Training

Combat Survival is the last major phase of Special Forces continuation training. Recruits are instructed in escape and evasion techniques, and how to resist interrogation if captured. They are taught how to stay alive in the wild, navigate with the sun, light a fire, build shelters, collect water and forage for food.

The purpose of this training is to prepare candidates mentally and physically to the point where anything they encounter on actual operations will be something they have already dealt with. Their lives - as well as their team’s - may depend on this mental resilience, adaptability and survival knowledge.