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Special Forces soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), conduct shoot-house training at Fort Carson in September 2009.. The Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQC) or, informally, the Q Course is the initial formal training program for entry into the United States Army Special Forces.
The programme is also aimed at creating an increased state of military readiness, by enlarging the South African military reserves. [2] Recruits must first pass a psychometric test which consists of mathematics, word problems and non verbal reasoning. If a recruit fails the test they are ejected from the selection process.
Candidates must pass a pre-selection consisting of the South African Army fitness test and psychometric assessments before being allowed on the training cycle. The 7 Medical Battalion Group training cycle takes approximately a year to complete and in itself is the selection of the unit, due to the high course attrition rate.
The South African Special Forces Brigade has its roots in the Hunter Group, which was formed in 1968 as an elite counter-insurgency unit of the South African Army. [7] The success of this unit culminated in the subsequent formation of five reconnaissance units, known widely as "Recces", during the 1970s. [ 8 ]
The South African Army Training Formation is the controlling entity of all South African Army training units. The Formation was established in April 1999 and mandated to provide, maintain and sustain landward common training to the SA Army.
The South African Defence Force (SADF) (Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag) comprised the armed forces of South Africa from 1957 until 1994. Shortly before the state reconstituted itself as a republic in 1961, the former Union Defence Force was officially succeeded by the SADF, which was established by the Defence Act (No. 44) of 1957.
The Umkhonto GBADS is a South African vertical launching system that is being developed for the South African Army's ground-based air defence system (GBADS) requirement under Project Outcome. [ 55 ] The missile system is intended to provide all-round protection for the armed forces against airborne threats, including attack aircraft, missiles ...
The South African Army is the principal land warfare force of South Africa, a part of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), along with the South African Air Force, South African Navy and South African Military Health Service. The Army is commanded by the Chief of the Army, who is subordinate to the Chief of the SANDF.