Canadian Forces School of Survival and Aeromedical Training, Military training institution in Winnipeg, Canada
The Canadian Forces School of Survival and Aeromedical Training is a military instruction facility in Winnipeg that teaches personnel life support techniques, survival methods, and aviation physiology. The center operates specialized training facilities in Manitoba where students practice under realistic field conditions.
The institution was established in 1996 through the consolidation of the Canadian Forces Survival Training School and multiple aviation medicine training units across Canada. This merger created a single centralized facility for all military survival and aeromedical training programs.
The school operates under the motto INSTITUERE - SUPERARE - PUGNARE, which reflects its mission to prepare military personnel for extreme situations. This guiding principle shapes the daily work and training philosophy of the institution.
The school is not open to the public; its main facility, the Wilbur Rounding Franks building, stands on West Street at 17 Wing, CFB Winnipeg. Outdoor survival courses run at Springer Lake in Nopiming Provincial Park, while the Arctic course is held at Crystal City, part of the Arctic Training Centre north of Resolute Bay, Nunavut.
The school's badge, registered in Canadian heraldry, shows a green triangle charged with the rod of Aesculapius among scattered blue stars: the triangle stands for danger and survival, the stars for aviation, the rod for medicine. Its Latin motto, instituere superare pugnare, means "to train, to survive, to fight".
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