Intensive Training in 72nd Special Operations Brigade
Monday, 7.8.2023 | Training
In the 72nd Special Operations Brigade’s units, intensive training and tactical drills for undertaking special actions during a counter-terrorist operation are underway.
Combat teams, with the support of AF and AD helicopter units, are practicing vertical maneuvering, combat in an urban environment, conducting counter-terrorist operations and surprise raids, and they are perfecting climbing and fighting techniques and shooting from different types of weapons.
Along with combat teams’ training, professional-specialized training of professional soldiers admitted to the unit at the beginning of this month under Project 5000, after completing successfully selective training, is being implemented. In the next six months, they will be mastering contents of reconnaissance-sabotage and counter-terrorist tactics, undergo summer and winter training and training in fighting and handling weapons, assets and equipment used in the unit.
Implementation of the special forces units’ basic and advanced training, carried out in the 72nd Special Operations Brigade throughout the year, ensures the soldiers’ and officers’ highest level of competence for the execution of tasks in all tactical, weather and terrain conditions, and, consequently, а high level of combat readiness of this SAF component.
