SPECIAL FORCES TRAINING TIMELINE

PHASE 1

BASIC TRAINING/AIT/AIRBORNE

  • BASIC: 10 weeks, if not prior service Army, Marines, Navy SPECOPS or Air Force SPECOPS/Security Force.

  • Advanced Individual Training (AIT): timeline depends on MOS, if not Army MOS-qualified (for prior service).

  • AIRBORNE: 3 weeks if not Airborne qualified, Fort Moore, GA.

  • Special Forces Readiness Evaluation/Assessment Drill (SFRE/SFAD); NG SF unit "try-out": one day or three day event.

PHASE 2

Special Forces Assessment and Selection

  • 3 weeks, Fort Liberty, NC

    • Selected candidates return to their units before PCSing to attend the Qualification Course (unless they are 18X contracts)

PHASE 3

Special Forces Qualification Course

  • Officers: Either resident Maneuver Captains Career Course (MCCC): 16 weeks at Fort Moore, GA, or Special Operations Captains Career Course (SOCCC): 12 weeks at Fort Liberty, NC

  • SFQC: 53 weeks plus or minus, Fort Liberty, NC.

    • SFOC- 3 weeks

    • Tactical Skills- 7 weeks

    • MOS- 15 weeks

    • Robin Sage Exercise- 3 weeks

    • Language Training - 16-24 weeks