Border Patrol Agent Ben Vik explains the practice of sign cutting, or tracking signs of human passage that BP agents use to find smugglers in the desert.

The U.S. Border Patrol media academy took a trip down to the U.S./Mexico border to see what agents observe on a daily basis on the job.

Agents with the U.S. Border Patrol reenact a typical chase through the desert for reporters attending a recent media academy.

U.S. Border Patrol agents tracked 2 trucks, one which had been reported stolen in Yuma, seizing more than $2 million in marijuana. Video courtesy USBP

Members of BORTAC, the Border Patrol's the agency's national level tactical unit, show equipment used and Border Patrol's Search, Trauma and Rescue team (BORSTAR) demonstrate how to haul a patient up a cliff.