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

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. EDITOR'S NOTE: Business Insider returned to Hawaii to follow 1st Sgt. Stewart Fletcher and other soldiers in the US Army's 25th Infantry Division in the new documentary "WAR READY: INSIDE ARMY WAR GAMES." Click here to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5uY3JM-SLc MORE BOOT CAMP VIDEOS: How Military Police Soldiers Are Trained | Boot Camp | Business Insider https://youtu.be/sdWeEhvqLBc What Marine Corps Officers Go Through In The Basic School At Quantico | Boot Camp | Business Insider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdputZoWI8Q What Army Rangers Go Through In The 60-Hour Best Ranger Competition | Boot Camp | Insider Business https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LpHCElQdz0 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:30 - Welcome To The Jungle 00:02:28 - Day 1/In-Processing 00:04:10 - Critical Test No. 1: Knots 00:05:56 - Jungle School Briefing 00:07:15 - Day 2/Knots Retest 00:08:17 - Critical Test No. 2: Jungle 5K 00:10:09 - Critical Test No. 3: Combat Water Survival Assessment 00:14:13 - Intro To Land Navigation 00:15:49 - Day 3/Land-Navigation Practice 00:17:06 - Small-Unit-Tactics Training 00:17:55 - Meeting The Students 00:21:41 - Tension Builds In Asia-Pacific Region 00:22:35 - History Of Jungle School 00:23:55 - Day 4/Traps, Tracking, And Camouflage 00:25:22 - Jungle Penetrator 00:26:43 - Day 5/Rappelling 00:27:36 - No. 23’s Impact On Morale 00:29:41 - Day 6/Critical Test No. 4: Land Navigation 00:37:48 - Building Ruck Rafts/Old Friends Reunite 00:39:18 - Day 7/Survival Village 00:42:55 - Impact On Family Life 00:44:02 - Day 8/Building Signal Fire 00:45:23 - Chinese Spy Balloon News 00:46:24 - Critical Test No. 5: Rope Systems 00:48:40 - Culex Briefing 00:49:28 - Day 9/First Day Of Culex 00:55:00 - Day 10/Second Day Of Culex 01:00:53 - Day 11/Third Day Of Culex 01:03:35 - The Green Mile 01:06:51 - The Dogex 01:07:30 - Day 12/Graduation 01:11:10 - Credits ------------------------------------------------------ #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: https://www.businessinsider.com Insider Business on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/businessinsider Insider Business on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insiderbusiness Insider Business on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/businessinsider Insider Business on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/Business_Insider/5319643143 Insider Business on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@businessinsider How Army Jungle Soldiers Are Training For A Possible War With China | Boot Camp | Insider Business