Clemson Fightin’ Tiger Battalion Conducts FLX

October 28, 2014

On 17^th of October Clemson Fightin’ Tiger Battalion Conducted its Fall field leadership exercise (FLX). At 1830, the Juniors arrived on campus to load and move to Fant’s Grove. By 1920, the Juniors where at their training site awaiting darkness to fall. Night land navigation was conducted from 1950 to 2250 and the Juniors had to find 3 out of 5 points within the time given. When 2300 hit the Juniors moved into their patrol base and rested until the next day. Early in the morning, around 0500, the Juniors awoke and prepared to go to the range. At 0630, the Sophomore class was meeting the Juniors on the range. Juniors conducted grouping and zeroing on the range. By 1130 all range training would be complete and Juniors and Sophomores would be moved back to Fants Grove, the main training area. The Freshmen Cadets met at 0730 on campus and moved out to Fants Grove by 0815. The Cadets were split into two groups, one group conducted a mission to capture a high valued target with half playing defense for the target and the other half trying to capture the target. The second group received training about land navigation and weapons assembly. By 1200 all morning training had finished and all classes met at Fants Grove for day land navigation. and Cadets had lunch and rested from a long mornings training. At 1300, after safety briefs and plotting points Cadets took off looking for land navigation points. Juniors worked alone and were given 8 points with the requirement to find at least 5 of those points. Sophomores worked in groups of two and where looking for at least 3 of their possible 5 points. Freshmen were in groups of 4 and led by a Senior, in which the team was given 5 points possible points. Freshmen were only familiarizing with land navigation.  The FLX was a successful training event for all Cadets. Each class had skill levels for their level and learned new skills.