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| FOX HOUND REQUIREMENTS {from the Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake booklet} FOX HOUNDER Selection and Drills Selection FOX HOUND members are never chosen out of external non-military people, but are chosen out of recruits from various special forces units. Do not try and sign up for FOX HOUND. After all, it does not officially exist......Rather, if your good enough, and you prove it in your current unit, FOX HOUND will come to you. [Selection Procedure] Fox Hound hopefuls initially receive exams in 3 aspects - physical, psychological and intelligence. *Physical Exam* physical abilitity and/or fitness Short-range run Uninterrupted 80 push-ups Uninterrupted 100 situps 50 meters free swimming Underwater diving ability Lone wilderness march (carrying a backpack of 30kg, and conquer 64 km of length in 15 hours) *Psychological Exam* Mental recovery, concentration, endurance, self-control, all of which are required to overcome the duties that may need to be exhibited in battle. ESP expectancy score Marksman ability Recognizing and making decision on emergency environment *Intelligence Exam* Language Non-domestic geology World situation (political, ideological, economical) Hi-tech technologies Outdoors medical care Detonation operation Concealed communication Foreign weaponry *Drills* Those who pass the selection course are forced to take the following professional training courses. Battlefield survival test (14 weeks) Shooting practice (very high standard is required; 100% to the target 548 meters away, 95% to the target 914 meters away) Patrol/surveillance Mountain and Free-style climbing Hand-to-hand combat techniques Guerilla warfare Land navigation Map reading practice Escape - avoiding dangers Field combat medics Rebelling and ranger practice Weapons Nautical control and navigation Diving, underwater sneaking self-manned boating Parachute skydiving practice (4 weeks) Assault paratroopers skydiving practice: H-A-L-O and H-A-H-O 11 normal skydiving, 15 in full gears, 2 in nighttime, 2 mass-tactical strategic diving. Intelligence operation Language and customs of destination country (4 weeks) Stealth tactics Improved flammable operation Utilizing hi-tech arms Communication (16 weeks) Medical (10 weeks) Only after this thorough training can a person become a FOX HOUND agent. All Tests are non-biased on race, ethnicity, or gender. Simply, the best of the best will be chosen to lead the wave of the Next Generation Special Forces. FILE CLOSED |
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