A graduate of US Army Special Forces, Nick Gaines also completed the Medical Sergeant Course (SFMS), Special Operations Combat Medic Couse (SOCM), Advanced Tactical Practitioner (ATP) and the Army Combat Medic Course. He is a survival expert and graduate of US Army SERE Level C and Peacetime Detention course (Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape). Gaines served in the US Army Special Forces (Green Beret) with deployments in the Middle East and South America, saving countless lives in combat situations. He is currently a Wilderness Medical Associates instructor and outdoorsman.