As tensions with China build and the US military sends more troops to the AsiaPacific 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 threeday culminating exercise that incorporates the skills and lessons taught in the course, such as rope systems, rappelling, survival skills, smallunit 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."
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00:00:00 Intro
00:01:30 Welcome To The Jungle
00:02:28 Day 1/InProcessing
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/LandNavigation Practice
00:17:06 SmallUnitTactics Training
00:17:55 Meeting The Students
00:21:41 Tension Builds In AsiaPacific 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



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