Dave is a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army who is is currently conducting PhD research on conflict in high mountain Asia, with a secific focus on the impacts of climate change within the mountains.

Since mountains are one of the primary terrain features that makes up borders, understanding how people within the environment are affected, react and make decisions as conditions change is important.

All views and opinions expressed are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the stance of any entity that they may represent.

John Littleton served for a time as an enlisted member of the Navy. He is now an AMGA certified ski guide and one of the lead instructors for training AIARE avalanche instructors in the US.

In this episode we discuss his transition out of the navy, feeling of being purposeless and then finding skiing again. Eventually he turned that into becoming a professional ski guide and continues to seek continued education today.

CSM Jay Levy and SSG Zach White share their experiences from training in Alaska to operating in the mountains of Afghanistan. Including the impacts of the mountain environment on Soldiers and their equipment and the value of building from simple to more complex repetitions.

Tactical alpinism is intended to expand your ability to go bigger in the mountains, with an expanded margin of safety. To do this, guests will be sharing their experience and expertise so that you can maybe apply something that you learn to your own mountain objectives and missions.

All views and opinions expressed are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the stance of any entity that they may represent. Not DoD endorsed or affiliated.