Level One: Commando Operations Training I (Months 1-6)
Courses-
>Basic Firearms
>Advanced Microgravity Operations
>Introduction to Commando Tactics
>Basic Equipment Usage
>Introduction to Electronics and Systems
>Environmental Training
Exercises-
>L1 Midterm: Students engage in simulated combat in small-scale units (2 per team).
>L1 Final: Students engage in simulated squad-based combat (4 per team).
Completion-
>Course completion qualifies student to serve as a soldier in the IF Marine Corps.

Level Two: Commando Operations Training II (Months 7-12)
Courses-
>Intermediate Firearms
>Advanced Commando Tactics
>Introduction to Demolitions
>Introduction to Stealth Operations Tactics
>Advanced Equipment Usage
>Advanced Electronics and Systems
Exercises-
>L2 Midterm: Students perform in a jailbreak simulation. 4 students must infiltrate the CS Detention Center and rescue 4 prisoners (exam is carried out twice, with students trading off as infiltrators and prisoners). Marine AIT students serve as guards.
>L2 Final: Individual students engage in infiltration exercise, breaking Command School security systems and retreiving a target object while evading capture by Marine AIT students.
Completion-
>Course completion qualifies student to serve as a squad cmdr. in the IF Marine Corps or a soldier in the Special Operations Task Force.

Level Three: Special Operations Training (Months 13-18.)
Courses-
>Advanced Firearms
>Advanced Demolitions
>Advanced Stealth Operations Tactics
>Introduction to Covert Operations Tactics
>Basic Engineering
>Vehicle Operational Training and Certification I
Exercises-
>L3 Midterm: Students must sabotage Sim pods before Sim battle, operating during public hours. 2 per team.
>L3 Final: Students engage in an assassination exercise. Individual students must eliminate a designated target guarded by Marine AIT students.
Completion-
>Course completion qualifies student to serve as a squad cmdr. in the Special Operations Task Force.

Special Operations works quite differently, however. The SO AIT is housed in its own Scorpion Quad. Each year eight new students are selected from the pool of unassigned students, based upon a multitude of factors including physical prowess, problem-solving skills, and operational initiative. Students are transferred to Scorpion Quad, and are subjected to a rigorous course of study consisting of six classes per day instead of the standard four, no less than three hours of physical training and operational excercises, and the instructor's power to control the students' sleep and meal times completely.