Montana Game Wardens, Bob Marshall Wilderness

The Sharpening of Observation, Detection, and Deduction Skills
Establishing the Tracker's Mindset

Special Forces Soldiers studying tracks
at Ft. Harrison, Helena, Montana

“My good Hopkins, I have investigated many crimes, but I have never yet seen one which was committed by a flying creature.  As long as the criminal remains upon two legs so long must there be some indentation, some abrasion, some trifling displacement which can be detected by the scientific searcher.”
 Sherlock Holmes.  The Adventure of Black Peter, 1904.  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Course offerings are built for each individual client group
based on the requirements each needs to succeed in their
specific operating environment. 

In the process of learning, practicing and performing these skills, there is an automatic sharpening of the powers of observation, detection and deduction.  There is also an establishment of a mindset of a high alertness to situations, an extreme awareness of the surroundings, a keen attention to details, and a habit of movement that is disciplined, organized and controlled.  These qualities can enhance unit and personal survival, especially in this environment of increased and unconventional criminal and terrorist activity.

Some of the skills participants will learn:
Read Tracks; Signcut; Age Tracks and Sign; Organize and Manage a Tactical Trailing Team; Determine the where, when, who, what, why and how of perimeter and border intrusions; Recreate a crime site by the tracing and making of foot falls; Identify precursors that announce IED's, booby traps, hide sites and ambush locations; Develop a search system; Establish a mental state that will augment and enhance "officer survival;" and Formulate sound intelligence reports and present professional court testimony related to Tracking and Signcutting investigative methods.

TRAINING COURSES CAN BE CONDUCTED AT YOUR LOCATION OR OURS
1, 2, OR 3 DAY COURSE
OR CUSTOMIZED AT YOUR REQUEST

Soldiers of the 19th Special Forces Group applying the constants and
principles of signcutting to investigate a possible booby trapped vehicle.