 I am Sergeant Tappan and today I'm going to teach you how to start a fire like a marine. See this great fire that we've got going on right here provides warmth, it can provide you with being able to dry your wet clothing and help you cook your food, but it can't get started unless you have one of these. All right, this right here is called a bird nest. You're just going to grab a bunch of dried up dead leaves or whatever you can get your hands on and you're going to roll it up into a ball and then make a bird nest out of it. So basically all you're going to do is make a pocket in the center. Inside that pocket you're going to put magnesium block sheddings. The magnesium hopes you'll be able to start your fire once you start sparks with your flint and steel. Your flint and steel create a spark whenever you rub any metal against it. Once you've got a small enough flame going we have your kindling which is going to be small pieces of stick to be able to start your fire right after your bird nest. After that you're going to need your tinder. Your tinder is going to make your fire a little bit bigger and the end state is going to be able to get your fuel on fire which is going to be your large logs and your thick pieces of wood. And that's how you start a fire like a marine.