Originally Posted by
AZFlyer
YouTube - USAF SERE School
Can anyone tell if this video is showing aircrew SERE training or if its showing SERE Specialist training? I don't think it is mentioned in the video and it doesn't say in the youtube description. I'm guessing it is about SERE Specialists.
Did any of you guys have to make a meal out of bugs and raw rabbits at aircrew SERE?
How about the downed helo water surivial sim? Looks pretty intimidating.
The wter survival part of the video looks more like our standard water survival training required every 4 years than anything I did at SERE school.
It didn't even look like they turned the helo dunker upside down. The worst ride was the blind ride with an assigned exit. That is the one they you prayed your assigned seat was right next to the exit or in the cockpit rather than the very back of the Helo.
The helo rescue was more fun too in the USN training. I did D-Jet training after what we called was AI because I was going to NAS Corpus Christi for Primary. There we parasailed down in the P'Cola Bay and then a helo came by and picked us each up and then set us back down in the water and then a boat came by and picked us up too. Does anyone on here know if they are still doing it that way?
As far as the training being *watered down* - I do believe that the Water Survival and Physiology has gotten easier through the years - less demanding I mean. For instance I believe their is only ONE helo dunker ride required now. The scenario based training flows better though and you get don much quicker.
USMCFLYR