BASIC SNIPER/OBSERVER
TEAM OPERATIONS COURSE
COURSE: Basic Sniper/Observer Team Operations (BSOTO-C)
(12-18 April 2010. Course will be held at the SOTT-I LLC Midwest Training
Center, Cape Girardeau Missouri and hosted by the Chester Illinois Police
Department)
PURPOSE: To teach selected personnel the skills necessary to enable them to
operate as members of a Sniper/Observer Team (SOT) in order to support tactical
operations within an urban and rural environment. The training will include but not
be limited to;
• Introduction to SOT operations
• SOT equipment
• SOT tactics-techniques-procedures
• Tactical precision marksmanship
• Field-craft
• Reporting procedures
• Sketching and drawing
• SOT/Assaulter integrated operations
PRE-REQUISITES: Member of an operational law enforcement, military or
corrections special operations team or like unit with a requirement for skills training
in Sniper/Observer Team Operations.
SPECIAL INFORMATION: The Basic Sniper/Observer Team Operations Course
(BSOTO-C) is performance oriented training conducted in a high risk environment.
To successfully complete the course a student must be in TOP physical and mental
condition, progress through increasingly difficult training requirements and achieve a
minimum 80% academic average. The course is made up of four critical area tests
totaling 400 points with an additional 100 point instructor evaluation for a total of
500 points possible. The BSOTO-C has numerous live fire exercises, classroom
lectures/conferences and graded, must complete blocks of instruction.
CLASS SIZE/TUITION: The course is limited to 16 personnel and will fill quickly
(two-3 person teams). Tuition is $650.00 per student.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: BSOTO-C attendees require the following equipment;
500 RDS PRECISION WEAPON AMMUNITION
SNIPER WEAPON W/ OPTICS
DEPARTMENT ISSUE HG
SNIPER SYSTEM CLEANING KIT
SPOTTING SCOPE
THERMOMETER/COMPASS
SNIPER DATA BOOK
DRAG BAG
HANDHELD WHITE LIGHT
HANDHELD RADIO
TACTICAL COMMO SET-UP
SPARE HANDHELD RADIO BATTERIES
SHOOTING/ASSAULT TYPE GLOVES
EYE PROTECTION
HEARING PROTECTION
APPLICABLE BODY ARMOR
APPLICABLE HELMET
ELBOW PADS
KNEE PADS
DUTY TYPE BELT
APPLICABLE HOLSTER
RADIO POUCH
ASSAULT VEST
NOTEBOOK/WRITING UTENSILS
CALCULATOR
PONCHO
INCLIMENT WEATHER CLOTHING
MIL DOT MASTER
NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT / SCOPE (IF PART OF AGENCY/UNIT
EQUIPMENT PACKAGE)
APPLICABLE RANGE CLOTHING
BDU'S, FLIGHT SUIT OR
LONG COTTON PARKA W/HOOD
BOONIE HAT
NETTING (8’X8’ PIECE)
JUTE/BURLAP STRIPS (5 LBS)
CORDURA FABRIC (2 YARDS)
GORILLA GLUE (1 TUBE)
SEWING KIT (2)
PRIMARY INSTRUCTOR: JOHN SIEH (SEE SOTT-I LLC STAFF BIOS @
www.sottint.com)
LODGING/TRAINING SITE INFORMATION
Lodging
Recommended Hotel; Comfort Suites
2904 Old Orchard Road
Jackson, MO 63755
573-204-0014
Reporting Instructions/ Driving Directions to the Midwest Training Center:
All students will report NLT 0730 the morning of the course start.
Directions: From I-55 take the Fruitland Exit (#105) and head north on Highway 61.
Travel north on Highway 61 until you reach Highway 177. Travel east on Highway
177 until you reach Route V. Travel south on Route V until you come to the
intersection of Route V and Route Y. Make a left and cross a bridge traveling east on
Route V through Oriole, Missouri. Keep traveling east on Route V past Oriole
approximately 1 mile, and you will start up a large hill. At the top of the hill there
are two county roads directly across from one another (note the Midwest Training
Center Sign with direction arrows). Turn right / south onto County Road 612 and
travel approximately 0.7 miles. You will see a sign (SOTT-I LLC Midwest Training
Center) and the large tan building.
CONTACT: Pre-registration for this program is required. For registration/program
details please contact Robert Young, Chester Illinois Police Department @ 618-615 -
1166 or [email protected] or SOTT-I LLC @ [email protected]
TEAM OPERATIONS COURSE
COURSE: Basic Sniper/Observer Team Operations (BSOTO-C)
(12-18 April 2010. Course will be held at the SOTT-I LLC Midwest Training
Center, Cape Girardeau Missouri and hosted by the Chester Illinois Police
Department)
PURPOSE: To teach selected personnel the skills necessary to enable them to
operate as members of a Sniper/Observer Team (SOT) in order to support tactical
operations within an urban and rural environment. The training will include but not
be limited to;
• Introduction to SOT operations
• SOT equipment
• SOT tactics-techniques-procedures
• Tactical precision marksmanship
• Field-craft
• Reporting procedures
• Sketching and drawing
• SOT/Assaulter integrated operations
PRE-REQUISITES: Member of an operational law enforcement, military or
corrections special operations team or like unit with a requirement for skills training
in Sniper/Observer Team Operations.
SPECIAL INFORMATION: The Basic Sniper/Observer Team Operations Course
(BSOTO-C) is performance oriented training conducted in a high risk environment.
To successfully complete the course a student must be in TOP physical and mental
condition, progress through increasingly difficult training requirements and achieve a
minimum 80% academic average. The course is made up of four critical area tests
totaling 400 points with an additional 100 point instructor evaluation for a total of
500 points possible. The BSOTO-C has numerous live fire exercises, classroom
lectures/conferences and graded, must complete blocks of instruction.
CLASS SIZE/TUITION: The course is limited to 16 personnel and will fill quickly
(two-3 person teams). Tuition is $650.00 per student.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: BSOTO-C attendees require the following equipment;
500 RDS PRECISION WEAPON AMMUNITION
SNIPER WEAPON W/ OPTICS
DEPARTMENT ISSUE HG
SNIPER SYSTEM CLEANING KIT
SPOTTING SCOPE
THERMOMETER/COMPASS
SNIPER DATA BOOK
DRAG BAG
HANDHELD WHITE LIGHT
HANDHELD RADIO
TACTICAL COMMO SET-UP
SPARE HANDHELD RADIO BATTERIES
SHOOTING/ASSAULT TYPE GLOVES
EYE PROTECTION
HEARING PROTECTION
APPLICABLE BODY ARMOR
APPLICABLE HELMET
ELBOW PADS
KNEE PADS
DUTY TYPE BELT
APPLICABLE HOLSTER
RADIO POUCH
ASSAULT VEST
NOTEBOOK/WRITING UTENSILS
CALCULATOR
PONCHO
INCLIMENT WEATHER CLOTHING
MIL DOT MASTER
NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT / SCOPE (IF PART OF AGENCY/UNIT
EQUIPMENT PACKAGE)
APPLICABLE RANGE CLOTHING
BDU'S, FLIGHT SUIT OR
LONG COTTON PARKA W/HOOD
BOONIE HAT
NETTING (8’X8’ PIECE)
JUTE/BURLAP STRIPS (5 LBS)
CORDURA FABRIC (2 YARDS)
GORILLA GLUE (1 TUBE)
SEWING KIT (2)
PRIMARY INSTRUCTOR: JOHN SIEH (SEE SOTT-I LLC STAFF BIOS @
www.sottint.com)
LODGING/TRAINING SITE INFORMATION
Lodging
Recommended Hotel; Comfort Suites
2904 Old Orchard Road
Jackson, MO 63755
573-204-0014
Reporting Instructions/ Driving Directions to the Midwest Training Center:
All students will report NLT 0730 the morning of the course start.
Directions: From I-55 take the Fruitland Exit (#105) and head north on Highway 61.
Travel north on Highway 61 until you reach Highway 177. Travel east on Highway
177 until you reach Route V. Travel south on Route V until you come to the
intersection of Route V and Route Y. Make a left and cross a bridge traveling east on
Route V through Oriole, Missouri. Keep traveling east on Route V past Oriole
approximately 1 mile, and you will start up a large hill. At the top of the hill there
are two county roads directly across from one another (note the Midwest Training
Center Sign with direction arrows). Turn right / south onto County Road 612 and
travel approximately 0.7 miles. You will see a sign (SOTT-I LLC Midwest Training
Center) and the large tan building.
CONTACT: Pre-registration for this program is required. For registration/program
details please contact Robert Young, Chester Illinois Police Department @ 618-615 -
1166 or [email protected] or SOTT-I LLC @ [email protected]
