Welcome to Mojave Ranger School and the Ranger Basic Course.
Mojave Ranger School Basic Concepts
Mojave Rangers: The Game – Mojave Rangers is a Fallout-themed Live-Action Role Play game that uses GURPS tabletop RPG modules and a Fallout: New Vegas mod and airsoft/milsim to teach real-world first aid, radio and outdoor skills
- free to download and play from anywhere
- basic story line – a new type of well-trained and well-equipped raider led by Brotherhood of Steel or Caesar’s Legion ‘advisors’ has been threatening NCR resources in the Mojave
The Mojave Rangers are a volunteer civilian group that runs security, medical and tech routes in the Mojave Desert
- GURPS (Generic Universal Role Play System) modules with Mojave Ranger stories and adventures for tabletop roleplay games
- Fallout: New Vegas mod that incorporates Mojave Rangers and Mojave Raiders into the basic video game
- free persistent airsoft/milsim game, with instructions for how to develop local clubs
- free to download and play from anywhere
Free basic training for all Mojave Residents
- Ranger Basic Course
- Leadership Course
- NCO
- Officer
- Team Medic Course
- Team RTO Course
- Merchant’s Guild Basic Course
- PIO Basic Course
- Club Manager’s Basic Course
- Command & General Staff Course
- NCR Fort in the Mojave Desert
- Free airsoft/milsim training and camping for Ranger trainees and families
- Persistent weekly airsoft game between 2 sponsored milsim teams
- Inexpensive Bunker B&B’s for guests
- Transportation provided in Ranger Troop 4 carpools
- shuttle buses will eventually run from New Vegas, the Boneyard and Fort Fresno to Fort Edwards
- Crawl, Walk, Run Training Methodology
- Fort Phase: Crawl (Individual Skills)
- Focus: Basics, fundamentals, and precision.
Activities: Classroom lectures, dry-fire exercises, and practicing fundamentals without speed.- Purpose: Building muscle memory for tasks like weapon handling and movement techniques.
- Patrol Base Phase: Walk (Collective Training)
- Focus: Teamwork, unit communication, and increased complexity.
- Activities: Field training exercises, maneuvering in gear, and using force-on-force training with plastic BB’s to simulate noise and chaos.
- Purpose: Integrating individual skills (from the crawl phase) into team scenarios (e.g., buddy team maneuvers).
- SAR Phase: Run (Operational Proficiency)
- Focus: High-stress, maximum speed, and realistic combat simulations.
- Activities: Full force-on-force maneuvers, complex scenarios like the 5 Ranger Training Missions, and field training exercises.
- Purpose: Ensuring troopers can operate in high-stress, dangerous situations, such as multi-day milsim team training.
- Fort Phase: Crawl (Individual Skills)
- Monthly Training Schedule: Live-stream training from Fort Edwards or one of the local Ranger Training Teams. Mojave Ranger School hosts trainings and skill sessions every Saturday.
- Mojave Ranger School is built like a martial arts school with progressive, self-paced training.
- The Mojave Ranger Corporal is the equivalent of a Black Belt
- 1st Saturday each month
- Ranger Basic Training Day: 8am-noon
- team drills in the afternoon
2nd Saturday each month
- Team Medic Training: 8am-noon
- Team RTO Training: 1-5pm
- 2nd Sunday each month
- Merchant’s Guild Training: 8am-noon
- PIO Team Training: 1-5pm
- 3rd Saturday each month
- Club Manager Training: 8am-noon
- Leadership Course: 1-5pm
- 4th Saturday each month
- Ranger Basic Drill Day: 8am-noon
- Task Book Skills Check-Off’s: 1-5pm
- Mojave Ranger School is built like a martial arts school with progressive, self-paced training.
- Yearly Training Schedule
- Fort Phase: January-March
- Patrol Base Phase: April-June
- SAR Phase: July-October
- Expert Rifleman Challenge (ERC): November
- Yearly Operational Unit Holiday Avoidance Drill (YOUHAD) & Winter Games: December
- Self-Paced Courses
- Ranger Basic Task Book: lets vets check off skills they already have
Online Courses and Training Manuals
- Ranger Basic Course: https://mojaverangerschool.com/basiccourse
- Merchant’s Basic Course: https://mojaverangerschool.com/merchantbasic
- Club Manager’s Course: https://mojaverangerschool.com/clubmgrbasic
- Ranger Field Manual: https://mojaverangerschool.com/FMdownload
- Ranger Basic Task Book: https://mojaverangerschool.com/rangerbasictaskbook
Ranger Training Clubs: Remote Training for the Mojave National Guard
- Ranger Training Clubs include
- Ranger Training Team: hosts a local Meetup Group
- Coordinates training with the rest of Ranger Company A
- Coordinates with local Merchant’s Guild Vendor, with Rangers running short demonstrations at vendor outposts
- Merchant’s Guild Vendor: manages a Mojave Ranger Outpost at local flea and farmer’s markets
- Coordinates with local Rangers and has products available for trainees on training days
- Ranger Training Team: hosts a local Meetup Group
- Ranger Training Clubs include
Merchant’s Guild and Fort Edwards Shops: like an Old West cavalry fort, Fort Edwards has military trainers and staff as well as civilian merchants and shopkeepers. Ranger Training Clubs have an affiliate link that gives a 10% club commission to be used for club insurance and operating expenses.
- The Merchant’s Guild manages the market village at Fort Edwards and the retail sales for the Mojave Ranger School business.
- The Fort Edwards Post Xchange & Mojave General Store carries products from Wasteland vendors and crafters.
- The Fort Edwards Armory carries airsoft guns and gear with discounts for players
- The Atomic Cafe: snacks and munchies in exchange for bottle caps
- Gute-N-Berg Laser Engraving: Laser-engraved post-apocalyptic gifts and goods
- Mojave Express Pak-N-Ship: the Fort Edwards shipping department that handles Etsy and online order fulfillment
- The Merchant’s Guild manages the market village at Fort Edwards and the retail sales for the Mojave Ranger School business.
Mojave Ranger School PIO Team: The PIO Team is its own career track within Mojave Ranger School. The Mojave Ranger School PIO Team works directly under the Command Staff Public Information Officer and assists with media production for the project.
- PIO Team members share a Developer’s Royalty for the classic novels, Field Manual and other sellable media they help produce.
- The PIO Team has 4 departments managed by Lead Producers; Web, Multi-media, Video and Books.
- Producers are in charge of an article, show episode, comic, catalog or other project.
- Assistant Producers manage production chores for Producers
- Interns are there to learn the system.