Sorry for the confusion. I referred to SARTECH II as being the "general" standard for NASAR MSAR, not the "basic" standard. This is a requirement made by NASAR for the committee developing their MSAR standards. In the NASAR MSAR Standards-in-progress we are addressing an entry level for MSAR that would correspond with SARTECH III, general level that would correspond with SARTECH II, and higher level that would correspond with SARTECH I. Using that foundation of rider training in SAR, we're adding requirements - per level - that are specific to Mounted SAR.So while SARTECH II will be the "general" standard for the MSAR rider, there will be an entry level and higher level in the core MSAR standards that will hopefully provide a foundation for additional areas of training. For example, many MSAR teams have no need of Wilderness MSAR training, so the core training would be used to provide a foundation requirement ... then Wilderness MSAR would be an additional training level - more of a specialty - for those who have a need to go there.
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