How hard is it to become a SERE specialist?

It is extremely difficult to become a SERE specialist.

SERE specialists are the Air Force's experts on recovering people who have become isolated. They know everything about surviving in difficult situations. They make sure that all high-risk-of-capture/isolation personnel return safely and with honor from any situation.

SERE specialists provide initial training to all Airmen at the Air Force Survival School at Fairchild AFB, WA. They also provide periodic follow-up skills to keep people trained.

SERE also provides training for personnel recovery and expertise for Guardian Angel rescue units, Special Tactics units, various headquarters operations centers, and more. SERE also tests parachutes and other jumping equipment for the Air Force.

SERE Specialists teach other military members how to stay safe if they get lost or captured. They help train people how to survive in difficult situations.

To become a SERE Specialist, you need to pass a certification process. This shows that you are qualified to teach other people these skills.

Being a SERE Specialist is considered a Combat Support job. This means that they do not usually fight in wars, but they can be deployed to combat zones in support of soldiers who do fight.

The Air Force Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) program helps keep people safe. This program helps us find people who are lost or in danger and also helps us protect ourselves from enemies.

The Air Force SERE program also develops, conducts, manages, and evaluates Initial SERE training and SERE Refresher TrainingThe PR programs support the Combatant Commanders by helping them prepare and plan for personnel recovery. They also help with the execution and adaptation of these plans.

The preparation activities include:

• Surveying areas for potential evasion routes, contact sites, and cache sites.

• Surveying the physical infrastructure of an area

• Providing positive control of the recovery and contact sites for personnel

• Synchronizing the efforts of different agencies, governments, and countries so that everyone can work together to get people back safe and sound.

The program assesses and develops the capabilities of other countries to recover their people through security assistance and training.

They can operate in eight different areas:

• Temperate

• the Arctic

• Desert

• Tropic

• Coastal

• Open Sea

• Urban

• Captivity

A few other duties include:

This answer doesn't even cover half of the responsibilities of a SERE specialist or how important they are to our military readiness.

A whopping 60% of SERE candidates don't complete training. The primary reasons for this are Self-Initiated Elimination (SIE) or giving up. Most give up because they haven't researched what SERE entails and they're not physically prepared,

The majority of SERE experts can be found at Fairchild AFB, Washington, where the Air Force Survival School is based.