Survival

To fight a fire, you need to survive the fire. Trainers from the Grissom Fire Department in Indiana set things ablaze to show other firefighters how to fight and survive the flames. They gathered at Grissom Air Reserve Base, and showed the ropes to some DoD and non-DoD firefighters on …

Wildlife experts tell us that bear attacks against humans are rare. And yet, every year, people run afoul of these creatures – usually resulting in a win for the bear, and a loss for the human. Hunting season especially will place more of us in the vicinity of bears. For …

Instructors at the Marine Corps Jungle Warfare Training Center teach Navy corpsmen to be “the light in a dark time.” Here’s a look at the 10-day medical course that trains military personnel in survival skills, casualty evacuation techniques, and awareness of dangerous species in a jungle environment. (U.S. Marine Corps …

“When I saw him, I knew I had a chance to stay alive. I was bleeding out pretty bad, but I wasn’t going to give up.” – Colton Rogers An Army recruiter was driving to his unit’s awards ceremony when he came across the scene of a devastating car crash …

Here’s one for the category of, skills you should know. How do you cook your food and keep warm in the wild? The British Army shows us how to build the perfect fire. British Army video

There has been an unprecedented increase in distress calls in the Red Sea since November. RED SEA – American sailors airlifted to safety the crew of a merchant vessel that was attacked by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. Members of the Dwight D Eisenhower carrier strike group assisted the …

How to perfect a water rescue: you train for it. Fairchild Air Force Base teams up with the 24th Special Operations Wing for Special Tactics members to get their master certification at Long Lake, Washington. Fairchild provided the UH-1N Huey for Special Tactic members to test for their medevac and …

Four days of a live-fire exercise left us smoked and ready for exfil. We still had to play a farewell joke. The metal monster boomed over us and arced up and away to the south. It had disgorged its 13 passengers – a U.S. Navy SEAL team, ready to hop …

by Sgt. 1st Class Laura Berry, Massachusetts National Guard STERLING, Mass. – Specialist Ryan Leger finished his drill with Massachusetts National Guard’s 110th Maintenance Company, and his wife picked him up. As they were driving home, they noticed how nice the sunset looked. His wife, Courtney, a photographer, wanted to stop …

This scenario plays out so often, our sources inside the Border Patrol tell us they watch for it closely and act quickly. In this incident from last spring, a one-year-old Guatemalan child was abandoned along the Colorado River in Arizona. As shown in the video below, a smuggler brought the …