Date/Time
Date(s) - 20 Dec 2025
All Day

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• Training

TBD details will be advised soon.  Please register ASAP!

WHO:  All VCASNY in Good Standing

WHAT:  Department of Environmental Conservation Search and Rescue

NOTE:  This course includes a field exercise that will require a hiking in the woods at distance over rough terrain.

WHEN:  20 December 2025 (Saturday), Muster time TBD.  Lunch plans are TBD and may require SMs to pack a lunch.

WHERE:  Stony Brook, NY, exact muster location TBD

UOD: OCP with cold/wet weather gear (ECWCS Level II/III/VI); AR 670-1 grooming standards apply and will be enforced.  Bring a notebook, pen, hydration, and nourishment.

OIC/NCOIC:  LTC Riedel / SGM Clohessy

MORE DETAILS:  Developed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), the Basic Wildland Search Skills course teaches the most basic skills needed to conduct search in the wildland environment.  Topics covered in this course include basic search organization (Incident Command System), communications, search techniques, attitude, and safety.  This course concludes with a field exercise that will require a hiking in the woods at distance over rough terrain to practice the techniques discussed in the classroom.  Bring a notebook, pen, hydration, and nourishment.

COURSE COST:  None

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