Gray Bearded Green Beret Blog

Joshua Enyart kneels in a wooded ravine, using a stick to dig the air-intake hole of a Dakota fire pit.

How to Build a Dakota Fire Hole: The Stealth Fi...

A below-ground fire that hides light, hides smoke, and burns efficiently. Build a Dakota fire hole the right way, the first time.

How to Build a Dakota Fire Hole: The Stealth Fi...

A below-ground fire that hides light, hides smoke, and burns efficiently. Build a Dakota fire hole the right way, the first time.

Circle of rucking boots on trail with a pair of GoRuck boots — wilderness fitness and field readiness

Wilderness Fitness: A Ruck and Strength Plan fo...

The simple, scalable ruck training plan behind Green Beret-style field readiness — weight, distance, speed, and terrain rules anyone can follow, from week one toward the 12-mile ruck standard.

Wilderness Fitness: A Ruck and Strength Plan fo...

The simple, scalable ruck training plan behind Green Beret-style field readiness — weight, distance, speed, and terrain rules anyone can follow, from week one toward the 12-mile ruck standard.

Gray Bearded Green Beret teaching graphic displaying the military SURVIVAL acronym — a letter-by-letter decision-making framework for wilderness emergencies

The Survival Acronym — How the Military's SURVI...

The military uses the SURVIVAL acronym to build a clear decision sequence under pressure. Special Forces veteran Joshua Enyart adapts it for civilian wilderness emergencies — from sizing up the...

The Survival Acronym — How the Military's SURVI...

The military uses the SURVIVAL acronym to build a clear decision sequence under pressure. Special Forces veteran Joshua Enyart adapts it for civilian wilderness emergencies — from sizing up the...

Gray Bearded Green Beret Survival Triangle teaching graphic — illustrating the three interconnected elements that determine real-world wilderness survival outcomes

The Survival Triangle — Why Knowledge Alone Wil...

Knowledge gets all the credit in survival circles. Skills and resources get forgotten. Special Forces veteran Joshua Enyart explains why all three legs of the Survival Triangle must be developed...

The Survival Triangle — Why Knowledge Alone Wil...

Knowledge gets all the credit in survival circles. Skills and resources get forgotten. Special Forces veteran Joshua Enyart explains why all three legs of the Survival Triangle must be developed...

Gray Bearded Green Beret teaching graphic displaying Joshua Enyart's Survival Priorities framework — the order-of-operations for addressing threats in a wilderness emergency

The Survival Priorities — What to Address First...

Survival priorities are not a fixed list — they are a decision framework. Special Forces veteran Joshua Enyart breaks down the full priority order: immediate metabolic needs, preventive priorities, and...

The Survival Priorities — What to Address First...

Survival priorities are not a fixed list — they are a decision framework. Special Forces veteran Joshua Enyart breaks down the full priority order: immediate metabolic needs, preventive priorities, and...