Don’t just survive… Thrive
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Extra Item: Purchase $5.00 in Extra supplies for your prepper’s pantry this week.
Skill Acquisition: Look up how to create portable firestarters. Extra Credit: Test it!!!
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Jason Marsteiner is the founder of The Survival University, a Colorado-based training program focused on practical, real-world self-reliance skills. With over 15 years of hands-on experience, he teaches people how to think clearly, adapt, and operate when things don’t go as planned.
His background is rooted in a lifetime outdoors in the Colorado mountains, combined with extensive field training in a variety of environments. Jason’s instruction strips away unnecessary complexity and focuses on what actually works, whether someone is in the backcountry or dealing with problems closer to home.
Through immersive courses and live training, he works with individuals, families, and organizations to build confidence, decision-making ability, and the kind of skills that hold up under pressure.
Jessica has been affectionately dubbed: “The Combat Midwife” by the over 100,000 US Army combat medics, flight medics and SOF medics (Air Force PJs) she has taught in preparation for GWOT, OIF, & OEF. She’s a Midwife, Paramedic, & EMS educator who has a passion for Ob-Gyn and pediatric emergencies. Jessica has been instructing classes for Midwives, EMS and the Military and she is a published author regarding Ob-Gyn emergencies on how to navigate the out of hospital birth. Get ready for some tips and tricks for reducing anxiety and setting yourself and your patients up for success during out of hospital births and transfers!
Her expertise in prehospital medicine and specializing in OB/GYN emergencies and out-of-hospital birth transfers has been published in EMS World Magazine, and she has personally delivered babies in a variety of extreme settings—including an Afghan refugee camp when the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan in 2021.
Jessica’s fast-paced yet nurturing approach equips individuals, families, and medical professionals with the confidence and skills to care for women and newborns when it matters most. Whether training elite military teams or rural first responders, her mission remains the same: to ensure no birth is left to chance.
