Reporters including Tung are routinely schooled in battlefield first aid, as well as hostile environment training.
The most common problem was the failure of parishes or schools to offer "safe environment" training for children.
As war approached, hundreds of correspondents, photographers and camera operators passed through Britain, attending "hostile environment" training courses and buying satellite phones, helmets, chemical warfare suits and respirators.
Research on an Olympic long jumper from Spain showed that he had no copies of the R variant, indicating that athletic success is probably affected by a combination of genes as well as factors like environment, training, nutrition and luck.
After a curiously long detour for "hostile environment training," the two arrive in Afghanistan, where they must navigate the political rat's nest of Kabul before setting out for the hinterland.
A BBC journalist who had told me about the job with the Tunisian company pushed me into going on a hostile environment training course with the help of a bursary from the fantastic Rory Peck Trust.
During my meetings with various editors about what kind of stories they were looking for from the country, only one pushed me on exactly what kind of hostile environment training I had.
All BBC staff who work in conflict zones are given regular "hostile environment" training - the most invaluable part of which is without doubt a comprehensive first aid element.
