How Did They Fix That?

Mike helps fix the vessels that the U.S. Coast Guard use to keep our oceans safe, replacing key parts of ship engines, removing a large crane from a buoy tender, and fixing a helicopter for a critical exercise in which Mike himself is rescued.

Mike helps fix the machines that keep one of the U.S.'s biggest ports moving. He helps a team move a 3-million pound crane, and works at 250 feet in the air while the pressure and the pace of goods flowing through the port never stops.

At Cirque Du Soleil in Las Vegas, Mike embeds with the talented teams that maintain the amazing machines behind Cirque Du Soleil's stage shows, "KA" and "O," fixing hydraulics, the Wheel of Death and essential rigging on a Forest Grid...90 feet above stage

With wildfire season ahead, Mike works with an aerial firefighting company as they fix & convert aircraft into firefighting machines, including the transformation of a 1960's C130 plane from aged military aircraft into a state-of-the art waterbomber.

Mike works with the U.S. Army in Germany inside the massive fix facility 'The MAK' - Maintenance Activity Kaiserslautern as teams repair over one hundred Bradley fighting vehicles, then embeds with troops in a massive two week long battle exercise.

Nevada has over 40,000 abandoned mines posing dangers. Mike joins contractors for a week to secure five sites. Alongside biologists, they explore and document wildlife. Reaching these isolated mines requires barges, helicopters, and bulldozers.

Mike joins the Assault Craft Unit 5, the U.S. Navy's team for Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCACs). LCACs carry heavy vehicles and troops directly onto beaches. Mike helps fly & fix an overhauled LCAC during a U.S. Marines beach assault training mission.

Mike pushes himself to the limit to work with an elite team of high ropes techs on fixes hundreds of feet in the air. Starting 45 stories up on the side of a skyscraper, then working and dangling on the edge of these high-flying fixes.