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Students navigate Germany with SERE Airmen

Advancement via Individual Determination students plot, measure and find the coordinated for their destination during the navigational challenge in Landstuhl, Germany, May 23, 2014. AVID is an elective class, geared toward assisting students in learning how to take notes, study and prepares them for college. AVID students from Ramstein Middle School were given the tools and knowledge needed to learn land navigation by 86th Operational Support Squadron’s survive, evade, resist and escape specialists. After five months of classroom sessions, AVID students were able to put their skills to the test by participating in the first ever NAVid Challenge, where they had to find their way from one point to another. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Hailey Haux)

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SERE builds partnerships one bug at a time

Tech. Sgt. Kurtis Douge, 8th Operations Support Squadron survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist, teaches Republic of Korea Air Force Basic Mountain Survival Course students about overcoming food aversions prior to eating salamander eggs near Chong-Ju, ROK, April 9, 2014. The SERE specialist demonstrated survival techniques and evaluated and provided recommendations to improve the overall course taken by ROK survival students. (U.S. Air Force Courtesy Photo)

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Combat Search and Rescue participate in Red Flag 14-2

A U.S. Air Force Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape specialist (left), and a Belgian military member scan the area while participating in a combat search and rescue exercise during Red Flag 14-2 March 11, 2014, on the Nevada Test and Training Range. Red Flag exercises have evolved to include all aspects of air warfare including CSAR operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Thomas Spangler)

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Female SERE instructor

Senior Airman Charlene Plante, 1st Special Operations Support Squadron survival, evasion, resistance and escape instructor, advises an aircrew member on the proper way to escape a parachute during a SERE refresher course at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Jan. 14, 2014. Plante is one of about a dozen females who have successfully completed the SERE instructor course. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Naomi Griego)

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Shining in the desert

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti -- U.S. Air Force Reservist Staff Sgt. Benjamin Domian, a SERE specialist with the 920th Rescue Wing, is awarded a French desert combat badge during a graduation ceremony near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Oct. 16, 2013. Sergeant Domian was named honor graduate of the more than 160 French and U.S. military members who participated in the 10-day desert combat course, with about 143 completing the test of mental and physical obstacles in the Djiboutian desert. Joint training, such as this, builds relationships with partner nations and ensures Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa members are continually ready to support military operations in East Africa to defeat violent extremist organizations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chad Thompson)

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SERE NCOs keep McConnell Airmen trained

An American Flag and Air Mobility Command patch lay on a land navigation and evasion map Oct. 10, 2013, in Derby, Kan. Developed during World War II, these maps were used by many servicemen to escape from behind enemy lines. They include helpful information such as basic navigation routs and local plants and wildlife. This chart was used during mandatory survival, evasion, resistance and escape refresher training, given every three years for aircrew, where participants had to evade capture and navigate their way through the woods to specific points, including a simulated rescue point. (U.S Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katrina M. Brisbin)

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Honorary Commanders and Eagles tour SERE

92nd Air Refueling Wing Honorary Commanders and Eagles tour U.S. Air Force's Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape water survival course in the Fairchild aquatics center Sept. 27. The Honorary Commanders & Eagles program is designed to bring together Fairchild Air Force Base leaders with Spokane and surrounding area leaders in an informal program fostering mutual understanding and establishing long lasting bonds of friendship. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes/ Released)

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SERE training

Staff Sgt. Josh Krape, 86th Operations Support Squadron survival, evasion, resistance, and escape specialist, demonstrates proper blood choke techniques during their survival, evasion, resistance and escape refresher course, Aug. 13, 2013, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Aircrews are required to conduct SERE training every three years to stay current and in case they are stranded or lost in a downed aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Dymekre Allen)

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AETC commander sees bright future during visit to SERE facilities

Gen. Edward Rice, commander of the Air Education and Training Command, observes a Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape exercise at the water training facility at Fairchild Monday, July 1, 2013. The general was at Fairchild to tour the operations of the 336th Training Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sam Fogleman/Released)

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