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SAS Survival Corporate Training and Teambuilding Courses.
 In a combat situation good teamwork can win wars and poor teamwork can cost lives. SAS Survival courses are run under the supervision of experienced elite and specialist forces personnel, who have combat experience ranging from the Falklands War through to both Gulf Wars and famously the Iranian Embassy siege. In addition we offer instructors with a wide range of skills including Motivational Skills, Stress Management,
Confidence
Building
, and Presentation Skills. SAS Survival doesn’t expect our clients to wage war, but by allowing them to experience simulated combat their teamwork will be tested to the limit and as individuals they will be challenged both mentally and physically. We expect them to leave SAS Survival with a greater understanding of working in a team and with a sense of personal achievement which they will take with them into the workplace.We are also aware that although the underlying principles are serious, courses should also be fun and enjoyable and we approach the training with the sense of humour much beloved of the British forces
What The Courses Involve.
 Clients will be taught basic Special Forces and military skills which are then put into practice in simulated military exercises varying in complexity from simple map reading and navigation exercises through to bigger military operations. Typically they will be given objectives which they must achieve as a team. This would involve gathering information, doing a risk assessment, formulating a plan of action, allocating roles to individuals, liaising with other teams and working to deadlines. They would then have the opportunity to carry out their plan.
Each exercise creates a goal or objective which must be achieved by good teamwork and communications. Within each team participants need to be allocated defined roles depending upon their individual strengths and weaknesses, each being crucial to the success of the exercise. In the advanced exercises the teams are given more complex problems to solve developing their creative thinking and inter team communications skills. They will also learn how to gather intelligence and use this information in risk assessment. Furthermore the importance of working to deadlines is introduced as timings take on a more significant role in the missions.
What Courses We Offer.
These are the basic course we offer. Please bear in mind we are able to tailor our courses to meet the requirements of individual clients and are happy for assessors to shadow the instructors so they can receive constant feedback on how the participants are coping.
- Combat Missions.
These courses take place over a minimum of two days. A typical course may be run as follows:-
Day 1.
Clients are given a basic training in military skills, such as map reading, camouflage and concealment, patrolling, contact drills and understanding the chain of command. They will then be assigned a mission with a set objective or objectives. The participants then have time to draw upon the skills they have learned to plan an operation for the following day.
Day 2
Clients have a period to settle upon their plan of action and then carry out the mission within a set time.
2. Walking in the footsteps of the SAS.
 This gives the client the chance to feel what it is like to be a potential SAS Trooper on selection. They will be taken on various routes over the Brecon Beacons, used by the SAS and the British military. The routes taken can be tailored to suit the clients’ needs and level of fitness, and can vary from a pleasant day enjoying the spectacular countryside, to more a challenging experience.
Skills learned include map reading, hill safety and working as a team. Plus they will have the pride in literally walking in the footsteps of the world finest elite soldiers.
For clients who are serious about hill walking we can offer the full SAS experience of routes used in selection which have to be completed within a set time. We regularly run such events such as the Fan Dance (24 kilometres to be completed within 4hrs 15 mins) and Long Drag (60 km in 20 hrs). However, these events are based upon those used in the selection of elite soldiers, are extremely gruelling and would not be suitable for most clients.
- Recreational Courses.
Although still maintaining a serious purpose these courses have more emphasis on fun. Training will focus more on close combat skills and less on the planning stages. The idea is to get participants charging into battle as soon as possible. These days are ideal as a rewarding day out for staff, airsoft teams who want to hone their battle skills under the expert eyes of combat veterans, and as an ideal gift for a stag party. So if you fancy ‘bombursting’ into action, then these could be the courses for you.
Here are some of the courses we have done:-
A Day with the 'Pru' 8th Nov 07
We are very fortunate at SAS Survival that we get to work with some great people and the group from the Prudential were no exception. By way of a reward for their success, the company had treated some of their star staff to an afternoon with SAS Survival at Down Hall Country House Hotel courtesy of Business Pursuits. Judging by the way they smiled and joked their way through the course, despite the wind and the rain (this was the day before the tidal surge threatened to submerge the East Coast of Britain!) we can understand why they are such high flyers!
The course itself started with the lunch – the finest that boil in the bag army rations can provide. Andy then took them through the Combat Survival tin and its many uses followed by a firelighting class. During the latter special mention must go to Tom, who despite initially having difficulties, doggedly persevered to get his fire lit to a spontaneous round of applause from the rest of the group.
The group was then split into two teams Charlie and Delta, and given a weapons handling and marksmanship skills lesson with Karl while the second group remained in the parachute for camouflage and concealment with Bob.
Here the women seemed to come into their own, and soon where adopting Charlie’s Angels poses and even producing a G.I. Jane bald wig. Not to be outdone the men also entered into the spirit of things. The boss, Richard, decided to sport a rather unusual cam cream design, and when told to hide in the woods Colin disappeared so well that we had to send a search party out to find him!
After a brief overview on patrolling and ambushing the teams were set a mission. One team had to recover some mortar tubes whilst the other group had to stop them.
Having successfully completed the mission they all retired to the nice, warm and dry hotel, to a well earned slap up dinner. Well, when we say all, two were unaccounted for, and as far as we are aware, they are still out there. In the manner of the Japanese soldiers, we are confident that they will emerge in about forty years still convinced the event is still on!
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Three proper Charlies (Angels!) |
The boss gives himself a makeover |
Corporate Fun Day with Business Pursuits 18th Dec.
 We rounded off the year with another corporate fun day organised by Business Pursuits in the grounds of Micklefield Hall. A surprise present from their boss our team of raw recruits found that the luxury five star hotel was a basha, and the haute cuisine would have to be cooked over a hexy stove. However thoughts of luxury were soon dispelled, and by the time they had got their war-paint on and had been issued their own personal weapons, they were now beginning to look and think like SAS Troopers.
The first part of the day was spent teaching the use of the combat survival tin, shelter building, and camouflage and concealment - in particular how to construct an OP (Observation Post).
After lunch they were issued with weapons and taught marksmanship, patrolling and contact drills. They were then split into two teams. One team became a hunter force and began to track down their enemy, who, unbeknownst to them, had managed to get themselves into a defensive position and were lying in ambush. Luckily the hunter team had remembered their anti-ambush drills well, and were able to fight their way to their ERV (Emergency Rendezvous). They were now being hunted but were able to turn the tables on their pursuers with an ambush of their own. The final exercise of the day involved the two teams trying to locate a cache which they had to return to their own lines. By now the teams were giving no quarter and the battle raged back and forth until finally one team managed to emerge victorious!
Before!
After !
Corporate Fun Day for Business Pursuits 9th Sept 06
 We were once again pleased to host another corporate fun day for Business Pursuits in the grounds of the magnificent Rhinefield House in the New Forest. The morning was spent instructing various skills such as shelter building, unarmed combat, camouflage and concealment, and patrolling. After a lunch courtesy of ration packs the clients were then able to put their newly acquired skills into practice as they were pitted against each other in a mini-mission. Each team threw themselves into the exercise with enthusiasm and the New Forest echoed to the sounds of a full scale battle. They were then allowed to join forces against the SAS Survival Instructors in order to conduct a daring hostage rescue. Having already had their first taste of combat they showed no mercy and the hostage was soon whisked away to safety.
Corporate Fun Day 27th June 06
We recently sent a team of instructors to the magnificent Loseley House in
Guilford,
for a corporate fun day run by Business Pursuits.
The clients from Arlington Securities were treated to various events including painting, pottery making, 4X4 driving, pasty making and weapons skills and unarmed combat. We would like to point out that SAS Survival instructed on the latter two courses but I’m sure if people wanted us to hold a pottery making weekend at some stage I’m positive we could arrange something.
We had a great day and were impressed with the spirit with which the clients entered into the event, despite the fact they didn’t share their pasties with us!
Thanks also to Rob Nuttall and Carl Greatrix from Airsoft Armouries and team WMD for making sure the weapons were kept in good working order, and for reloading the pistols like they were at Rorke’s Drift!
The team after enjoying the corporate hospitality!
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