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2011 Fall Field Training Exercise
Every fall in the month of September Fighting Saints Battalion Cadets participate in what is called the fall Field Training Exercise (FTX). During this training event Cadets are exposed to a wide range of training activities, among them being land navigation, squad tactics, and patrol base activities. When conducting patrol base training Cadets learn the skills necessary to construct field expedient lodging for themselves when forced to rest outdoors at night.
This year's FTX was a great success. Cadets underwent classroom training on Friday evening that directly pertained to the tasks that would occur on Saturday and Sunday. Cadets sat through map reading classes and squad training exercise classes so that all training events went smoothly over the course of the weekend. Friday night after completion of the classroom blocks of instruction, Cadets ruck-marched out to a patrol base or assembly area adjacent to Durenberger Soccer Field and slept outdoors. 
The next morning Cadets enjoyed an early 5:00am wake- up call and would travel to Camp Ripley, MN to continue with the training. Once at Camp Ripley Cadets conducted a five kilometer road march with a full pack and, immediately following the march, ran through the grenade assault course in which Cadets practiced throwing "training" hand grenades into fixed enemy positions. Training for the rest of the day consisted of both day and night land navigation. Cadets had to rely on skills learned in the classroom to find points in the woods that were several hundred meters from the start point. Sunday concluded with squad situational exercises. Every Cadet had various opportunities to learn and practice a variety of basic combat skills over the course of the weekend.