Jungle Environments News Today

A group of undergraduate electrical engineering students from the University of West Florida’s Emerald Coast campus in Fort Walton Beach created an innovative battery charging system for soldiers training and operating in jungle conditions.

Many american military personnel are receiving training on how to fight what could be the next war. its far from the deserts of the middle east and requires a very different kind of preparation and mind-set. tonight, chief correspondent jonathan hunt suits up for some jungle warfare training. >> as dawn broke, we boarded a black hawk helicopter for a spectacular journey across the roof of the rain forests from being dropped in. joining soldiers here in hawaii, many of the veterans of the campaig...

Spectacular journey across the roof of the rain forest being dropped in. joining the soldiers who had fought in iraq and afghanistan, learning to fight a very different kind of war. >> the goal is to be able to teach the skills that students can survive, fight in jungle environments. >> as every vietnam vet knows, the jungle itself is not an easy enemy to conquer. the only way to do it is on foo foot. the loud rumble of armored humvees is perhaps the most familiar sound from the desert in urban ...