H2 and H1 owners have the opportunity to go to basic training – the HUMMER Driving Academy – to learn about their new SUV, its off-road capabilities and how it earned the HUMMER name.

Participants in the three-day Driving Academy are privy to an inside look into the HUMMER legacy. They get a private plant tour of the HUMMER manufacturing facility, a technical class on the engineering of HUMMER and many hours of driving training on the exclusive AM General Off-Road Test Course open only to military personnel and HUMMER training activities.

Much more than simple transportation, a HUMMER is a powerful off-road machine designed to traverse sand, mud, rocks and water. The H2 meets many of the military specifications of its cousin, the HUMVEE, like climbing a 60 percent incline, a 60 percent decline and an unnerving 40 percent side slope. The H2 also is capable of climbing 16-inch ledges, fording 20 inches of water and mastering boulders, logs and ditches.

In addition to driving, Academy participants learn skills necessary for safe off roading such as the proper way to pack a truck, basic off-road first aid, Global Positioning Navigation and how to operate a winch for vehicle recovery. Throughout the program, the Tread Lightly principles for environmentally responsible off roading are taught, and a free membership to Tread Lightly is included with the program fee.

The Academy is based on the original HMMWV Driving Academy that AM General began in 1998. The H1 program includes many of the same elements with the addition of more extreme obstacles such as sand-dune driving, driving with Night Vision technology and advanced winching.

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