Subject: ALERT Update | November 19, 2024
ALERT Update | November 19, 2024
November 19th, 2024 at 3:00 pm CSTNovember 19, 2024 I was halfway through a fifty-mile race. I had been running for hours, and would not be stopping anytime soon. My knees ached, I had blisters that had started at mile six, and it had been raining all morning. I decided not to worry ...
ALERT Update | November 12, 2024
November 12th, 2024 at 2:00 pm CSTNovember 12, 2024 I had it all perfectly planned! Each event was in order, and every instructor was scheduled. It was a beautiful puzzle. Then the hurricane hit, and in an instant, my plans and schedules were gone. A disciplined person may have every ...
ALERT Update | November 5, 2024
November 5th, 2024 at 2:00 pm CSTNovember 5th, 2024 I remember the first time I saw a 4D film. It was a short movie at an amusement park, but the addition of water, motion, and smell, along with the 3D glasses, made it something I've not forgotten after almost two decades. The Gospe ...
ALERT Alumni Update | October 2024
October 31st, 2024 at 10:52 pm CSTOctober 31, 2024 Dear Alumni, We are less than four weeks till the end of the semester here at ALERT, and the time just continues to fly by. Unit 71 successfully completed their 24-Hour Endurance Hike last week, and we had a great showing on the h ...
ALERT Update | October 29, 2024
October 29th, 2024 at 2:00 pm CSTOctober 29, 2024 Trench rescue is not among the most highly anticipated classes in the Tech Rescue course here at ALERT. It involves a lot of prolonged, meticulous work—digging, lifting, and moving heavy objects by hand. Generally speaking, it is n ...
The Sergeants Club | October 2024
October 25th, 2024 at 6:08 pm CSTHello, We are less than a month away from the end of the semester and wrapping up training for 2024. Basic Training just finished their Endurance Hike early Thursday morning, Construction got back from their training trip to Wisconsin on Monday, Div ...
ALERT Update | October 22, 2024
October 22nd, 2024 at 2:00 pm CSTOctober 22, 2024 Shortly after lunch today I left campus with Unit 71 to head up to Oklahoma and hike their Endurance Hike. The Endurance Hike is one of the most physically challenging events and a key milestone in Basic Training. Starting Wednesday ...
ALERT Update | October 15, 2024
October 15th, 2024 at 3:15 pm CSTOctober 15, 2024 As I look back on my Christian walk, I realize there have been some very dark and challenging times, even in my relatively short life. Part of what helped me endure those times, and made me more resilient, were the people who surr ...
ALERT Update | October 8, 2024
October 8th, 2024 at 3:00 pm CSTOctober 8, 2023 Hardship is a crucial part of what we do here at ALERT; as we seek to forge extraordinary men, we have found that hardship is one of the best ways to aid that process and mature a boy into a man. In Basic Training, I experienced genu ...
ALERT Update | October 1, 2024
October 1st, 2024 at 3:30 pm CSTOctober 1, 2024 CHOOSE YOUR PAIN! These words are often quoted by the leadership during Basic Training. Either you work hard now and feel that pain, or you don't and have the pain of the consequences. Choose your pain! This concept has stuck with m ...