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To maintain this capability, ANGLICO units stay proficient in a number of tactical insertion methods. Static-line parachuting is the primary method; however, rappelling, fast roping, combat rubber-raiding-craft operations and special patrol insertion-extraction (SPIE) are all possibilities. (The SPIE rigging entails extracting or inserting personnel attached in a series to a rope slung beneath a helicopter. It's used when terrain or vegetation prevents the helicopter from landing.) In addition, First and Second ANGLICOs are currently developing military free-fall parachuting capability to support certain special operation missions. These insertion techniques, combined with extensive patrolling, load-bearing marches, land navigation and training in climates ranging from the arctic to the tropics, give the ANGLICO the ability to enter and move with any supported force.
Formal schooling plays a large role in ANGLICO training. Before qualifying for duty on an operational team, each ANGLICO member must have three to four months of training. Basic airborne qualification is first and foremost.
ANGLICO Schools
Required Training:
Basic Airborne
Artillery Spotters Course
Field Radio Operators Course
Tactical Air Control Party Course
Naval Gunfire Liaison Officers Course
Naval Gunfire Spotters Course
Marine Corps Martial Arts Tan Belt Course
Advanced Training:
Special Operations Spotters Course
Marine Air Ground Task Force Course
Static Line Jumpmaster
Pathfinder
Winter/Summer Mountain Leader Course
HRST Master School
SERE School
Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructors Course
This information was partly published by "Field Artillery" magazine in 1990.
