One part of the ALERT ethos is that Training equips a man. Last week our Leadership & Communications class drove up on a wreck on a foggy highway during their DC trip. The whole class immediately grabbed their first aid kits, ran up to the scene, and started...

What is camaraderie? Our culture's answer lies in its outlook on the meaning of life. It screams to us from every level to be “authentic” to who you feel you are inside. We are told to expect, and even demand, that everyone else concur with our feelings by giving...

SCUBA (Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) diving is the scheduled training for the next two weeks in Unit 66's 2nd Phase. Over the next two weeks, the men will go from no diving skills to performing technical searches for objects as small as a coin—in 30...

Thank you for your prayers this summer for the Quest program! Lord willing, we will wrap up Quest 2022 this Friday, and send the 58 young men who completed the program home with their families. Every time I do Quest I am reminded again of the incredible opportunities...

One of the ways we want our training to be fundamentally different than any other trade school or training program is our desire to have the Gospel at the center of everything we do. We want to ensure that every time we teach, talk, present, or instruct, we take our...

At ALERT, one of our goals is to help men develop a service mindset. As Chad Brand put it, “Service at its best is worship.” That echoes James’s words when he points to service as a key component of "pure religion" (James 1:27). When Christ washed his disciple’s feet,...