Training Curriculum

Analysis of Competing Hypotheses (ACH)FREE

Structured analytical thinking for evaluating competing explanations and avoiding cognitive bias in threat assessment.

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Radio Traffic Situational Analysis (RTSA)

Using radio traffic as a community intelligence source. Monitoring, logging, and analysis methodology.

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SALUTE & SPOT Report Training

Structured field reporting from format basics through practical application and radio transmission drills. Foundational reporting skill for every network member.

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Elicitation Tradecraft

Drawing information from conversation without revealing collection intent. Based on SOE Camp X doctrine, adapted for civilian preparedness.

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Structured Debriefing for MAGs

Systematic questioning frameworks for debriefing returning members, travelers, and local contacts. FM 2-22.3 methodology.

MDCOA — Most Dangerous Course of ActionFREE

Adversary course of action analysis for threat planning. Prereq: INT-01 ACH.

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OAKOC Terrain & Situation Analysis FREE

Five terrain factors for MAG area analysis and defensive planning. Crossover with Navigation. Free access for a limited time, through July 24.

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Reading Your Ground: Pattern of Life Analysis for Community Intelligence FREE 5 DAYS

Every environment has a rhythm — and you cannot recognize a threat you have never defined. INT-08 teaches you to document your area’s normal so that when that rhythm breaks, you know exactly what changed, why it matters, and what to do next. Free access for a limited time (5 days).

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OPSEC for Households

Operational security for MAG members and their families. Household OPSEC audit methodology.

Area Intelligence Methodology

Capstone analytical module. Building and maintaining a persistent area intelligence picture. Prereqs: INT-02, INT-08.

RTSA Operational Depth — Public Safety Systems and SIGINT Foundations

Teaches the radio system architecture, metadata analysis, and legal foundations behind reading public safety radio traffic lawfully — from trunked and DMR system structure to talkgroup and mutual-aid activation patterns, using only unencrypted, publicly-accessible information. Goes one level deeper than INT-02’s general RTSA method.

Member Vetting — Investigator Training

Nine lessons. Trains the MAG Vetting Officer. Two-track investigation: security background + character assessment. OSINT, reference elicitation, structured interviewing, deceit detection, written assessment. FM 2-22.3 + LE practice.

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Watching the Watchers (Surveillance Detection)FREE

This is an awareness course that teaches you how a professional surveillance team actually organizes and moves — team roles, the box, the leap-frog — and how to tell fixed, mobile, and technical surveillance apart in the field. Prerequisite for SEC-07

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Digital Security

Six modules, all members. Devices, accounts, communications, and the digital footprint your group leaves without knowing it. Practical hardening without technical expertise required.

Internal Security & Counterintelligence

Detecting compromise, compartmentalization over time, and maintaining group security discipline. Capstone of the SEC series. Prereqs: all prior SEC courses.

Applied OPSEC: Analytical Method and Field Application

Teaches the OPSEC analytical process as an active methodology: identify critical information, analyze threats, analyze vulnerabilities, assess risk, and apply countermeasures. Bridges SEC-02 awareness into disciplined analytical practice for security-conscious members. Prereq: SEC-02.

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Watching the Watchers: Operations

Teaches selected MAG members the operational skills SEC-03 sets up but doesn’t cover: how to design and run a surveillance detection route, how to organize and communicate as a countersurveillance team protecting a meeting or a moving group, how to recognize technical collection like trackers and RF surveillance, and how to turn what you observe into a report your group can actually act on. Where SEC-03 teaches you to understand what you’re looking at, SEC-07 trains you to actively find it, counter it, and escalate it correctly.

Medical History as a Preparedness Skill

SAMPLE + OPQRST for decision-making when professional care is delayed. Patient history as a clinical tool in austere environments.

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DCAP-BTLS Secondary Trauma Assessment

Systematic head-to-toe secondary survey for identifying hidden injuries. Prereq: MED-01.

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START Triage

Mass casualty triage protocol for community and MAG disaster response. Decision card, mass casualty scenario exercises.

MEDEVAC Request Report

9-line MEDEVAC format. Requesting medical evacuation correctly when professional response is available. Connects to NAV for grid reporting.

Patient Care Documentation

TCCC card adaptation for extended austere care. Documentation discipline for long-duration patient management.

Wound Care & Infection Management

Wound irrigation, packing, dressing changes, and infection recognition in austere settings. High subscriber demand.

CASREP — Casualty Reporting Format

Teaches the CASREP format for reporting casualties through the MAG command chain. Covers CASREP elements, radio transmission using correct proword procedure, and connecting clinical skills to the command notification chain. Prereq: MED-01, MED-05.

PACE Planning

Teaches the PACE communications planning framework for the household and MAG. A planning skill every member needs. Completed in the New Member / General track — members entering this specialty track have already completed it. Listed here for sequence reference.

Net Procedures & Prowords

Teaches standard radio net discipline, proword usage, call sign procedures, and communications accountability. Includes date/time group formatting.

COMSEC — Communications SecurityFREE

Teaches how to protect the content of your traffic — can someone who intercepts your transmission read or understand it? Covers crypto (OTPs), authentication, code words, and secure handling of key material. Free access for a limited time (5 days).

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EMCON — Emissions Control

Teaches emissions control discipline — when to transmit, when to go dark, and how to maintain a minimal electronic signature during operations. For communications officers and elevated-threat environments.

ICS-205 Communications Plan

Teaches the ICS-205 Communications Plan format for standardizing MAG comms interoperability with emergency services. Members produce a complete, field-usable comms plan document.

Authentication & Challenge/Reply

Teaches radio authentication and challenge/reply procedures for verifying friendly identity over the air without compromising security. For radio operators in net operations.

One Time Pads (OTP)

Teaches OTP encrypted messaging for MAG communications security. Covers pad generation, message encryption and decryption, pad discipline, and destruction protocols. Operator-level — not general member training.

Dead Drop & Courier Protocols

Teaches non-electronic message passing techniques for EMCON-heavy scenarios. Based on Camp X SOE courier doctrine. Covers dead drop site selection, signal plans, and courier protocols.

Map & Compass Land Navigation

Full non-GPS movement for MAG patrol and operations. Integrated with MAG patrol doctrine. Student workbook and field exercise guide.

Signalling & Ground-to-Air Signals

Emergency signalling for MEDEVAC and rescue in field operations. Connects to MED-05 MEDEVAC request.

Urban Navigation & Mapping

Route planning and movement in urban environments without GPS. High relevance for most subscribers operating in populated areas.

GOTWA Report

Teaches how to build a complete pre-movement accountability plan — Going, Others, Time, What, and Actions — so that anyone left behind knows exactly what to do if a person or group doesn’t return or make contact.

MAG Activation & PREP-CON

Readiness conditions, activation triggers, and notification protocols for group mobilization.

New Member Orientation Program

The first course any new MAG member takes. Condenses the critical onboarding content into a structured orientation sequence. Gets a new member functional within the group quickly without requiring full course completion first.

MAG Security Assessment

Provides a structured audit tool for assessing group security posture. Uses the SEC-02 OPSEC framework and SEC-03 surveillance awareness framework to evaluate where the group is exposed and what needs hardening.

MAG Communications Planning

Guides the MAG through building a complete group PACE communications plan, assigning radio roles by member function, and designing a communications exercise to validate the plan before it is needed.

MAG Medical Planning

Covers group medical cache planning, medical role assignments, readiness assessment, and mass casualty planning for the MAG. Bridges the individual medical skills from the Medical track into group-level medical preparedness.

ACE/LACE — Squad Readiness Reporting

Teaches the ACE/LACE reporting format for rapid squad-level readiness assessment — aggregating individual liquid, ammunition, casualty, and equipment status through the team leader to give MAG leadership an instant picture of whether the unit can continue, redistribute resources, or needs resupply/evacuation.

OP/LP — Observation Post & Listening Post

Teaches the setup and operation of Observation Posts and Listening Posts for early warning and perimeter security — site selection using METT-TC, manning and rotation, communication and noise/light discipline, and actions on contact — extending a MAG’s security bubble without constant patrolling.

MAG Food Planning

Guides the MAG through group-scale food planning: caloric math for the group, dietary constraints across members, and feeding rotation during an activation. Applies the household-level Food Storage & Preservation track skills at group scale, mirroring how MAG-03 applies Communications and MAG-04 applies Medical. Prereqs: FOD-01 through FOD-06.

Ownership Frameworks for MAG Logistics FREE 5 DAYS

The foundation of MAG logistics planning: what your group owns collectively, how ownership is documented, and how shared resources are managed before and during an activation. Free access for a limited time (5 days).

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Cache Planning & Inventory Architecture

Teaches cache planning and inventory architecture for household and group caches. Members learn site selection, container selection, inventory schemas, and rotation schedules.

Needs, Acquisition & Receiving

Covers the full acquisition and receiving cycle: needs assessment, sourcing decisions, vendor evaluation, bulk purchasing, and receiving inspection.

Activation, Maintenance & Annual Drill

Covers cache activation protocols, maintenance schedules, and the annual cache drill that validates readiness. Members learn to run a cache audit as a group exercise.

MAG Medical Planning

Group medical cache, medical roles by member, readiness assessment, and mass casualty planning at the MAG level.

MAG Communications Planning

Group PACE plan, radio assignment by member role, and communications exercise design. Logistics and Comms crossover.

Community Situational Awareness FREE

Teaches the FEMA Community Lifelines framework: Safety & Security; Food, Water & Shelter; Communications; Energy; Transportation; Health & Medical; Hazardous Materials.

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METT-TC Planning Framework

Teaches the METT-TC military decision-making framework adapted for MAG leadership. Covers mission analysis, COA development, and decision briefing.

Community SITREP

Teaches how to fuse HUMINT, SIGINT/COMINT, TECHINT, and OSINT inputs into a structured, lifelines-based Community SITREP after an incident, so leaders and community members can quickly identify status, trend, and priority for response and recovery decisions.

GOTWA Report

Teaches how to build a complete pre-movement accountability plan — Going, Others, Time, What, and Actions — so that anyone left behind knows exactly what to do if a person or group doesn’t return or make contact.

MAG Security Assessment

Audit tool for evaluating the group’s security posture across physical, digital, and information dimensions. Uses SEC-02 and SEC-03 frameworks.

Food Inventory Management

Inventory categories, quantity-per-person planning, shelf-life basics, and FIFO rotation systems. Builds the tracking framework used throughout the rest of the track. Prereq: FOD-01.

Bulk Buying for Food Storage

Warehouse clubs, wholesale distributors, unit price comparison, case lot sales, and storage capacity planning before buying. Prereq: FOD-02.

Strategic Couponing for Food Acquisition

Coupon systems, sale cycle timing, rebate stacking, and cost-efficient acquisition layered on top of bulk buying strategy. Prereq: FOD-03.

Extended & Long-Term Food Storage

Long-term shelf-stable storage: Mylar bagging, oxygen absorbers, container selection, and multi-year rotation. Prereq: FOD-02.

Food Preservation

Canning, dehydrating, freeze drying, and root cellaring. Active preservation methods for food grown, hunted, or bulk-acquired. Prereq: FOD-02.