3 Washouts and those conscripts not selected for NCO school receive training in their units. The team leader is expected to be nearly fluent in one of the languages of a target country, while enlisted personnel are expected to know the alphabet and basic phrases. This specific training relating to a foreign country is intended not only to facilitate operations there but also to enable the teams to conduct missions while wearing enemy uniforms or civilian clothing. Jumps are made day and night, in all kinds of terrain and weather. The technical training schedule leaves time for rigorous physical training involving obstacle courses and forced marches, which are often conducted in gas masks.
Some units also provide strenuous adventure training like mountain climbing and skiing.
Up to half the year is spent training out of garrison. Once or twice a year, selected teams engage in extremely realistic exercises carried out under battle conditions. Teams are provided little in the way of rations and are forced to forage for food. Exercise objectives are often operational installations guarded by regular troops or soldiers of the Ministry of Interior. Brigades opposite NATO typically have models of Lance, Pershing, and, ground-launched cruise missiles, as well as airfields, nuclear storage sites, air defense sites, and communications facilities.