SELECTION COURSE
Five stages. One session. Forty-eight minutes from recruit to certified ASE Operator. No one skips a stage. Everyone earns the patch the same way.
Check-in. Comms verification. Attendance logged. Every applicant is issued a callsign and assigned to an element for the duration of the pipeline.
Baseline evaluation. Instructors observe each applicant's existing skill — movement, weapons handling, situational awareness — with no instruction given. The purpose is calibration, not gatekeeping.
Live-fire drills. Applicants execute under pressure — react to contact, fire and maneuver, break contact, hold a position. Instructors inject friction: no script, no rehearsals, no second takes.
Every ASE Operator specializes. Applicants pick one role, drill it with an instructor, and demonstrate baseline competence before graduation. No rifleman-only path — the unit needs specialists on the line.
Graduated. Full member of the element. Every privilege below is unlocked the moment you walk out of Stage 04 — no waiting period, no probation.
The modules trained across the pipeline. Stages 01–05 distribute these across the session. This is the index — not the order.