alit - arctic light individual training

1. Who must attend CWOC and CWLC?

Team leaders through platoon leaders will attend the first available Cold Weather Leaders Course after their arrival to Alaska. Company commanders will attend the Cold Weather Orientation Course before taking command or at the next available Cold Weather Orientation Course if command is assumed during spring. First sergeants, staff officers, sergeant majors, battalion commanders, and command sergeant majors will attend the first available Cold Weather Orientation Course after arrival in Alaska.

2. Who must attend ALIT?

Arctic Light Individual Training Manual, pg 8, para 3.f.(1), “All new arrivals, both enlisted and officers, will complete CWI I before participating in any field exercise, and CWI I and II before participating in a field exercise during the winter months (1 October though 1 May).

3. Who must teach ALIT?

Arctic Light Individual Training Manual, pg 8, para 3e, “ALIT trainers must be graduates of the NWTC Cold Weather Leaders Course (CWLC)”.

4. When can I teach ALIT and are there temperature requirements?

Arctic Light Individual Training Manual, pg 2, para 3d, ALIT will include CWI I year round, and CWI II during winter months (normally 1 October through 1 May). As defined on pg 2. para 3.d.(2), the overnight bivouac must be conducted when the temperature is at or below 10 degrees Fahrenheit. Commanders will make every effort to meet this intent.

5. If I attend ALIT once do I have to do it again?

Arctic Light Individual Training Manual, pg 8, para 3.f, “ALIT is an annual training requirement for all Soldiers. Soldiers that have attended a CWLC or CSOC within the 12 months, meet ALIT training requirements”.

6. Does the Air Force Arctic Survival School count towards ALIT?

Arctic Light Individual Training Manual, pg 8, para 3.f.(2), “Arctic survival school is not a substitute for ALIT training”.

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