IAA Updates

ALERT Alumni Update | December 2022

December 15, 2022 Dear Alumni,  Another year of forging is already behind us. In total, we put 73 men through Basic Training and added 24 to the Eagle Response Unit as graduates in 2022. It's been a year full of ups and downs, but God has been fa ...

ALERT Update | December 13, 2022

December 13, 2022 The 2023 ALERT Reunion takes place here in Big Sandy on January 27-29. The Reunion is a family event open to any ALERT alumni, family, former staff members, or anyone who wants to come spend a weekend full of ALERT style fun with us ...

ALERT Update | December 6, 2022

What do our graduates say about ALERT?

December 5, 2022 Hello Unit 67, The weekend after you advanced out of Basic Training, Unit 66 graduated from the ALERT program. As you look forward to 2nd Phase, or try and decide if you should come back for more training, I thought I would share a ...

ALERT Alumni Update | November 2022

November 30, 2022 Dear Alumni,  I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving last week, and are looking ahead to the Christmas season. We are enjoying a bit of a break as the semester is over and our end of year meetings wrapped up today. Please be in pr ...

The Sergeants Club | November 2022

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving last week! We are finishing up our end-of-year planning meetings this week, and looking forward to a bit of quieter time on campus to catch up on major projects in the month of December (like our website redesi ...

ALERT Mexico Missions Trip Update | November 29, 2022

November 29, 2022 Dear Friends, The trip was so full and we had so many great opportunities and experiences that it’s difficult to summarize the events, or even just the highlights, of our trip to Chiapas without writing a novel. The trip was a won ...

ALERT Update | November 22, 2022

November 22, 2022 Thank you for your prayers and support this fall! Overall, training went very smoothly, and we’ve seen much growth in the lives of the students. During the summer quarter, we had 2nd Phase and a Leadership Communications class; th ...

Change a life in 2023

November, 2022 Hello Friends, Did you know that the number one reason men either do not come to ALERT or do not stay for additional training at ALERT is due to the cost of training? The average cost for a man to graduate from ALERT after completing ...

ALERT Update | November 15, 2022

November 15, 2022 Unit 67 has advanced out of our first phase of training! Last Friday, 47 men completed the adventure we call Basic Training. It feels like only last week we were kicking things off with their R-Night. The weeks are long, but the da ...