Going into dense jungle terrain is not the healthiest option for you. This is because the untrained jungle explorer will not be able to see past the illusion that the jungle is hostile. If you want to make it out alive, you will have to learn to respect the environment and to respect your own limitations. Failing to do those will not only demoralize you; but will also lower your chances of getting out of it alive.

The first thing that you have to realize is that the jungle is a living, breathing entity. How that entity reacts is dependent on how you treat it. This means that if you want to survive, you will have to respect it. You have to realize that the jungle will not be hostile if you don’t treat with hostility. Soldiers who have operations within jungles are trained to survive and successfully navigate the jungle environment. They use a technique called dead reckoning to know where they should be. They practice this by setting up blank flags in a simulated jungle.

Commando units train on an entirely different level. They train not to survive the jungle but to make the jungle work for them. This is integral in their missions as they rely on using the different variables around them to turn the tide. They can thrive in the jungle if they have to and they can use everything to their advantage. That is why they are trained to spot things even in heavy camouflage. They train themselves with camouflaged custom flags in different environments so that they can spot even the most subtle changes in the environment.