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Advanced Tactical Tracking Based on Freddy Osuna’s Index Tracking Method

$700.00

Host or Schedule Advanced Tactical/Combat Tracking — Level 2

Greenside Training’s Advanced Tactical/Combat Tracking Level 2 is a mobile, field-based program available to military units, law-enforcement agencies, border-security teams, search and rescue organizations, conservation officers, anti-poaching teams, and other qualified groups.

The course develops the individual and team skills required to locate, pursue, assess, and recover highly evasive subjects operating in wilderness, rural, border, and mixed-terrain environments. Students are evaluated throughout the program and rated among their peers in observation, interpretation, decision-making, fieldcraft, communication, and team performance.

Course Formats

  • Two-day core course: 16 instructional hours
  • Three- to five-day advanced program: Expanded field problems, longer tracking lanes, specialized mission applications, and optional tactical exercises
  • Prerequisite: Tactical Tracker Level 1 or comparable documented tracking experience
  • Organizations without prior training may request a combined Level 1 and Level 2 progression.

Training may be customized for border operations, missing-person searches, fugitive recovery, intelligence collection, conservation enforcement, anti-poaching, environmental terrorism, force protection, or agency-specific missions.

Host Requirements

The host organization should provide:

  • Suitable classroom or covered briefing space
  • Authorized outdoor training terrain
  • Parking, restroom access, and emergency-support procedures
  • A local coordinator and appropriate site permissions
  • UTVs, side-by-sides, horses, mules, drones, or K9 teams when their integration is requested

Student lodging, meals, transportation, and personal field equipment are not included unless specifically stated in the proposal. An optional live-fire component may be offered only when approved in advance and conducted at an authorized range under the instructor’s direction.

Scheduling a Course

To request training, provide:

  1. Preferred dates and location
  2. Number and experience level of participants
  3. Desired two-, three-, four-, or five-day format
  4. Agency mission and training objectives
  5. Available terrain, facilities, and supporting assets
  6. Whether K9, drone, mounted, vehicle, low-light, or live-fire integration is requested

Greenside Training will evaluate the location and provide a customized proposal covering curriculum, schedule, instructor support, equipment, pricing, travel requirements, and host responsibilities.

Request a course: [email protected] / (520)205-1790

Description

This course teaches the individual and team skill sets of the Tracker and each individual will be evaluated and rated amongst their peers. This course is designed to build upon existing tracking experience and teaches advanced techniques as tracking applies to border ops, search and rescue, fugitive recovery, intelligence collection, anti poaching/anti dumping, and recovery of highly evasive individuals who seek escape and refuge in our nation’s wild lands.
(Note: this course provides 16 hours of instruction time.)

Tactical Tracking Course Equipment List

2-5 Day / Depending on agency need
Lodging: No tactical bivouac , agency arranged
Vehicles: Not required, UTV, SXS, HORSES, MULES, permitted

Required Equipment

  • Ball cap or Boonie hat
  • Sturdy boots or trail shoes suitable for uneven terrain
  • Weather-appropriate field clothing (earth-tone colors recommended)
  • Long pants / bush shorts / Camo kit to test out and break in
  • Lightweight long-sleeve shirt
  • Rain jacket (if weather dictates)
  • Daypack or small patrol pack
  • Minimum 2 liters of water (hydration bladder or water bottles)
  • Lunch and personal snacks for both training days
  • Sunscreen
  • Insect repellent
  • Measuring tape
  • Note-taking materials (notebook and pen/pencil)
  • Small flashlight or headlamp with green, blue, red, white

Recommended Equipment

  • Binoculars (8×42 or 10×42 preferred) tripod recommended with optic mount
  • Gloves
  • Multi-tool or folding knife
  • Small individual first aid kit (IFAK)
  • Trekking pole (optional)
  • Small packable chair
  • Extra socks
  • Electrolyte packets
  • Camera or smartphone for reference photos (when authorized)
  • ******Optional Live Fire Exercise will be offered at discretion of your instructor, so you will know beforehand if you need the following*******
  • Serviceable rifle (zeroed prior to arrival)
  • 30 rounds of rifle ammunition
  • Rifle sling
  • Eye protection
  • Hearing protection

Prerequisites: None

What you will learn:

  • How to evaluate human signature (marks/impressions) for actionable intelligence
  • How to discriminate search corridor
  • Greensides proprietary Visual Scanning techniques with and without optics
  • Enhanced sensory awareness conditioning
  • Index Tracking for trailing armed or unarmed humans
  • Integration of other tracking assets, such as ISR, drones, and K9 units

Follow on course recommended: Grayside Hunter