by a major) and includes 16 elements (only officers and NCOs). The FOE includes: Headquarters and Staff Headquarters Company Headquarters Communications Platoon Medical Platoon Sniper Platoon Support Platoon Joint Terminal Attack Controller Section, Technical Exploitations Operations Section Mini-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Section; SOTU A1 SOTU A2 SOTU B1 SOTU B2 SOTU C1 SOTU C2 Selection and training Training to become a member of the Special Operations Force takes 30-32 weeks (30 weeks for enlisted soldiers, 32 weeks for officer and non-commissioned officers. Successful candidates are expected to serve a minimum of two years. This is broken down in the following stages: Basic training; This 5 weeks stage aims to provide the candidate with basic military training, with an introduction to military culture at this stage. Additional training (stage 1); This 7 week stage aims to provide advanced military training, and combat technique is given at this stage. Additional training (stage 2); This 5 week stage aims to provide the military with military leadership training, at this stage command and leadership modules are taught. This training is only for Officer, and Non-commissioned Officers. Special Operations Force course; The Special Operations Specialty course enables the military to carry out missions of a strategic, operational or tactical scope, with a high degree of independence and in conditions of great risk and in which qualities of spirit of sacrifice, adaptation, tenacity, strong will and constant, rusticity and resistance, sobriety and discretion, camaraderie and cohesion. This stage is 13 weeks for enlisted men, while for Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers it is 15 weeks. Equipment Handguns Glock 17 Gen 5 Heckler & Koch P30 limited use Shotguns Fabarm STF 12 Franchi SPAS-15 Benelli M4 Super 90 Benelli Supernova Submachine guns Heckler und Koch MP5A5, Heckler und Koch MP5SD6 and Heckler und Koch MP5KA4 Assault rifles Heckler und Koch HK417A2 Heckler und Koch HK416, A5 and A7 variants. Heckler und Koch G36K, Heckler und Koch G36KE and Heckler und Koch G36C Machine guns H&K MG4 FN Minimi Mk3 FN MAG Browning M2HB Sniper rifles Barrett M107 Barrett M95 Accuracy International Arctic Warfare-SF Accuracy International AWSM (L115A1) and L115A3 limited use Accuracy International AXMC .338 Heckler & Koch G28 sniper limited use Grenade launchers Heckler & Koch 269 (Used on Heckler & Koch HK416) Heckler & Koch AG36 (Used on Heckler & Koch G36) Heckler & Koch GMG Anti-tank weapons Carl Gustaf M3 M72A3 LAW Vehicles URO VAMTAC ST5