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Expert Survival Training
Years of outdoors experience and military expertise for effective training.
Meet the Lead Instructor
Tyler Ridenhour is the founder and lead instructor of Arkansas Survival School LLC. A senior non-commissioned officer with nearly 20 years of active-duty military service, he brings deep leadership experience and a proven ability to train, mentor, and lead others in demanding environments.
Tyler has completed difficult military training, including U.S. Army Pathfinder School, Air Assault, and the Basic Mountaineering Course, and served in Iraq in 2008. In addition to his military background, he has over two decades of hands-on outdoor and survival experience, including hunting and advanced civilian survival training.
His instruction focuses on building self-reliance, mental toughness, and respect for nature. Tyler believes survival is more than skills—it’s a mindset. His goal is to develop capable, confident individuals ready to face any challenge, in the wild or in life
