires a high energy output and good attitude. It is designed to be challenging.

Please reach out to me through email if you are interested as I have a brief phone check in with all Scout students before they sign up!

This course is designed for those who wish to learn how to keep themselves and those around them safer, please do not contact us about the course if you desire these skills for any other reason.

This course can be taken back to back with Advanced Scout.

Check below for a variety of more advanced scout classes below.

Questions about this course are welcome.

Scout is just the first step. Many students pursue this skill set over the course of years with:

Advanced Scout
In this course we take what you have learned in Scout and expand and deepen your knowledge and experience through a series fast paced exercises and lessons.  It will include advance camouflage, ghillie, escape and evasion, human tracking and trailing, small team tactics, advanced planning, observation skills, Ninjutsu and much more. We are excited to share new information and to have the time to push training elements to a higher level with a solid group of Scout Class graduates. This course can be taken back to back with Scout.  Please know however you will need to be ready for an intense two weeks of training.

Pre-requisite: Scout

Scout Tracker
Human tracking is a key element in the realm of Scout skills. In this course we will focus on human tracking  in teams with security following subjects who don’t want to be followed.  We will cover subject ID, track aging, trailing in varied substrates, gait interpretation, site interpretation, counter tracking, team movement and tactics, and much more.  The ability to follow trails, analyze them for key information, discover their age, and build a profile of your subject is a game changer.  We will interpret camp sites and cache spots, and investigate how to see through counter tracking. We will devote many full days and nights in the field to tracking skills and them put them to the test in both short and long scenarios. For the last two days we will move the class to a fresh piece of land for the last scenario giving us a fresh map on which to leave and follow trails. Be prepared to work as a team, push your tracking hard.

Scout Recon
In this new advanced scout program open to Scout graduates, we will delve deeply into the world of reconnaissance. Students should expect to be pushing the boundaries of team development and leadership roles that are central to all scout programs. We will look at all the tools and techniques of long range and short range recon and implement them in a multi-day scenario. New and old tools will be explored as we build skills we have and gain new skills and perspectives.

Advanced Scout Evaluation

In this advanced scout program we will learn and utilize an evaluation process to asses and improve the many skill sets required for success in scouting. The course will begin with three half-day evaluations in stealth and camouflage, counter tracking, small team movement and tactics, hide sites, recon, and leadership. Each evaluation will progress into the next and the debriefing and scoring rubrics will allow for real time direct skills feedback. At the end of the evaluation phase we will use the evaluations to build student teams and roles for a 36 hour scenario training exercise. Must have taken at least Scout and must have direct communication with Brad before signing up unless you have taken Scout Tracker or Recon Scout.