Surviving the Cut
Encyclopedia
Surviving the Cut is a military
documentary
/reality television
series produced by 2 Roosters Media for the Discovery Channel
. It portrays the rigorous training programs of various elite forces of the United States armed forces
. Season two premiered on the Discovery Channel on July 11, 2011.
Military
A military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. The military may have additional functions of use to its greater society, such as advancing a political agenda e.g...
documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
/reality television
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
series produced by 2 Roosters Media for the Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...
. It portrays the rigorous training programs of various elite forces of the United States armed forces
United States armed forces
The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States. They consist of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard.The United States has a strong tradition of civilian control of the military...
. Season two premiered on the Discovery Channel on July 11, 2011.
Season 1
- "Ranger SchoolRanger SchoolThe United States Army Ranger School is an intense 61-day combat leadership course oriented towards small-unit tactics. It has been called the "toughest combat course in the world" and "is the most physically and mentally demanding leadership school the Army has to offer". The course is conducted...
" (08/18/10) - "US Air Force Pararescue" (08/25/10)
- "US Marine ReconUnited States Marine Corps Reconnaissance BattalionsThe United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Battalions are the reconnaissance assets of Marine Air-Ground Task Force that provide division-level ground and amphibious reconnaissance to the Ground Combat Element within the United States Marine Corps...
" (09/01/10) - "Special Forces DiversUSA armed forces diversThe USA has these types of frogmen and other armed forces divers:-United States Navy:* Underwater Demolition Teams – The first American frogmen .* United States Navy SEALs – primarily trained as Combat Swimmers/Divers....
" (09/08/10) - "Navy EOD Final CertificationUnited States Navy EODUnited States Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians render safe all types of ordnance, including improvised, chemical, biological, and nuclear. They perform land and underwater location, identification, render-safe, and recovery of foreign and domestic ordnance...
" (09/15/10) - "Marine SnipersScout SniperScout Sniper is a secondary MOS designator of U.S. Marine Corps infantrymen and reconnaissance Marines that have successfully graduated from a USMC Scout Sniper School. Scout Snipers provide close reconnaissance and surveillance to the infantry battalion...
" (09/22/10)
Season 2
- "Naval Special Warfare Combatant Craft CrewmanSpecial Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen-History:Special Boat Teams can trace their history back to World War II. Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three rescued General Douglas MacArthur from the Philippines after the Japanese invasion and then participated in guerrilla actions until American resistance ended with the fall of Corregidor...
" (07/11/11) - "US Army Sniper School" (07/18/11)
- "US Air Force Special Operations Dive SchoolUSA armed forces diversThe USA has these types of frogmen and other armed forces divers:-United States Navy:* Underwater Demolition Teams – The first American frogmen .* United States Navy SEALs – primarily trained as Combat Swimmers/Divers....
" (07/25/11) - "US Army Sapper SchoolSapperA sapper, pioneer or combat engineer is a combatant soldier who performs a wide variety of combat engineering duties, typically including, but not limited to, bridge-building, laying or clearing minefields, demolitions, field defences, general construction and building, as well as road and airfield...
" (08/12/11) - "US Army 160th SOAR (A)160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment is a special operations unit of the United States Army that provides helicopter aviation support for general purpose forces and Special Operations Forces. Its missions have included attack, assault, and reconnaissance, and are usually conducted at...
" (08/19/11) - "Naval Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewman (CQT) " (08/26/11)