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Pinoy sergeant teaches US troops to skin a cobra
Elena L. Aben
May 8, 2014
photo caption: COBRA COMMANDER — Technical Sergeant Riden Dumalig peels the skin off a cobra during survival training with American troops at Fort Magsaysay, Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, recently. (Spc. Michael G. Herrero/US Army)
The cobra hissed and flailed violently as Technical Sgt. Riden Dumalig demonstrated how to prepare it in a jungle environment.”
This was how US Marine Lance Cpl. Shaltiel Dominguez described one of the scenes during a jungle survival training in the on-going Balikatan exercises 2014 (BK14), in which an instructor from the Philippine Army Special Forces taught American soldiers how to skin a cobra.
American soldiers, Riden Dumalig, Philippine Army Special Forces
COBRA COMMANDER — Technical Sergeant Riden Dumalig peels the skin off a cobra during survival training with American troops at Fort Magsaysay, Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, recently. (Spc. Michael G. Herrero/US Army)
Dominguez said learning how to prepare and cook the deadly cobra was just one of the lessons learned by more than 60 American soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 7th Artillery Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, and 3rd Battalion, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division as they participated in the jungle survival training course.
Instructors from Philippine Army Special Forces taught the US soldiers jungle survival fundamentals, such as trapping, foraging, nutrition and preparing animals and plants for consumption.
“Among the resources used for survival were coconuts, herbs, wild goats, fish, chickens and even snakes,” said Dominguez, of the US Marine public affairs.
1st Lt. Nicholas Risher, officer-in-charge with 3rd Battalion, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 25th ID, cited value of the training, as he said: “It is important that soldiers are able to survive off the land and sustain themselves, especially in environments where there’s not much opportunities for resupply.”
“If we can feed ourselves out there, then we can last longer and fight harder,” said Risher.
The training provided the US troops with valuable knowledge and skills from subject matter experts who have had decades of experience in their field.
Source: www.mb.com.ph/pinoy-sergeant-teaches-us-troops-to-skin-a-cobra/
Elena L. Aben
May 8, 2014
photo caption: COBRA COMMANDER — Technical Sergeant Riden Dumalig peels the skin off a cobra during survival training with American troops at Fort Magsaysay, Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, recently. (Spc. Michael G. Herrero/US Army)
The cobra hissed and flailed violently as Technical Sgt. Riden Dumalig demonstrated how to prepare it in a jungle environment.”
This was how US Marine Lance Cpl. Shaltiel Dominguez described one of the scenes during a jungle survival training in the on-going Balikatan exercises 2014 (BK14), in which an instructor from the Philippine Army Special Forces taught American soldiers how to skin a cobra.
American soldiers, Riden Dumalig, Philippine Army Special Forces
COBRA COMMANDER — Technical Sergeant Riden Dumalig peels the skin off a cobra during survival training with American troops at Fort Magsaysay, Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, recently. (Spc. Michael G. Herrero/US Army)
Dominguez said learning how to prepare and cook the deadly cobra was just one of the lessons learned by more than 60 American soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 7th Artillery Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, and 3rd Battalion, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division as they participated in the jungle survival training course.
Instructors from Philippine Army Special Forces taught the US soldiers jungle survival fundamentals, such as trapping, foraging, nutrition and preparing animals and plants for consumption.
“Among the resources used for survival were coconuts, herbs, wild goats, fish, chickens and even snakes,” said Dominguez, of the US Marine public affairs.
1st Lt. Nicholas Risher, officer-in-charge with 3rd Battalion, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 25th ID, cited value of the training, as he said: “It is important that soldiers are able to survive off the land and sustain themselves, especially in environments where there’s not much opportunities for resupply.”
“If we can feed ourselves out there, then we can last longer and fight harder,” said Risher.
The training provided the US troops with valuable knowledge and skills from subject matter experts who have had decades of experience in their field.
Source: www.mb.com.ph/pinoy-sergeant-teaches-us-troops-to-skin-a-cobra/