Desert survival training is always a favorite at Boot Camp. A survival specialist teaches the cadets about parachute fitting and how to make a suitable shelter from a parachute. Cadets learn how to signal aircraft using a mirror (or compact disc!), good survival clothing, food rationing, building and starting a fire safely as well as safe drinking water. Each cadet receives his or her own survival kit filled with essentials for surviving any desert excursion as well as materials to make a burnoose (see picture). |
