MATS ADVANCED AND OPERATIONAL SURVIVAL SCHOOL COURSE NO. 81

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP54-00338A000100030023-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 17, 1998
• Sequence Number: 23
• Content Type: MISC

Approved For Release 2000/05/22: CIA-RDP54-00338,A000100030023-6
ADVANCED AND OPERATIONAL SURVIVAL SCHOOL
OURSE NO. Sl
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A course designed to teach MATS personnel Advanced techniques,
princi ee and information that will enable them to survive under
emergen conditions, with the ultimate aim of returning to their own
forces. The following subjects are included in the curriculums
a. Ground Navigation
Methods of Cross Country Travel
c. Living off the Land
d, Global camping techniques
e. Use of Survival Fits
f. Emergency Uses of the Parachute
g. Selection of Emergency Air Strips
h. Bailing Out and Reassembly Procedures
i. Certain specialized training of a classified nature
concerned with procedures to be adopted if the emergency
occurs in hostile areas.
2. a gguigto Jb&1jr1cations.
Officers and airmen selected for attendance musts
(These qualifications to be completed by the higher
ehoelon responsible for the nomination of students
Course D a.
a. Durations Three (3) weeks; six (6) days of basic instrucO
Lion in school headquarters, five (5) days instruction at field camps
nine (9) days progressive mobile field,training exercises, one (1) day
course debriefing.
b. Class Capacity: Initially, 50 students per class, but
ultimately expanding to accept approximately 120 students per month,
c. Class Frequency: One (1) class every four weeks.
Students selected to attend should arrive in regulation summer
flying clothing during the months from June to October and in winter
uniform from November to June, and must include either G.I, combat or
equivalent footwear. Fatigues,, change of underwear, towels, toilet
kits, spare socks are mandatory requirements for both summer and winter
classes.
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