NEW INFORMATION ON SOS ITALIA-USA.COM

We are happy to announce we are currently in negotiations with Roberto Lorenzani of the Adventure Academy (www.avventura.it) to conduct some joint training together. So that we may be able to provide you some rewarding and exciting outdoor survival training from several locations - Vicenza, Asiago, Bardolino and Lugagnano D'Arda. We will keep you up to date on this arrangement, but if you have a desire for this training anytime soon, feel free to contact us at: info@sositalia-usa.com or the Adventure Academy at: lorenzani@avventura.it. We look forward to your inquiries and in seeing you in some of our classes soon.

WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING ENROLLMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS BELOW, DATES OF TRAINING WILL BE DETERMINED BASED ON INQUIRIES AND ENROLLMENTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT US AT: rangerbooks@hotmail.com or cel#338-8563146 Read on...

If you’ve been searching the web looking for an outdoor survival training program here in Italy, you’ve come to the right place - Welcome to SOS Italia-USA!

We offer a variety of programs designed to teach you the basic skills in how to survive & thrive in the outdoors, no experience required!

BASIC OUTDOOR SURVIVAL is a program for students who want to learn the basic skills of survival. We offer two programs: Program "A" consist of two separate 8 hour (0830-1730) day classes, and Program "B" is our 30 hour (0930 Saturday - 1530 Sunday) overnite weekend class. Which we'll teach you how to build survival kits, collect, filter & purify water, start fires, erect shelters, spear fish, trap game, signal for help, determine directions without a compass, treat common injuries, snake bites, and other important skills. Along with many useful & unique outdoor survival tips, tricks and techniques that you won't find listed in any survival book nor taught at other outdoor survival schools.

BASIC LAND NAVIGATION is a program for students who want to learn how to use a map & compass to navigate across terrain. Skill Level I teaches how to use a compass, read a topographic map, identify terrain features, plot grid coordinates, determine azimuths, locate known & unknown positions and much more. Skill Levels II is putting everything you learned in Skill LeveI I to use by negotiating a 16 kilometer / 96 point land navigation course. If you wish to learn these two land navigation skill levels (I & II) within two days. Then, we suggest you choose our 30 hour weekend (0930 Saturday - 1730 Sunday) class. Which we will not only cover skill levels I & II but other tips, tricks & techniques in how to successfully navigate across terrain.

BASIC MILITARY SURVIVAL is a program for students who want realistic training in learning how down pilots and Special Ops soldiers survive in the outdoors. Everything issued for this training is mostly all US military equipment, compasses, knives, survival vests, parachutes, night vision goggles, etc. Students will learn how to erect shelters with a parachute, make traps & snares, signal for help, how to use military survival gear, night vision goggles, etc. We offer two programs: Program "A" is an 8 hour day class and Program "B" is our 24 hour overnite class. Which ever one you chose they both will enlighten you on what it takes to survive as an American down pilot or as a Special Ops elite soldier.

BASIC EMERGENCY FIRST AID is a program for students who want to learn how to treat common outdoor types of injuries and trauma in remote areas with very practical methods. Skill Level I teaches how to recognize and treat life threatening injuries and illnesses and stabilize and monitor a traumatized victim. Skill Levels II teaches one & two man adult CPR-BLS, how to treat a choking & drowned victim in accordance with the American Heart & Lung Association. And Skill level III is advance emergency field first aid in the event you should someday find yourself in a remote, life or death survival situation and medical help is unavailable. For more details, click here. For further details check out RPM Remote Paramedicine.

BASIC BRIEFING TECHNIQUES is course for students who want to learn how to present a successful briefing or class using visual information equipment, such as overhead projectors and slides. As well as tips & tricks on how to present a good briefing in public and capture your audience's attention. Which are the same or similar techniques used today in the military and the real business corporate world.

Do you like to hunt, camp, hike, bike, kayak, cross-country ski and or spend a lot of time in the outdoors? Do you fly an airplane or fly often in airplanes? Do you travel quite often to far away exotic places? Are you in the military or do you plan on going into the military? Do you work for an agency or organization that provides humanitarian relief, emergency rescue & assistance? Have you ever wanted to learn some basic outdoor survival skills but you didn't know where to look for this training?

If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then SOS Italia-USA is for YOU!

Our programs are NOT crash courses, we teach "strictly the basics." As our goal is to provide you the best possible training at an affordable price through a series of classes conducted only on the weekends. And when you come to our training you won’t need to bring anything, everything will be provided for you. All the training equipment, study guides, food, beverages, etc, it’s all included in the price.

For some, our programs will be closest you will ever come to being in the military or a wilderness outdoor environment. For others, such as those who enjoy being in the outdoors, you will learn many useful and valuable outdoor skills that can only be acquired in the military or from a wilderness survival school.

Rest assured we won’t waste your time teaching you something you don’t want to learn or doesn’t work. We’ll teach you only the skills and techniques that have been tried, tested, and proven to work similar to what soldiers are taught in US Special Forces and Survival, Evasion, Resistance & Escape (S.E.R.E) school.

And when you complete either our 24 or 30 hour program, instead of receiving a worthless piece of paper known as a training certificate. You will be awarded a special coin or what US soldiers call a "challenge coins." (See below). Provided, of course, you successfully complete our training prerequisites.

And so if you’ve never been in the military and or you can’t afford the time and money to attend one of the many excellent wilderness survival schools in the United States, Canada or the United Kingdom, then SOS Italia-USA is for you. We promise you won’t only find our programs interesting and educational, but fun too!

Below are how our classes are organized & set up:

Basic Outdoor Survival - Program A..........2 x 8 hour day classes
Basic Outdoor Survival - Program B..........30 hour weekend class

Basic Land Navigation - Skill Level I & II....2 x 8 hour day classes
Basic Land Navigation - Skill Level I & II....30 hour weekend class

Basic Emergecy First Aid - Skill Level I...................6-8 hours
Basic Emergecy First Aid - Skill Level II..................6-8 hours

Basic Military Outdoor Survival - Day Course..............8 hours
Basic Military Outdoor Survival - Weekend course......24 hours

To learn more about these classes, dates, costs, etc, just click on the topic to the left of this screen.

NOTE: When you have decided which programs you would like to attend, send us an email or give us a call and we'll let you know when those classes will be conducted. We also need; (a) your email address, so we can keep you informed and up to date (b) how many of you will be attending, (c) where you live or where you are coming from. And (d) if you live far away, are you planning on staying for the two days of training. If so, will you be needing assistance in finding a hotel or campsite.

Be advised we also offer the following;

Private Group Classes - Depending on the size of your group and where you want the training to be conducted, if you can't come to us - we'll try to bring the training to you.

Demos - Does your school, club, organization or business need some entertainment for a special upcoming event? We can provide you "hours of entertainment" demonstrating the many skills that are required in a wilderness survival situation.

Special Programs for Boy/Girl Scouts - Provided your scoutmaster contacts us, we can put together a "special training program" just for you and your fellow scouts.

And coming soon... SOS Survival and First Aid Products!

Knowledge and training we can give you, experience we can't, that you will have to acquire on your own by practicing the skills we teach you.

Should you have any questions about anything you see on this website, please don't hesitate to contact us anytime at: 045-6211401, 0444-946702 or 338-8563146 or via email at: rangerbooks@hotmail.com / info@sositalia-usa.com

So what are you waiting for? Register now, give us a call or send us an email. We'll be looking forward to seeing you in some of our classes soon.

"Ranger Rick" F. Tscherne

Senior Instructor, SOS Italia-USA
US Army, Retired (1972-93)
Author, The Ranger Digest Series (I-IX)
Developer, The SOS Necklace
Owner, www.therangerdigest.com

ATTENTION US MILITARY PERSONNEL STATIONED HERE IN ITALY : Thinking of going Ranger or Special Forces? Here’s your chance to learn some of those important outdoor survival skills before you attend the course. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. Go ahead, take the challenge - we dare you! For more information contact "Ranger Rick" via telephone or fax at 045-6211401 or via email: rangerbooks@hotmail.com.