Team training for Special Teams

What you get

• 91 drills: room entry, shields, breaching, low light, warrant briefings and after-action reviews
• Tactical medicine built on TCCC, TECC and TEMS practice: tourniquets, packing, chest seals, MARCH and casualty cards
• Special Teams Flashcards: 50 cards on case law, tactics and tactical medicine
• 87 kit-on and load carriage workouts
• A ready lesson plan on every drill, lined up with the NTOA Tactical Response and Operations Standard

A full drill, exactly as it is in the app

Breacher and shield flow

Tactics & movement · 20 min

Coordinate a shield operator and a breacher through a doorway on one clear countdown.

Setup

• Training shield
• Mechanical breaching tools and a breaching prop or training door
• Inert training weapons
• Safety officer

How to run it

1. Brief the plan and the countdown words.
2. The stack moves to the door with the shield leading.
3. The breacher sets up while the shield covers.
4. On the countdown, the breacher works the door and clears out of the way.
5. The shield moves through the opening and the stack follows.
6. Reset and repeat, swapping roles where your team cross-trains.

What good looks like

• One countdown everyone hears
• Breacher never in front of the shield at the door
• Smooth entry with no bunching

Debrief questions

• Where did the stack bunch up or wait?
• Could everyone hear the countdown?

Safety

• Mechanical breaching only in this drill. Thermal or explosive breaching is limited to certified breachers under your agency's procedures.
• Eye and hand protection for the breacher. Inert weapons only, checked before every run.

General training ideas only. Your agency's protocols, policies and medical director come first.

A few of the 91 Special Teams drills

Each one has step-by-step instructions, what good looks like, debrief questions, safety notes and a ready lesson plan.

• Scene size-up call-out

  Command & ICS · 10 min

  Arrive, stop, and say it out loud: hazards, number of patients, resources needed, access and exit routes. Repeat until the whole call-out takes under 30 seconds.

• Tourniquet speed drill

  Medical · 15 min

  Apply a tourniquet to an arm and a leg on a trainer, one-handed, in under a minute. Finish each rep by checking that the bleeding has stopped.

• Radio report reps

  Communications · 10 min

  Practice short transmissions: who you are calling, who you are, your message, then a read-back. Keep it under ten seconds.

• Casualty drag and handoff

  Rescue · 25 min

  Two-person drag to a collection point, then give a verbal handoff covering mechanism, injuries, signs and treatment.

• Rescue task force warm-zone entry

  Tactics & movement · 35 min · Advanced

  A rescue task force of medics with a security escort enters the warm zone, treats casualties and brings them to the collection point.

• Breach point and tool selection

  Decision-making · 25 min · Intermediate

  Size up doors and windows and choose a breach point and mechanical tool, explaining your reasoning.

• Gear readiness check

  Hazmat & safety · 15 min · Foundation

  Run a fast, standard gear check with a partner before a callout or training day.

• Casualty collection point setup

  Command & ICS · 30 min · Intermediate

  Set up a casualty collection point in the warm zone, sort patients and organize them for evacuation.

• Mass casualty triage walkthrough

  Medical · 20 min

  Lay out ten patient cards and sort them with your agency triage system in three minutes. Debrief every card you got wrong.

• Low-light communication

  Communications · 25 min · Intermediate

  Practice communicating with a team in low light using clear voice commands and light discipline.

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