Lonestone SFO-ODA Class

[JohnyMac]

Mrsmac and I attended a Conference/class put on by Lonestone called "Prepare Like a ODA".

In essence, it revolves around a 12-man team in the Green Beret. At a high level for more info go here,

https://www.americanspecialops.com/special-forces/odas/

The class started with a world wide view of intel that we all have access too as well as here on UP. Then it dove into the dynamics of a 12-member team in the Green Beret's. Last we spoke to how we, within our own AO could develop similar teams. The class was well worth the $75- it cost.

I have taken Lonestone classes before and if you are within a 3-hour drive or so of their Offices in Elizabethtown, PA., they might be an alternative to other training and consuting  companies who do this kind of thing.

The last time I took an actual class, (Been to a few seminars) was for a low light/night vision class. GREAT class. There is a review somewhere here on the UP site of that reviewing that class.

I am going to sign up for their Intelligence Class which is for June 15th, if anybody is interested.

Anyway, the whole Lonestone team is a class act.

73

[Sir John Honeybucket]

I'd be curious about their thoughts on communications, particularly HF, burst and etc. ( 18E ). 

de Sir John Honeybucket

[JohnyMac]

This was at a high level looking how to organize your QRF team around the Green Beret model.

As a side note, I had several humorous exchanges with one of facilitators who was a 18E jr. with his team. In short he admitted he did it because he had to do it but was not a fan of his radio comms junior tasks. "I don't understand how anybody could get excited out of building an antenna".

I of course could not let that go, so I jumped in. My comments back at him were humorous, however, I stood up for the RTO's of the military, I can assure you. 

On another note, there is a workshop coming up that I am going to go to in June, titled Introduction to Intelligence Workshop. More on comms will come about then.