Byron Kerns Survival School

"Thanks for stopping by the BKSS online camp site. As a former U.S. Air Force Survival (SERE) Instructor, Class 71-02, there resides
within me a duty and an obligation to instruct men and women in the art of outdoors survival. I am truly fortunate to be able to fulfill this
duty. For years, I have had one of the best jobs in the world. The opportunity to observe, train, and provide a sense of wilderness worth to
hundreds of students from all walks of life. Both military and civilian - from backpackers to corporate managers to fulfilling a contract with
the most famous team of Navy SEALs. Though called a survival expert at times, I am not. There's no way to know it all. But, I do know
this. At BKSS, you'll become a valued team member. The minute we shake hands.

Laurence Gonzales, National Geographic Adventure editor and author of "Deep Survival," hits the mark in his description
of Byron: "As I climbed out of the cockpit and onto the wing, I caught my first glimpse of our instructor, Byron Kerns. He
swaggered across the fueling ramp toward us wearing an 18-inch Panamanian machete, a big, macho-looking guy. He
had worked at the famous Air Force Survival School in Washington State. When I saw him, I thought: We're in for it now.
Byron turned out to be soft-spoken, polite, cheerfully earnest, and gentle to a fault. He moved slowly, never hurried, and
was always carefully assessing himself and his environment. He wasn't prone to high emotional states. He carried with
him a contagious air of calm. Even after a lifetime in the wilderness, Kerns entered the woods with a deep sense of
respect and humility, like a man approaching a magnificent, dangerous, and unpredictable creature."

Byron is one of a select few former USAF SERE instructors who has designed and created from start-up
a successful survival school for civilians. Not only once ... but twice. His first school, which Byron founded in the
hills of Virginia in 1995 and sold in 2005, brought Byron's teaching abilities national notice, not only in the book "Deep Survival," but in
the Washington Post, Reader's Digest, National Geographic Adventure, and Esquire, to name a few. Now with headquarters in Florida,
his mission continues with a passion to deliver outstanding teachings "so that others may live." Byron is the real deal. He's a unique and
excellent choice for a survival adventure ... in Florida or anywhere in the United States.

The Go Do Adventure
with Ford Motor Company
The Ford Explorer takes buddies
Mike Frech, Jim Santora, Keith
Moynihan and Brad Tuttle deep
into the Louisiana bayou. They
step out of the comforts of the
Explorer and find themselves at
the mercy of Byron.

This is what happens when you
ask the question "What adventure
would you Go Do if you had the
Ford Explorer for a week?

"Byron ... I just wanted to say thanks for the awesome time in Florida. The class was more than I ever could've expected.
I thought that being an avid Survivorman & Man vs Wild watcher gave me all the skills I needed to survive in the wild. I couldn't
have been more wrong. I learned more from your course than I'll ever read in a book or see on TV. All courses are crap without
a proper instructor - and this course was just amazing. I wouldn't have wished for anyone but you to lead us into the bush."

- Tim, St. Louis, Missouri

Four contest winners from New Jersey got the opportunity to spend a chilly night, with
minimal equipment, in the swamp near Bayou Gauche, Louisiana. With the clothes on their
back, a few feet of para cord, a fire steel, a machete, and a full water bottle and blanket each,
they experienced an adventure most locals choose not to do. After taking an airboat ride deep
into the bayou, Byron hiked them through the swamp to their camp site. They made a natural
shelter and created fire. Then, Byron, being the nice guy he is, poured water on their fire. Did
they remake fire ... utilizing an outstanding PMA? What do you think? Then, at dark, Byron
left the men ... nicknamed "the swamp dogs" ... much to their surprise. It was an honor and
priviledge to work with such an outstanding film crew from California, not to mention the ad
agency folks from Detroit. BKSS sincerely thanks Outside TV (kin to Outside magazine) and
Ford Motors for hiring Byron to be the survival consultant for this exciting contest webisode.

An early morning
chat with Andrea
Jackson ... at
The Daily Buzz

Live and "on air"
discussing the
new movie
Hunger Games
and survival.

It just keeps getting better and better
Byron recently had the priviledge of spending two bodacious days in the woods sharing his teachings with Dave,
Jennifer, and their 9-yr. old son, Nick. An awesome time with a super-polite, intelligent, wilderness youngster and two
outstanding parents - both stunt persons. To learn more about Jennifer and to be bodaciously surprised, please visit
www.jenniferbadger.com

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At the BYRON KERNS SURVIVAL SCHOOL - HQ: Florida.

Director | Chief Instructor

"how to Do florida"
television series with
host Chad Crawford
... and Byron

Click HERE to view the episode
featuring Byron and wilderness survival.
A third generation Floridian, Chad is an
award-winning cinematographer and
producer. His quest to teach viewers
how to do Florida and present it in
stunning High Definition is the driving
force behind the show's success.

Positive mental attitude and wilderness survival. Byron-style.