How Army Jungle Soldiers Are Training For A Possible War With China | Boot Camp | Insider Business

As tensions with China build and the US military sends more troops to the Asia-Pacific region, soldiers with the skills to fight and survive in the jungle are increasingly vital. The US Army trains soldiers for jungle warfare at the 25th Infantry Division’s Lightning Academy on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. Insider’s chief video correspondent Graham Flanagan spent 12 days inside the Army’s Jungle Operations Training Course, where a cross section of soldiers of various ranks and experience levels learn to fight, move, and survive in the jungle. Eighty students begin the course on day one, but only 51 will make it to graduation. The rest are dropped from the course by failing one of five critical tests. On day nine, students begin a three-day culminating exercise that incorporates the skills and lessons taught in the course, such as rope systems, rappelling, survival skills, small-unit tactics, and land navigation. Students who graduate from the course receive the Army’s coveted jungle tab. 00:00 Intro 1:30 Welcome to the jungle 2:28 Day 1/in-processing 4:10 Critical test No. 1: knots 5:56 Jungle school briefing 7:15 Day 2/knots retest 8:17 Critical test No. 2: jungle 5K 10:09 Critical test No. 3: combat water survival assessment 14:13 Intro to land navigation 15:49 Day 3/land-navigation practice 17:06 Small-unit-tactics training 17:55 Meeting the students 21:41 Tension builds in Asia-Pacific region 22:35 History of jungle school 23:55 Day 4/traps, tracking, and camouflage 25:22 Jungle penetrator 26:43 Day 5/rappelling 27:36 No. 23’s impact on morale 29:41 Day 6/critical test No. 4: land navigation 37:48 Building ruck rafts/old friends reunite 39:18 Day 7/Survival Village 42:55 Impact on family life 44:02 Day 8/building signal fire 45:23 Chinese spy balloon news 46:24 Critical test No. 5: rope systems 48:40 Culex briefing 49:28 Day 9/first day of culex 55:00 Day 10/second day of culex 1:00:53 Day 11/third day of culex 1:03:35 The Green Mile 1:06:51 The Dogex 1:07:30 Day 12/graduation MORE BOOT CAMP VIDEOS: How the US Military Spends Over $44 Billion On Warplanes | Boot Camp | Insider Business How Air Force Pilots Fly The $165 Million Ghostrider — the “Ultimate Battle Plane“ | Boot Camp | Insider Business Boot Camp Season Five Marathon | Boot Camp | Insider Business ------------------------------------------------------ #ArmySoldier #BootCamp #InsiderBusiness Business Insider tells you all you need to know about business, finance, tech, retail, and more. Visit our homepage for the top stories of the day: Insider Business on Facebook: Insider Business on Instagram: Insider Business on Twitter: Insider Business on Snapchat: Insider Business on TikTok: @businessinsider How Army Jungle Soldiers Are Training For A Possible War With China | Boot Camp | Insider Business