Survival Training

Is it possible to get real, outdoor survival training, outside of joining the military? Almost like pseudo-military training, except without the commitment or having to actually join a faction? No sarcasm intended. What kind of training do modern day mercenaries undergo (not that I want to make a living out of taking people out, just out of curiosity)?
Eh. Boy Scouts aren't all they're cracked up to be.

I hear the boy scouts are real bad asses.

2008-07-07 14:58:15 by

I am a CIVILIAN looking for the 'best of the best' tactical, survival and medical training. I would thoroughly appreciate information about where I can find the real thing. Thank you very much!

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2008-12-06 11:09:44 by cmayora

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I know the army does, right? Do the marines go through the same survival training as the army does?

SERE- Survival evasion resistance escape school- Not all Marines go to SERE school, it depends on their occupation specialty, such as MARSOC- they attend SERE school, jump school, dive school ect.

2009-04-06 14:29:57 by Master Zok

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Is anyone aware of a good outdoor/survival training school? Nothing outrageous, mainly something to get me back in touch with my natural instincts. Ideally, I'd like to hear from someone with personal experience but not a must.
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http://www.outwardbound.org/index.cfm/do /exp.course
"Outward Bound" offers courses that may be of interest to you.

2009-04-10 15:14:24 by bmw97ic008

Rangers? Or any other units? The mountain Marines teach mountain climbing, and survival skills in rugged terrain.

What is the Army equivalent?
How do you get to go to any of these schools?

The Army has several different types of survival schools ranging S.E.R.E school, to the Q course in SF and numerous training centers where specific survival is taught for different geographic locations, such as Jungle Warfare, Desert, Swamp, Winter training in Alaska and Wisconsin. Ranger School includes a mountain phase along with the 10th mountain division. Every single potential environment is covered.

You either need the schools as a requirement for your MOS or you attend them as a unit, or portion of your unit. A few can be attended by request on an individual basis like the old pathfinder school used to be. S.E.R.E school used to operate on that basis if there was room, but that is not common any more.

Most units do not attend all, however Airborne, Ranger and SF most definitely do at some point as they are subject to rapid deployment within 18 hours, anywhere on earth.

2008-06-25 23:10:15 by 68w