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Surviving the United States Air Force Arctic Survival School

Mike H. said:
Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “Surviving the United States Air Force Arctic Survival School” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/united-states-air-force-arctic-survival-school/.

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Awesome article Mike! This sounds exactly like the Winter Survival Course I took in northern Alberta - at Jasper National Park. The only thing we didn’t do is the snow shelter stuff. Canada has a separate Arctic Survival Course. The scenario is basically the same. We were given a parachute canopy and cord, and everything else that was contained in an ejection seat seatpack. There were C-rations, sleeping bag, spare socks and mittens, first aid kit, a hatchet, fixed blade and folding knives, saw, wire for snares, wind proof matches, and a little book with instructions on how to build signal fires, snares, para lean-to, first aid instruments, how to make a fish net from parachute cord, etc.
I probably forgot something, been a long time. I just remember that when we got back to the base in Edmonton, I could have fit two of me in my uniform😳.
Every time an article like this comes out, I relive that course and realize that it was probably one of the best things I’ve ever done.
 
Blizzard Arms is located 4,000 feet from the gate to Ft Wainwright and I have lived in Alaska my entire life - I actually know what I’m talking about.

September is NOT what we consider cold!

December/January/February is when it’s actually cold.

-55 last January here at Blizzard Arms.

I went hunting with some soldiers from Ft Wainwright and they were using tents and heaters in September, I was using a tarp to keep my spot dry that’s all. Those are guys who went through arctic survival training.

They also were the most unethical hunters I have ever seen in my entire life.
 
Excellent and informative article. I was in the USMC infantry. I never went to a winter survival school, but spent nights in the snow during training when it was -20 F. Dang! It was cold! Thanks again for writing.
 
Mike H. said:
Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “Surviving the United States Air Force Arctic Survival School” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/united-states-air-force-arctic-survival-school/.

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I was fortunate enough to attend both. I went through basic survival school in February at Fairchild AFB WA. The snow was butt deep to a tall giraffe, but the temperature averaged a balmy 5 degrees. Later, when I was flying out of Eielson AFB, I got to attend "Cool School," also in February. It was a bad year for snow, only about a foot of the white stuff on the ground. It made building a snow shelter much more difficult. The high during the days in the field was -35. If you put the rabbits eye balls in the soup, it adds a little salt and tastes better.
 
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