"Exercise High
Walk", more commonly known as the Fan Dance is part of the Fitness and
Navigation phase of the selection process for the UK's Special Forces, as well
as 16 Air Assault Brigade's Pathfinder Platoon.
In the past it was used
as a test on P Company during the Brecon Beacons Steel Bayonet phase (although
a different route) and is still used as part of the Platoon Sergeant's Senior's
Course at the Infantry Battle School, Brecon, Wales.
The Fan Dance is a 15
miles (24 km) load bearing march (in military parlance, a Tactical Advance to
Battle or TAB) that typically takes place at the end of the first week of the
selection course.
It is used as the first
major indicator of whether a candidate has the physical and mental aptitude to
complete the selection course.
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