Hakim Isler is a primitive outdoor survival expert beginning as a student in the US Army Survival, Escape, Resistance and Evasion (SERE) School. After the military, he went on to receive advanced survival training at Earth Connections Survival School (VA) and has since been honing his skills around the world. He is now recognized as a world-class survival expert, the first professional-level African-American survivalist in the country–specializing in survival, defense and escape tactics within both wilderness and urban environments.
A combat veteran of the Iraq War, deploying during both Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Hakim served as a Psychological Operations Sergeant in the Special Operations Forces unit of the United States Army. He is also a sixth-degree black belt in To-Shin Do (modern Ninjutsu) as taught by world-renowned author, Black Belt Hall of Fame member, and American Ninja Master Stephen K. Hayes.