OMNA International Newsletter

OMNA International Newsletter

Mid-Winter Edition 2013

In This Issue

Featured Field Craft Tip!

The Alpini Hitch!

Here's a great hitch most commonly used to control the descent of a litter. It is fully reversible, and allows a top-roping belayer to safely watch the descent because the pull on the belayer is back toward the anchor. You won't find mention of this hitch in most knot-tying classes, but we'll be glad to teach you how to tie it and use it.

See our new Custom Tailored Field Skills package offered this year!

We also recommend the website:

Animated Knots!

New Opportunities

Royal Marines

OMNA has been invited to visit 45 Commando this April, to participate in the retirement of ceremony of the Regimental Sergeant Major of 3 Commando Brigade.

Lots of possibilities for future cooperation with the Royal Marines!

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Greetings!

Thank you for your interest in OMNA International. Our newsletter provides an update on our latest adventures in leadership development and other related efforts. We'll also provide some ideas on a variety of topics which we hope you find useful as you lead those entrusted to your care.

While many are in fiscal hibernation this winter, we are all keeping quite active and looking forward to our adventures in 2013.

Semper Fidelis,

OMNA International

Planning for L-580 Gettysburg
Week of 6 May 2013!

We are getting ready for another great experiential leadership development experience on the Gettysburg Battlefield for senior

incident management leaders from across the nation. Five seminar groups of 15 folks each.

New Blanket Purchase Agreement

OMNA was recently awarded a 6-month Blanket Purchase Agreement by the Bureau of Land Management's National Training Center in Phoenix to produce Training Needs Assessments. So if you need your training needs assessed, let us know!

Corregidor!
May of 2014

Next year may be quite busy with another staff ride to the island of Corregidor at the mouth of Manila Bay, Republic of the Philippines. OMNA is working through the Combat Studies Institute at Ft. Leavenworth, who asked us to provide options for our support of an operational U.S. Army unit for this staff ride.

Fredericksburg-Chancellorsville
Cracker Box

We are working with USFS and the FBI in developing a tailored Fredericksburg-Chancellorsville staff ride to meet their needs this year. After Gettysburg, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville is our most poplar staff ride experience.

We Now Teach Field Craft!

New in 2013 ... Custom Tailored Field Skills ... Let us custom tailor a field skills package to meet you organization's needs.

We can assess your training and education programs and see where you might need some help. Field skills include the entire range of back-country wilderness knowledge, skills, and abilities. Tracking, stalking, long-distance shooting, close combat shooting, rope-work (knots and hitches, rappelling, SPIE, fastrope, bridging), Alpine and Nordic skiing, fishing, camouflage, woods tools, fire-building, wilderness emergency response, canoeing, cooking, patrolling, mortar gunnery, etc.

Giving Back

When you hire OMNA, know that our team is committed to supporting people in need around the world. Check out some of the fine organizations our team contributes to:

About OMNA International

OMNA International provides support services for leaders with vision and good moral character. If you are such a leader, or would like to become one, we invite you to explore our website to learn what we can offer your organization. We are retired U.S. Marines and Firefighters with a good deal of pragmatic experience in developing leaders for organizations with a bias for action. We thank you for your interest, and hope that we can be of service to you and the organization you lead.

OMNA International

Fredericksburg, Virginia

http://www.TheOMNA.com