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Basic Training Unit 68 Update
Unit 68 has successfully completed Basic Training! Thirty-two men finished their journey join the ALERT Battalion last Friday. When our students come out of Basic Training, they leave with all sorts of different skills and accomplishments. But there are three primary...
Turning to Christ in Hardship
We believe that hardship is something God uses to mature us in our walk with Him. This is because experiencing hardship helps remind us of how deeply we need Christ, and how helpless we are apart from His work of grace in our lives. In hardship, we should take the...
Paul’s Insight into Discipline
“Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to...
The Power of the Gospel
Last weekend the Missions unit returned from a training course hosted by Ethnos360 in Jersey Shore, PA. There we heard stories from missionaries who have witnessed firsthand the truth of the Gospel transform people from spiritual darkness to light—from blindness to a...
Ready to Serve
Since our founding in 1994, one of ALERT’s guiding principles has been a desire to be ready to serve, and be prepared to do so in as many situations as possible. Our goal has always been to bring the light of Christ to the world through that service. As staff, our...
Hardship Leads to Growth
Why do we take everything away from the recruits, even their watches and knowledge of the schedule? Why do we require the men to pass a Saturday inspection that feels impossible? Why do we utilize boot camp-style disciplines? Why does every ALERT man suffer through...