Detachment Commander Training

 26 Week Course          Fort Bragg, North Carolina

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Special Forces Detachment Officer Qualification Course (SFDOQC)

The SFQC/SFDOQC teaches and develops the skills necessary for effective utilization of the SF Soldier.

Duties in Career Management Field (CMF) 18 primarily involve participation in Special Operations interrelated fields of unconventional warfare.

These include Foreign Internal Defense and Direct Action Operations as part of a Small Operational Team or Detachment.

Duties at other levels involve Command, Control, and Support functions. 

Frequently, duties require Regional orientation, to include Foreign Language Training and In-Country experience. 

Special Forces places emphasis not only on Unconventional Tactics, but also Knowledge of Nations in Waterborne, Desert, Jungle, Mountain, or Arctic Operations.

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18A - SF Detachment Commander

Training includes:

Planning Skills

Leadership Skills

Direct and Employ Members of The Detachment

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After Successful Completion of SFAS

Officers who have not already attended their Advanced Course will attend either the Infantry or Armor Career Captain’s Course

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Collective Training Phase (38 days)

Special Operations (SO) Classes

Direct Action (DA) Isolation

Air Operations

Unconventional Warfare Classes

Isolation Training

Robin Sage

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Language Training  

Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Special Forces Language School at the Special Operations Academic Facility

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Survival Training 

Three Week Course     Fort Bragg, North Carolina

 "SERE"

Survive, Evade, Resist, Escape Course

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Correspondence Courses

Enroll in the Correspondence Courses Listed below

Use DA Form 145 *(Army Correspondence Course Enrollment Application) when ordering the correspondence courses.

The mailing address for all courses, except the 18D course, is:

Institute for Professional Development U.S. Army Training Support Center Newport News, VA 23628-0001

The mailing address for the 18D course is:

Commandant Academy of Health Sciences Fort Bragg, North Carolina 28307-5000

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