SOPC & SFPC Defined

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SOPC (Special Operations Preparation Course) This course is for 18X’s only and is the prep for SFAS (Special Forces Assessment and Selection) it covers mainly land navigation skills that most Active army soldiers already have practiced. SWCS has no plan currently to require active duty personnel or anyone else to attend SOPC.

SFPC (Special Forces Preparation Course) This course is designed to help 18X’s and soft skill MOS’s in infantry basic’s and SUT (Small Unit Tactic’s) before they start the Q-course. It consists of study of FM 7-8 & the ranger handbook along with squad size movement formations.