 The 25th Infantry Division's Lightning Academy is the home of the Jungle Operations Training Course. The course teaches soldiers essential skills to be effective in a jungle environment and test their knowledge over the course's 12 days. The Jungle Operations Training Course is open to all those in the Indo-Pacific region. The Lightning Academy not only trains U.S. Army soldiers, but is open to all Allied forces. The Lightning Academy has hosted forces from all around the globe. Approximately 10% of each class is comprised of Allied forces. The most recent class included forces from Malaysia and Canada. The strenuous course forces service members to work together to complete the training. Fostering Allied relationships is a major point to the success, not only of the Lightning Academy, but to the progression of our military forces. Bringing in Allied forces allows the Jungle School not only to teach, but to gain valuable information from other countries to help improve the course. Just like with anything in life, we could read all the books we want to, but we want to listen to the people who live in it and who have lived in it their entire lives. We want that knowledge and that's very intangible for us. Allied countries assist in enriching the course by allowing Jungle Course instructors to travel and learn in their environments. Bringing back those experiences allows the Lightning Academy to grow and continue to build the bond between America and its Allied forces. It's very challenging for me and it's two weeks. I think it's very long, but finally I'll finish all this course and for tomorrow we will finally graduate. The course was a great opportunity to learn a lot, being a jungle company from Canada. We don't have jungles over home, so being able to work within the United States of America is awesome. They have great staff over here and we have the opportunity to learn a lot again, so thank you a lot United States. This is U.S. Army Sergeant Gary Singleton reporting for DMA Pacific, Oahu, Hawaii.