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Byron Kerns
Founder & Chief Instructor byron@byronkernssurvival.com He's got the pedigree and it's backed with decades of experience. As a former Air Force Survival (SERE) Instructor, most would think Byron would be hard-charging and stern. Those who receive his teachings experience a completely different person: an instructor that is caring, humble, protective, serious, fun, passionate, emotional, and full of crazy stories. For the past 25-years, Byron has provided teachings to more than 800 small groups: people from all walks of life - an elite Navy SEAL Team, doctors, lawyers, business owners, pilots, teachers, law enforcement, rescue personnel, fire fighters, and Homeland Security to name a few. https://www.airforce.com/careers/detail/survival-evasion-resistance-and-escape-sere |
Laurence Gonzales, author of the book, Deep Survival, says this:
"As I caught my first glimpse of our instructor, Byron Kerns, he swaggered toward us wearing an 18-inch machete, a big, macho looking guy. He had worked at the famous USAF Survival School in the state of Washington. 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, like a man approaching an unpredictable creature."
"As I caught my first glimpse of our instructor, Byron Kerns, he swaggered toward us wearing an 18-inch machete, a big, macho looking guy. He had worked at the famous USAF Survival School in the state of Washington. 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, like a man approaching an unpredictable creature."
To learn more about Laurence Gonzales and the book, Deep Survival, click HERE.
