Obviously hikers are not the target audience for this article. Don't underestimate how many people that never go into the woods that will suck that slop down. Let me add that the young green men I saw in SERE school were wide eyed and excited to learn and be tested. I did not see a bunch of secretive sadistic nut jobs. They all looked like quality kids. I had fun talking to them. The leader had great fun listening to the survival questions I had for them. I was better prepared than them going in. I have little doubt they were better prepared than me going out. No dark sinister crap in that group. Just young people getting trained.