Hostile Environment Awareness Training Series
Afghanistan
“Terrorist and insurgent groups continue to present a formidable challenge to Afghan, U.S., and Coalition forces. The presence of more than 20 terrorist organizations in the region represents one of the largest concentrations of terrorist and extremist organizations in the world.” (Enhancing Security and Stability In Afghanistan, DOD June 2020, Report to Congress, Pg.27.)
Course Summary
CRIME, TERRORISM, CIVIL UNREST, KIDNAPPING, & ARMED CONFLICT.
Travel to all areas of Afghanistan is unsafe because of critical levels of kidnappings, hostage taking, suicide bombings, widespread military combat operations, landmines, and terrorist and insurgent attacks, including attacks using vehicle-borne, magnetic, or other improvised explosive devices (IEDs), suicide vests, and grenades.
Terrorist and insurgent groups continue planning and executing attacks in Afghanistan. These attacks occur with little or no warning, and have targeted official Afghan and U.S. government convoys and facilities, local government buildings, foreign embassies, military installations, commercial entities, non-governmental organization (NGO) offices, hospitals, residential compounds, tourist locations, transportation hubs, public gatherings, markets and shopping areas, places of worship, restaurants, hotels, universities, airports, schools, gymnasiums, and other locations frequented by U.S. citizens and other foreign nationals.
The first course will be on Afghanistan, and it is intended to familiarize PMC personnel with local customs and area knowledge to assist them during their mission in Afghanistan.
You will Increase your knowledge of a number of key areas including:
•Culture & society.
•Social etiquette and customs.
•Business protocol.
•The Role of Hospitality.
•Meeting and Greeting.
•Gift Giving Etiquette.
•Dining Etiquette
•Location and Geography.
•Afghan Police and military.
•Islam: Basic beliefs and practices.
•The Afghan Taliban.
•How the Taliban Takes a Village.
•Taliban Targets and Tactics.
•Taliban weaponry.
•The Assassination of Ahmed Shah Masood.
•The 10 failed assassinations of Osama Bin Laden before his death.
•Emergency contacts.
•Bacha bazi a practice whereby wealthy, powerful older men buy and keep adolescent boys.
It doesn't matter where you live – you can gain a certificate from anywhere in the world.
Course Curriculum
This course includes:
• 40 minutes on-demand videos.
• 1 article.
• 10 downloadable resources.
• Full lifetime access.
• Certificate of completion.
• Future Updates and links.
HEAR FROM OUR RECENT GRADUATES
"When operating in any foreign country, to understand and be aware of the historical and current situations of the country, provides a major advantage in producing effective results. This course has done an amazing job in highlighting the key conditions and factors which play a crucial part when conducting operations in a country. There were definitely some terms and knowledge that I had not known prior to this course, so the course aided in providing more detail to further my knowledge of the subject."
Raynor G.
Former Singapore Army Officer and Current US Marine.
"Highly Recommended Course. Easy to Understand, Informative, Short, and Very Well Organized. The Course is Full of Practical and Valuable for Anyone who wants to Enhance their Skills. Really Enjoyed it. Thank you!!"
Boris G. Chikin
Former Soviet Armed Forces. A Veteran of Afghanistan.
Founder of PMC Firm OSS.
"The PMC Pre-Deployment Online training is an informative course detailing key overview for those deploying or for those seeking contractual work in Afghanistan for the very first time. This pre-deployment course prepares any PMC or Security operatives with in country knowledge and in depth information on Afghanistan. It has cultural, historical roots, ways of life and identifying risk elements that exist within the country that any security operative is obligated to know. I highly recommend this course to those with keen interest in High Risk Country Awareness as this course will get you prepared and prearmed with some solid pre-deployment information. I highly recommend this course! "
Soch Uva
Warrior Strategies Group
South East Asia
“it is a brilliante course with excellent content and a fantastic addition to an actually private military contractors’ physical trainings. keep up the good work and looking forward to see more course exactly like that."
Morné Sçhutte.
Chief Executive Officer at SHAMAR GLOBAL GROUP LTD. Former South-African National Police, Counter Terrorism Unit, South-African Armed Forces
"Knowledge, experience and mindset are essential attributes in the makeup of an effective operator. Living in uncertain times, I believe our resilience are deeply rooted with our ability to be adaptable to any changes we face. With the ease of information technology, we can now enjoy distance learning at the click of our finger. The course content was indeed excellent and overall a well thought out learning platform.The creator did an amazing job to make the learning platform user-friendly and information relevant to the current times. I highly recommend this course."
Idzam Jaafar
Asian Security Professional
"Pre-deployment training is often undervalued. These type of training learning about conduct, culture awareness, and security measures of a hostile area are an essential component of pre-deployment and in-mission training. This gives my contractors the skills they need to understand, work and flourish in and with cultures other than their own. Mandatory for all IDRONEWALL personnel."
Jose Ugarte
CEO of the PMC firm Idronewall
Course Pricing
Course Pricing
Private Military Contractor Pre-Deployment
$24.99 USD
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Increase your knowledge of local traditions, beliefs, customs, locations, and more.