Mountain Operations
We envisioned a course designed for MSTOA that includes tactical movement in mountainous terrain, orientation and navigation, ambush, and counter ambush techniques, mission planning considerations and all that may go along with tracking or arresting a fugitive in the rural and mountainous terrain we find ourselves in most often.
This course will utilize the Fort's land nav course and you will plan and execute a simulated mission. You will spend time in the Limestone Hills training area.
Everyone should at minimum bring the following:
- Personal protective equipment (helmet gloves, eye protection, outerwear suitable for variety of conditions, climbing boots)
- Climbing harness or 10 feet of rope to make a Swiss seat
- 2ea. locking carabineers
- Rappel device or we can use a knot (Mutter)
- 7mm cordelette - 3 ft long
- compass
Preferred equipment would be:
- Climbing harness (bring what you normally use, preferably one with a rappel loop)
- Rappel device (Black Diamond ATC Guide)
- 4 – locking carabineers
- 2 – non-locking carabineers
- 1 – 5m x 7mm cordelette
- 1 – 1.25m x 7mm cordelette
- 5m X 25mm tubular webbing
- Headlamp w/ spare batteries
- Personal first-aid kit + personal medications
- Pack (40 – 55 liters)
- 1ea 70m x 10mm (+/-) single static ropes per 4 students
Tentative Class Schedule:
- Day1 Class Room
- Day 2 Land nav / Rappel
- Day 3 Field Training Exercise
This is a high intensity class, and due to instructor to student ratio, it has been limited to 18 students. Thanks to Nick Renya and Dr. Mike Kremkau for volunteering to help instruct.
Mr. Alne served for 27 years with the Air Force’s elite Pararescue units. He retired as a Chief Master Sergeant in 2005 and moved to Butte, Montana. He is a combat veteran of the first Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Iraq. He has extensive experience operating with and training military Special Operations units. As the Director of Operations for a 150 man elite Special Tactics Squadron, he planned and executed several sensitive Joint Chief of Staff missions. He also served as the Pararescueman Functional Manager for the Air Force Education Command. He oversaw all training and helped develop much of the curriculum. He has 15 years of instructor experience specializing in emergency medicine, wilderness survival, mountaineering, rope rescue systems, navigation, and skydiving. He is also a Wilderness First Aid instructor and Level II Avalanche/Rescue qualified.
He is an avid skier, hiker, ATV and snowmobile rider, and spends a considerable amount of his free time in the outdoors. He participated in two Eco-Challenge adventure races (Argentina and Alaska), and completed summit climbs on Mt. McKinley, AK (2 times), Mt. Popo, Mexico (3 times), Mt. Blanc, France (5 times), Mt. Rainier, and The Matterhorn in Switzerland. Rod conducted research and testing with Dr. Peter Hackett, Colorado Altitude Training, on Mt. McKinley and helped develop treatment protocols for high altitude sicknesses and injuries. He also helped develop mountaineer rescue kits and cold weather clothing for USAF Pararescue/Special Tactics Teams.
Rod is a graduate of Wayland Baptist University and the Community College of the Air Force. He has a BS in Occupational Education and Training Methodology (Minor – Emergency Medicine) and AA in Survival and Rescue. Some of the more notable of the numerous military schools he has attended are the following: US Air Force Pararescue Recovery Specialist course, High Risk Survival, US Army Military Freefall Jumpmaster, Hostage Survival, Advanced Trauma Life Support, US Air Force Combat Survival, US Army Combat Diver, US Navy SEAL Dive Supervisor course, PADI Master Diver Instructor, US Air Force Water Survival, Montana Snowmobile Safety Education Instructor, and an American Avalanche Institute Certified Avalanche Safety Instructor.
