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I went during summer of 1997...gorgeous northern Washington country...if I wasn't being hunted that is...oh and you also have to be careful for moose out there...and snakes of course...the SERE instructors who play the enemy country..them are some pretty bad ass people...haha...we managed to avoid being caught..until the last couple days that is...then they caught all of us...pow camp and all that...I got hemmed up quite a bit...overall great school..learned a lot..it's a must for any of us flyer crews in the USAF
I have to say my favorite stories is that the sere school has an agreement with the locals. Since the soldiers training often time steal their chickens or other animals for food while on the run, the local farmers are allowed to "capture" the soldiers for the "bad guys" which they usually do by holding them at gunpoint until the instructors arrive to take them into custody.
My dad was a crew chief on a CH-46 in the Marine Corps and he had to go through SERE school. They would lock them in a tube and play recordings of someone being interrogated. Fun.
I once seen cooks built ice sculptures, magnificent ice sculpture while I was engaged in a school located maybe near or around FT. Lee, or both? Who knows.
I went to USAF SERE in 1999 and while some of the details of my experience differ, I wholly agree that it was hands-down the best training I ever got. Absolutely priceless. Those instructors are incredible assets that don’t get nearly the credit they deserve.
Graduated from SERE School like 2 weeks ago. Got frostbites in both of my feet. Can't describe the pain im going through right now. Hope it gets better. Was an outstanding experience that i dont want to live again whatsoever...
I went through the Navy SERE course in Maine in the middle of the winter 2005. I woke up in the snow from a nightmare that I was robbing a McDonalds at gunpoint. While the worker was opening the register and throwing money at me, I was smacking it out of the way and demanding a burger. Never been hungrier in my life. lol. and cold. I went into the course at 180lbs and in only a week came out at 165lbs...
I personally know an Honor Man of his Navy level C SERE School Class. He is a very easy going and good guy. He is also the toughest man I know. Those in the Special Operations Community are truly some of the finest people in America. Send them far away, on difficult and dangerous missions, they do whatever it takes to complete the mission. God Bless them.
I was a driver for the Mackall school one summer, the awesome Cadre gave all us minions a sweet ride on a SPIE Rig. Best ten minutes of my Army career.
When the "Lab" phase was over and the buses pulled up there was a table with a loaf of bread a little jar of peanut butter and another of jelly ... at first we were like "that's all?... for all of us?" we lined up and each received 1/2 of a PB and J. Most of us couldn't finish it, our stomachs had shrunk besides that we knew we could sleep on the bus and we couldn't get on the bus till we were finished with our sandwich. The ride back was also "fragrant" even with all the windows down. Debrief was awesome! It is when we learned the True Identities of our Lab Instructors ... My favorite ... "The Incredibly Stupid One" none other than Doug Hegdahl ... he was absolutely an awesome person and his closing speech is to this day the Best Motivational Speech I have ever heard ... as we were passing through to get our Certificates of Completion he was reciting Name, Rank and Serial Numbers of the folks that he was a POW with ... very moving, even now when I just think about it.
Navy SERE in Dec 81, Broomstick Maine. Gives cold a whole nother definition. During the E & E phase, our team got split up during a snowstorm one night. The other half got captured and the LT{jg} that was our commander gave us all up. Said it was to save us because he didn't think we would make it. Come the interrogation phase and once again, he was the first to crack. When we got back to Jax, he was transferred out within a month. I wouldn't trade the experience for anything, but I would NEVER want to do it again. The instructors wore Russian uniforms and spoke fluently. Added immensely to the experience.
Dave Perala I was covered in cold water,...going hypothermic,.....I was being tortured,as an example to a Lt. who refused to give his Social security number. What there trained to do,.......what they really do. It’s called demonstration performance,...Great training,...although not at the time. I would be going through ITB training soon,......understanding this lesson! Would reoccur in my mind about training officers undergoing sere training later.......deprived of food,sleep,.......water. You deal with a different person,...and now is the best time to train them,.....cause it really sticks!!! Because they see themselves different!!! Now you can recognize it,...now it can be controlled. More training,More control. No one is immune,.....all must be trained! Again! And again!
Our role players were tri-colored Grey uniforms with red barrets with a black triangle..supposed to be in Limnadia...like we were shot down over their enemy country...they beat our ass at will to a point...I agree with a prior statement, I got a lot out of that training, but would not do it again... we were hunted day n night...
JB1979 I underwent SERE at Eglin AFB with 5th SF. I lost 30 pounds, and there were no mess halls. We were fed a small bowl of rice with fish that had been thrown in as the rice cooked once a day The rice had scales, fish entails, eyes, and it was bony, no seasoning, and the serving size was about what you could hold in one hand. We also had one small cup of water a day. It was during winter, frozen dew covered the ground until late morning, light rain at times that further iced on the ground, and it was cold all the time. We wore torn hospital pajamas that had had the waist ties cut off and had the crotch ripped open. We slept in freezing cold at night. Every hour or more, we were awakened for a head count. We were starved, and sleep deprived. We could not sit down during the day having to be in constant motion. We could not look up, look around, or make eye contact with anyone, but especially the prison guards or cadre. If we had been caught making eye contact, we were reeducated, and have disciplinary measures imposed. I am not allowed to discuss the other prison camp training. I graduated First Enlisted in Class. SERE is hard but not impossible for the determined. The school does not want you to fail, but they don't make it easy. SERE is about survival, it prepares you for the barbarism you will experience if captured, most of which you would not survive without training and preparation. POW life will not be easy. SERE does not teach you how to fight, it teaches you how to think and endure, to be faithful to our oaths, the Honor Code, the Code of Conduct, and it teaches you to achieve continuously more difficult limits of endurance. It teaches you about you.
George Rivera my experience was very similar to yours. We were given an opportunity to eat once (rice and fish as you described)but of course that didn’t go as planned , something happened and the cadre got mad and dumped the entire pot of rice on the ground. I didn’t care I grabbed a handful and put it in my shirt pocket rocks and all lol. Was a little crunchy to say the least.
JB1979 We also had the "People's Pond," and the, " Hot Box." A little wet towel over my face with a continuous stream of water pouring over it taught me that I could hold my breath a lot longer than I thought I could, which allowed me to inhale while they were refilling the bucket. They don't want to drown you. They want to let you figure out how you can defeat the treatment. Here's a funny moment. I hope it wasn't you. While we were in the Evasion phase, I came to a Y intersection. I crawled up to a nearby tree and slid up the side of it to get a better view. I noticed two guys out in the open looking at their map. I yelled out, Hey! To get there attention and they bolted into the woods. They're probably still running.
George Rivera yep I had forgot about that name. Peoples pond lol....those suckers. Also the Water filled pits they would put u in and put a lid over the pit so it was dark plus the water was deeper than your mouth. We also had the water dripping on our heads constantly when locked in the stocks aka pillory. Back breaker lol
Does America only waterboard in this school? No one uses that for torture besides politically correct countries. In my home country you get beaten in basic training. I don't know who I pissed off but once I was ordered at night in winter to go run out in the snow. When I was called back I was beaten and left outside to figure out my own way back in. Of course this was nothing new to me since every day since I was a child was basically living in prison camp. Always fights as a kid, poverty, government abuse and rampant alcoholism in the culture lead to irresponsibility on all levels. When you go to Easter Church with your family and a man is standing at the door taking your photo and interrogating you on why you are going to church. You start to not see much difference between life and prison camp. My home country has a version of this survival school I believe for astronauts and military, but knowing how our civilian lives and basic military is, I wonder how it is. Another example, Americans eat rice or nothing in simulated POW camp for training. In my military sometimes we eat nothing because the food supply was forgotten, stolen, or alcoholic driver wrecked. So we sit out and if lucky maybe catch food, share, or scavenge. Nothing new though, most of us grew up without much food. Military was the most some people ate. I think maybe American soldiers should not do waterboarding they won't experience it in real world.
I went through SERE school back in March 1977 out in Warner Springs, Ca. In the high desert north east of San Diego. I dont know about now but almost everyone got water boarded in the holding camp prior to being taken to the POW facility. We were roughed up quite a bit too. It was absolutely the best training I've ever had in 22 years in the Navy. I can remember almost every detail of all the phases. Like this guy said, I'd love to get to go through the survival portion again.
I went thru in 1981..was picked on as the XO and the only Army person in the class. Glad i went..would live to go thru again..if I didnt have the leadership duties. GO ARMY!!
@mikeriley305 I remember because of John McCain they changed the law so that personnel could no longer go through that. I don't know what technicality did they develop so that folks could undergo it. I guess if it's off the record or some foreign military is conducting it.
My nephew is an E 7 sere instructor in the navy .iam so proud of him he works with some of the finest warriors this earth has ever seen .were tough,smart an relentless just a few words to describe him.🇺🇸
My dad was a Blackhawk pilot, he went to SERE school when he was 42. He carried his SERE coin everyday until the day he passed away. He made me promise to give it to his nurse in the hospital.
In 1976, I went through this school. I was enlisted aircrew. When I arrived at my first squadron, I went to SERE school and D-West training. At some point during the training, we were given a cup of coffee. I think it was the first cup of coffee that I actually enjoyed; I was so young. Our senior enlisted guy, Master Chief, got the stuffing beat out of him. I remember developing a major dislike for the instructors (enemy soldiers) of the POW camp. I did manage a successful escape from the prison camp, in my underwear no less. You have to return after a while, and when I did, I received a peanut butter sandwich as a reward. Best sandwich ever, since I hadn't eaten much in days. Memories.
Last phase is to take over, collaborate with all your comrades, set arrangements, understand before you get in, then take it over. You wont fail, give up the normal thought of right and wrong, just don't hurt no one. and Be a damn leader and hope your men will follow. This has only happened a few times. You wont cause your to set in the system.
@@DJxSGGxNeo Well said. I've been through and taught SERE and the last phase is the hardest for people without a team mindset ingrained within themselves. Most of those that went in already had a solid team oriented mindset, and going through it only further solidified our abilities to work as a team and lead by way of example.
@@DJxSGGxNeo that's really interesting to hear -- I've never heard that as a possibility but it makes sense and would be cool to have happen (overtaking the POW camp with your comrades). I have heard of people never being caught during the Evasion portion but being forced to return and be "captured"...I figured there would be no way to overcome the torture portion of the program.. Torture is a childhood fear of mine (maybe my worst nightmare) and I feel like if I could get through all the other qualification portions of an SF track that it would be extremely difficult to get my ass beat and put into "the box"... I assume you can't quit once you're in SERE? I'm going to keep looking up information on this stuff, appreciate your comment.
I went through SERE school at Fairchild in eastern Washington in March, 1969. 4-8 ft of snow. Pemican for food. Had a live rabbit to kill and eat. They did give each of us a pound of beef. Evading capture in the mountains in deep snow for 3 days. We were sent out in teams of two to navigate to a designated point several miles away over mountain passes. My companion badly sprained an ankle so we were out an extra day. We got there without being captured, built a fire and had shish kabob. Fabulous. A bus came and took us to a “POW camp”. About 20 of us were put in a large Quonset hut where we developed an escape plan. Some escaped and were captured and then they put us in small individual cells that had a small window in the door. We had to be standing at attention if a guard came to the window. Loud Russian music played all night. The guards took me to the camp commandants office to be interrogated. I was told to sit on a low stool in front of him. As I recall, he was Asian. He had a folder on his desk with personal information about me, which he questioned me about. I only gave name, rank and serial number. For punishment, I was put on my hands and knees in a small wooden “tiger cage” that had movable sides that the guards closed in on me and there I remained for a few hours. Eventually it was over, and I was able to enjoy a glass of cold milk and a cheeseburger. Next, I flew to the Philippines for jungle survival school and then on to Vietnam. But, that’s another story.
We got to help round up some escaped Survival Training students at Eustis. Lol. They wouldn’t believe us stomping through the brush yelling the training was over time to go back to the barracks
What year did you go to SERE School? I'm asking because I went in November of 1994 in Weingarden, West Germany. It was ran by Special Forces (I think 10th Group at the time) and British SAS. I was like you said, an exception to the rule. I wasn't in Special Forces or Special Operations. I was an 11B "Leg" who just happened to be in the right place at the right time when the school slot was offered to me. It was three weeks of pure hell. I lost almost 20 lbs. and I too lost all feeling in my feet and hands for a very long time after the training. I spent more time naked then I did in cloths .... and the instructors made sure I got that "extra special attention" because I was a "dirty leg". Needless to say, I graduated with my class and that school made me out to be a bad ass to every infantry unit I went to after it. First thing everyone seen when they opened my 201 file was that SERE School Certificate. I never seen myself as a bad ass. I just had a whole lot of heart and I was honored to be among some of the best our country had to offer. Thanks for sharing this video. It brought back a lot memories ... good and bad!! HOOAH!!
I know but the secrecy around them is ridiculous ive heard stories from men who did parachute training with sas men, but not much else I can trust to be true. What where they like?
They conducted our hand-to-hand combat class and they played a major role in our R to I phase. Yes, they are super bad-ass and the class they gave us in hand-to-hand combat was like no other class I ever had in my military career. I don't know what to tell you on where you can find information about them. I won't go into details about everything they or our Special Forces taught us. Just know this, they told us that they were going to treat us as if we were captured by a country that followed the Geneva Convention when it came to the R to I phase of our training. They lied ... not one person could walk straight when it came to graduation day.
I went to SERE school in 1980. The OIC was LTC Nick Rowe (look him up) who was a prisoner of the VC/NVA for 5 years before escaping. He was the REAL DEAL. One of the first things I learned was to say "Escape" instead of excape like the narrator does.
Thank you for this video. Even though I am not in the military and have never served at all I am a subscriber and watch your videos because of how inspirational and informational they are.
Camp Mackall, just the name brings back great memories, I learned more about myself in course then any other training. Last two weeks were hell, lost significant weight and broke a few fingers. Was perhaps one of the most professional course I ever attended.
I served with two different men who went through SERE training. One was a prior service Army Ranger...hard SOB! The other had prior service in both the Air Force and Navy before joining the Corps. The latter told us a bit about the Resist/Escape portion (barring any classified information), which I will not get into, so don't bother asking me in the comments. All I can say: I have, and always will have, the utmost respect for anyone who completes this program. In all my time, I never faced anything like it!
i really like all of our videos, very well done, all of them, your simple easy to fallow style is fantastic! thanks for sharing some info of the the spec ops world with us!! greatly appreciated, as well as your service to the kick-ass nation!! i mean that! thank you!! you suffer and keep us safe and i truly am thankful!
Thank you again for sharing your experience. I really appreciate your understated and calm demeanor. Definitely more impactful. A breath of fresh air in the age of hyperbole.
Before this was a special forces training, during the Vietnam war SERE training was for all infantry, im not sure about other MOSs but for infantry it was a must, my dad actually had to go through it, said it seemed pretty real.
Thanks for another great video - as usual! I am looking forward to SERE School as a USAF pilot Officer this spring; summer 2020. USAF SERE School C is based out of Fairchild AFB in eastern Washington (Spokane), I believe. Heard it is beautiful there.
Uhm no you're not...its good, but sucks too...true though, all of us aircrew and crew chiefs must go through it...ugh...got a beating..stuffed into a box, yeah, live rabbit..etc..you'll see..good luck...
I was stationed at Ft. Bragg with the 82nd Abn 505th Inf in 1980s, back then had school called Recondo school. Was like a mini ranger course 30 days long. I attended it in 1982, in that course they had a 48hr SERE part and said they would put their hands on us! Even had to sign a waiver for it, to attend the course. I know it is not the level of the official SERE course shown here. And my compliments to you sir for attendance! But I will say during the POW camp phase, I never knew their were guys that knew how to really hurt you!! And got paid to do it too! Lol but it taught me a lot and prove myself too. I'm not bragging, I cannot imagine a bit what real POWs go through and God bless them! One of our instructor's was a exVietnam POW, when told us that during classroom phase, you could have heard a pin drop!! The whole Recondo course was awesome training and informative for us as soldiers, even though it was an ass kicker!
my team went to North Island in the late 80's, it was set up as a dual school, we attended DEST first then SERE, my class was mostly navy pilots, it was fun watching them sissy's during school, needless to say they all did not complete training, it was sad to see fellas who could have had an awesome career flyin' the blue skies yet could not take a lil "torture" test....... o well, good memories!!
In the mid eighties we had an abbreviated version of SERE training as part of Army air crew advanced training. One weekend while we were doing 2 weeks of aviation maintenance in a field environment. That was enough for me.
IM CURRENTLY MARRIED FOR OVER TWO YEARS I'M ALSO A 21 YEAR U.S. MARINE VETERAN THE HARRASSMENT AND TORTURE IS ON PAR WITH S.E.R.E. SCHOOL FROM MY MEMORY.. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS IM STILL PLANNING MY ESCAPE. Pray for me brothers!
When I was 67 years old, four years ago, I dropped dead in my local ER, and was put into a coma for 2 months while they were trying to figure out what was wrong with me. During that time, I developed two water blisters the size of donuts on my insteps. When I got to rehab, a NP came into my room and told me that she had to address my "wounds." So, she lanced each one, and with scissors, cut away the "useless" skin. (PS-No pain killers!) She knew I had served in VN, more than a few tours, from my health records (Agent Orange and 80 hours of chemo, back to back, every organ in my body damaged, and calcified bottom lung lobes, just to mention a few). (PS-This was not at the VA, I don't go there anymore, because under their care, I died TWICE). When she got through with me, an hour or so later, she said, "OK, tough guy. I AM THROUGH WITH YOU!" I got really upset about what she said, and used my own code-of-conduct, i.e., from the bottom of my list: 6. Be rational, without profanity. 5. Whining; 4. Moaning; 3. Bitching; 2. Complaining; and, 1. Slautering every FKNG human being within eye-site, to include any of their pets, animals, living ancestors and all of their living descendants. So, I asked her what she was talking about. She then told me that most people, undergoing what I did, would be screaming, hollering, and promising the Lord to make the pain go away, and if so, they would go to church everyday for the rest of their lives, as redemption for any or all of their sins. So, she then asked me if I was Special Ops, and if the Army taught me how to avoid pain. I told her that the Army never taught me how to avoid pain, that I learned about it ALL BY MYSELF! She was flabbergasted and wanted to know how I learned to do it. I TOLD HER, THAT DURING MY LIFE-TIME, I WAS MARRIED, TWICE. I never saw her again, and male nurses came in every day to change my bandages and check my wounds. Isn't life wonderful !
Fall was a great time to go. Went right after tech school. Was 37 and prior Army. Most fun I’ve ever had. Make sure to eat some chili for the box time. Lol
Let's just say that some people have never experienced anything like it and likely never will, thankfully. But, some of us have, and it's either hell on earth, or transcendent.
I went during the summer. It wasn't any better, except for wild onions. I did get harassed for not hiding properly, while I laid in a pile of dirt and had every pocket stuffed full of onions.
I went in Feb 2000. Yeah, don't go in the winter. It also took me months to get the feeling back in my feet too. But, like you, I would totally do it all again.................minus the RTL. I can do without that now that I am retired.
Some of the courses that he profiles are ones that you attend prior to being placed on a team. This is one of them, others once you make it to a team based off of your strengths i.e you would not send a person that is a ok swimmer to combat dive. Does that make sense
I did a level B course in 1990 while stationed in Korea. The course was taught by Green Berets and MI personnel. It was some of the best training I received. We had a shortened classroom phase. We did spend several days evading and two days in resistance.
Well presented and appropriately discreet. Fantastic school was classified for many years I’m surprised you are allowed to make a video about it. Finally, all the officers in my class failed the “soft cell” in phase 3.... quite funny when you think about it 👍👍😉
Chase....it is on my list....but I am not going to get to it for a long time.....perhaps next year. Sorry brother. I would track down someone who just went through RASP and ask them to give you some pointers.
I got to do a short course at Brunswick while enrolled with NJROTC during high school. Great time! Trying to live off the land on a mountain that had been picked clean, not easy.
I went to SERE school in 1989 as aircrew for ch-46 helicopters . The Navy’s SERE school was in Rangeley Maine . I loved it and I would do it again even at my age today. It was challenging but you definitely learn a lot about yourself and your strengths. I was harassed endlessly after turning myself in at the end of the evasion training . The more I was harassed the more I dug my heels in . I ended up eating the paper that all my classmates had signed denouncing America 😂it was definitely a dry swallow ! I got extra roughed up for that ! I also ended up with a broken nose and a black eye from being kicked while grabbing the legs of and instructor that was chasing one of the guys trying to escape on our last day. No MREs lol . I guess I went the old school way. 😜
I'm not trying to be a funny here but would crawling through tunnels be a cornerstone of training for the tunnel rats during the Vietnam war? Please do a video of the training program given to tunnel rats during the Vietnam war. Thanks for your amazing videos. I'm enjoying watching them and learning.
In 1972 I recall beginning with somewhat of a physical challenge then getting some instruction on living off the land but no chow lines as shown in this film. I do recall 1 rabbit for 24 men and 1 can of K rations and being told you can eat anything you can catch with snares or improvised fishing devices however all the Game took off when we arrived at the mountain, so no chow. Evasion in the film appeared similar to my experience but everyone was eventually caught. Resistance was brutal. When I got back to my duty station I looked like raw hamburger and black and blue all over and that's all I will disclose about that. But with all of that I found the training to be the best I've experienced and I especially learned "GO TO ANY LENGTHS NOT TO BE CAPTURED". Luckily you only have to do this ONCE in a career. Oh yes, the end was heartwarming. Debrief was typical military.
Everyone breaks, sooner or later, under "interrogation". There are articles floating around by Cia interrogators that substantiate this, unfortunately. The last phase of SERE, (and I've never been to SERE) in my opinion is to give a taste of reality to the class, under controlled conditions...but these are always controlled conditions. In reality, the important thing is to try to keep your mouth shut until any information you may have becomes useless to the enemy. At that point, everyone can sing like a bird.
If I had the will to do the things you did, I would _certainly_ enter SERE in the winter. It would be a much more hardcore barebones way of teaching that makes you grateful for, and more observant of, the resources surrounding you at your possible disposal.
Going through the tunnel maze would've done it for me, I'm afraid. Claustrophobia was never an issue with me until an incident under my house sometime in my mid 30s!!! Since then crawling through confined space freaks me out!!!
I am a S.E.R.E graduate . I fully agree with the fact I have been asked about S.E.R.E .I learned when asked about S.E.R.E.how even the smallest .bit af information you if you were to .tell a shipmate .that it is a dis service .the MILITARY CODE. of conduct .I did it it was the most all around .dig deep.in your mind and make it .school I attended . it was one of my proudest acomplishments . while a NAVY SEABEE . I was assigned to a E.O.D unit as support. got orders to attend class 221 FAZO.brunswick. I will never forget it .
Didn't go s.e.r.e. but went thru a few hard schools and the officers always got a bit harsher treatment from the NCO instructors! Gotta say I always got a laugh from that!! Scouts Out!!!
I'm thinking of joining the army, I love these videos because they show me what to expect and what is possible. I'm going to go in ranger, then sere, then green berets as an officer.
It is better than weight watchers, more of a workout than the local gym, more paranoia inducing than marijuana, great way to break in your boots, and teaches you to survive without toilet paper….or food, or water… or pretty much anything else. Remember one thing, if you can be seen, you can be killed.
Yep, one of the best schools I went to!!!! I was in the IQC (B). One of the TOP in professionalism, instruction, and content. I would do it again. 1985. hard back hootches, one hot meal trucked in during camp class and one when we exfiled back from FTX. An OLS SgtMaj was one of the preceptors Korea & Viet Nam Vet. The SF cadre can be found on TH-cam demo Kun Tao with Master Guy. A lot of combatives! as a Marine, I did get some extra "instruction" but it was all great! one of the few schools where I felt that the instructors WANTED to teach as much quality material as possible. I had a SF MSG from SWC, SF Sgt, Ranger, PJ, CCT and myself as a team. The MSGT was hard as woodpecker lips. Said he was tired of being behind a desk at SWC and took the course for fun. Good times
Chuck Mellette I got paired with some nerdy ass LTJG. soon as they turned us loose that first night I fucken ditched his ass and went snoopin and poopin all by my lonesome.didnt see him again until the camp and all he said was 'hey, where did you go?' haha.Semper gents
I’m loving the video a lot there are very helpful and I’m getting in tip top shape for Boot camp and studying for the ASVAB. You’re the ultimate bad ass in my book and great role model I look up to as well and your videos are helping in my every day life thank you brotha and keep up the good work
So glad to hear that there is very little harassment. I believe I want to become a SERE instructor, and I definitely don't want to bring negativity to others. I understand you can get treated pretty harshly during the part where you practice being captured and interrogated, though. If you don't get caught, do you have to go through that part?
6:01 What is "ICED IN"?? What would cause or why were their security measures that you could bus back to your original base?? Another outstanding vid & THX TO ALL OUR MIL MEMBERS, YOUR GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!
Ice covered the roads. Usually in NC it gets just cold enough to snow and ice the roads over simultaneously. Due to the trees, the ice tends to stay for a long time.
Sniper School was hands down the hardest school I went to. I think we had a 35% graduation rate. I never went to the Q-course, but I did do Airborne, Jumpmaster, Air Assault, Ranger, and SERE (not sure what level...it was in Korea) and also Combat school of hard knocks....but they don't give you a certificate for that.
haha....funny you say that....every time we were in some 3rd world shit hole having to deal with some of the characters there, when someone would make the comment "can you believe these muther*uckers" the reply would always be "savages mister...savages..." to high fives all around.
If you fail, no matter what course even once. You're out. Sniper School is so fucking hard, have you ever tried staying hidden from a DS for hours, spoiler it's not fun.
Yes. It's a requirement for most, if not all expeditionary contracts. Don't worry too much about it now. Take it one step at a time. Go through your standard training first
Just makes it harder bud. Summer can be harder due to extreme heat, little clean water and severe dehydration. Winter with snow provides plenty of water and it's easier to track prey and know where to set up deadfalls and snares. Makes fishing harder though.
Why not do training in the desert? The type of environment the US has been fighting in for what... the last two decades? US forces are never again going to deploy in a nice European forest. Future wars are going to be in the middle east or asian jungles. Sure maybe some snow because Korea and China have a ton of it but still. I live in a desert, if you get stranded out here you are pretty much fucked. If you are hiding from people well you are fucked too cause it's all flat and open. The animals routinely die out here from starvation and dehydration. If animals can't survive what chance to people have? Sorry, maybe I'm ignorant since I'm not an American.
The U.S Green Berets deploy Globally even today. They lost some men in Africa not too long ago. Also the Green Berets main job is to deploy in countries we aren't even at war with. So I have no doubt they would run an Op in Europe, South America, ect
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I was so good at evasion I never went to SERE.
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Solid snake here huh
@@rickwiglyjr7422 trying to escape liquid snake
Sleep deprivation, food deprivation and intense interrogations..... sounds like my marriage
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Well, that's our motto here on this channel, _"Life is a Special operation"_
Lmao
Brilliant comment!!
Except sere school ends.
I went to SERE in 2019 and can totally confirm that winter is not the best time to start a SERE course. I had the same after-effects.
If i had to learn how to survive in any condition id want it to be winter though before that would be the most difficult in a real life situation.
@@DeshawnDaviss it's the most unforgiving but every climate can be lethal.
Ended up at Fairchild AFB during dead winter for SERE 220. Genuinely the worst possible time to do it
I went during summer of 1997...gorgeous northern Washington country...if I wasn't being hunted that is...oh and you also have to be careful for moose out there...and snakes of course...the SERE instructors who play the enemy country..them are some pretty bad ass people...haha...we managed to avoid being caught..until the last couple days that is...then they caught all of us...pow camp and all that...I got hemmed up quite a bit...overall great school..learned a lot..it's a must for any of us flyer crews in the USAF
Is there an online course?
Yup, SERE level A is an online course. I can't tell you much about it though, it's highly classified.
LMAO!!!
Sure, stop by the house, it’ll all be “online.” HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Lolomg😆
There actually was an online sere school we had to complete when I was in the marines. It was the lamest shit ever
I have to say my favorite stories is that the sere school has an agreement with the locals. Since the soldiers training often time steal their chickens or other animals for food while on the run, the local farmers are allowed to "capture" the soldiers for the "bad guys" which they usually do by holding them at gunpoint until the instructors arrive to take them into custody.
“The resistance lab is where students get to practice the code of conduct” 😂
@@cellardoor199991 they're allowed to break bones
@@jarodvincent6199 oh hell no
@@jarodvincent6199 that's absolutely not true. But trust me your mind gets tested more than you could imagine.
@@jarodvincent6199 False.
@@jarodvincent6199 if you break a bone in any spec ops training you're going back to the start after you heal. That isn't true at all.
If you make it through this... You can do anything in life. That's how I felt.
My dad was a crew chief on a CH-46 in the Marine Corps and he had to go through SERE school. They would lock them in a tube and play recordings of someone being interrogated. Fun.
Trevor Hills it's the BOOTS BOOTS tape and the baby crying
Rudyard Kipling's Infantry columns drove me crazy! Loved Marine Corps sere.
@@barnesrm76 fucking boots boots boots.
@@BarbequeKnight the circumstance in which I was forced to listen to boots makes it horrible to hear for me.
Also a lot more sounds. It’s an almost 3 hour long of different soundtracks
Still waiting for your comprehensive video on pastry school
I once seen cooks built ice sculptures, magnificent ice sculpture while I was engaged in a school located maybe near or around FT. Lee, or both? Who knows.
I went to USAF SERE in 1999 and while some of the details of my experience differ, I wholly agree that it was hands-down the best training I ever got. Absolutely priceless. Those instructors are incredible assets that don’t get nearly the credit they deserve.
Graduated from SERE School like 2 weeks ago. Got frostbites in both of my feet. Can't describe the pain im going through right now. Hope it gets better. Was an outstanding experience that i dont want to live again whatsoever...
I went through the Navy SERE course in Maine in the middle of the winter 2005. I woke up in the snow from a nightmare that I was robbing a McDonalds at gunpoint. While the worker was opening the register and throwing money at me, I was smacking it out of the way and demanding a burger. Never been hungrier in my life. lol. and cold. I went into the course at 180lbs and in only a week came out at 165lbs...
I personally know an Honor Man of his Navy level C SERE School Class. He is a very easy going and good guy. He is also the toughest man I know. Those in the Special Operations Community are truly some of the finest people in America. Send them far away, on difficult and dangerous missions, they do whatever it takes to complete the mission. God Bless them.
True warriors there are!!
I was a driver for the Mackall school one summer, the awesome Cadre gave all us minions a sweet ride on a SPIE Rig.
Best ten minutes of my Army career.
Went through SERE school in Maine back in September 2012. Some of the greatest training I ever had and memories I'll never forget!
Bruh your pfp made me think I had a hair on my screen
@@literallypatrickbatemen 4 years later and still gettin em!
Do BORTAC and FBI HRT undergo this training?
@@hexebarya7395Lol!
The FBI are Too Sissy!!😊😊
When the "Lab" phase was over and the buses pulled up there was a table with a loaf of bread a little jar of peanut butter and another of jelly ... at first we were like "that's all?... for all of us?" we lined up and each received 1/2 of a PB and J.
Most of us couldn't finish it, our stomachs had shrunk besides that we knew we could sleep on the bus and we couldn't get on the bus till we were finished with our sandwich.
The ride back was also "fragrant" even with all the windows down.
Debrief was awesome! It is when we learned the True Identities of our Lab Instructors ... My favorite ... "The Incredibly Stupid One" none other than Doug Hegdahl ... he was absolutely an awesome person and his closing speech is to this day the Best Motivational Speech I have ever heard ... as we were passing through to get our Certificates of Completion he was reciting Name, Rank and Serial Numbers of the folks that he was a POW with ... very moving, even now when I just think about it.
Dougie hegdahl is a beast
Meeting him must have been an honor
These comments section are full with people in the military, much respect from me
Navy SERE in Dec 81, Broomstick Maine. Gives cold a whole nother definition.
During the E & E phase, our team got split up during a snowstorm one night. The other half got captured and the LT{jg} that was our commander gave us all up. Said it was to save us because he didn't think we would make it.
Come the interrogation phase and once again, he was the first to crack.
When we got back to Jax, he was transferred out within a month.
I wouldn't trade the experience for anything, but I would NEVER want to do it again.
The instructors wore Russian uniforms and spoke fluently. Added immensely to the experience.
Dave Perala I was covered in cold water,...going hypothermic,.....I was being tortured,as an example to a Lt. who refused to give his Social security number. What there trained to do,.......what they really do. It’s called demonstration performance,...Great training,...although not at the time. I would be going through ITB training soon,......understanding this lesson! Would reoccur in my mind about training officers undergoing sere training later.......deprived of food,sleep,.......water. You deal with a different person,...and now is the best time to train them,.....cause it really sticks!!! Because they see themselves different!!! Now you can recognize it,...now it can be controlled. More training,More control. No one is immune,.....all must be trained! Again! And again!
Our role players were tri-colored Grey uniforms with red barrets with a black triangle..supposed to be in Limnadia...like we were shot down over their enemy country...they beat our ass at will to a point...I agree with a prior statement, I got a lot out of that training, but would not do it again... we were hunted day n night...
Went to Bragg SERE C. I wouldn’t say it’s hard it just sucks that last 2 weeks. Tired and hungry. I lost 35 lbs
JB1979 I underwent SERE at Eglin AFB with 5th SF. I lost 30 pounds, and there were no mess halls. We were fed a small bowl of rice with fish that had been thrown in as the rice cooked once a day The rice had scales, fish entails, eyes, and it was bony, no seasoning, and the serving size was about what you could hold in one hand. We also had one small cup of water a day. It was during winter, frozen dew covered the ground until late morning, light rain at times that further iced on the ground, and it was cold all the time. We wore torn hospital pajamas that had had the waist ties cut off and had the crotch ripped open. We slept in freezing cold at night. Every hour or more, we were awakened for a head count. We were starved, and sleep deprived. We could not sit down during the day having to be in constant motion. We could not look up, look around, or make eye contact with anyone, but especially the prison guards or cadre. If we had been caught making eye contact, we were reeducated, and have disciplinary measures imposed. I am not allowed to discuss the other prison camp training. I graduated First Enlisted in Class. SERE is hard but not impossible for the determined. The school does not want you to fail, but they don't make it easy. SERE is about survival, it prepares you for the barbarism you will experience if captured, most of which you would not survive without training and preparation. POW life will not be easy. SERE does not teach you how to fight, it teaches you how to think and endure, to be faithful to our oaths, the Honor Code, the Code of Conduct, and it teaches you to achieve continuously more difficult limits of endurance. It teaches you about you.
George Rivera my experience was very similar to yours. We were given an opportunity to eat once (rice and fish as you described)but of course that didn’t go as planned , something happened and the cadre got mad and dumped the entire pot of rice on the ground. I didn’t care I grabbed a handful and put it in my shirt pocket rocks and all lol. Was a little crunchy to say the least.
JB1979 We also had the "People's Pond," and the, " Hot Box." A little wet towel over my face with a continuous stream of water pouring over it taught me that I could hold my breath a lot longer than I thought I could, which allowed me to inhale while they were refilling the bucket. They don't want to drown you. They want to let you figure out how you can defeat the treatment.
Here's a funny moment. I hope it wasn't you. While we were in the Evasion phase, I came to a Y intersection. I crawled up to a nearby tree and slid up the side of it to get a better view. I noticed two guys out in the open looking at their map. I yelled out, Hey! To get there attention and they bolted into the woods. They're probably still running.
George Rivera yep I had forgot about that name. Peoples pond lol....those suckers. Also the Water filled pits they would put u in and put a lid over the pit so it was dark plus the water was deeper than your mouth. We also had the water dripping on our heads constantly when locked in the stocks aka pillory. Back breaker lol
Does America only waterboard in this school? No one uses that for torture besides politically correct countries. In my home country you get beaten in basic training. I don't know who I pissed off but once I was ordered at night in winter to go run out in the snow. When I was called back I was beaten and left outside to figure out my own way back in. Of course this was nothing new to me since every day since I was a child was basically living in prison camp. Always fights as a kid, poverty, government abuse and rampant alcoholism in the culture lead to irresponsibility on all levels. When you go to Easter Church with your family and a man is standing at the door taking your photo and interrogating you on why you are going to church. You start to not see much difference between life and prison camp. My home country has a version of this survival school I believe for astronauts and military, but knowing how our civilian lives and basic military is, I wonder how it is. Another example, Americans eat rice or nothing in simulated POW camp for training. In my military sometimes we eat nothing because the food supply was forgotten, stolen, or alcoholic driver wrecked. So we sit out and if lucky maybe catch food, share, or scavenge. Nothing new though, most of us grew up without much food. Military was the most some people ate. I think maybe American soldiers should not do waterboarding they won't experience it in real world.
I went through SERE school back in March 1977 out in Warner Springs, Ca. In the high desert north east of San Diego. I dont know about now but almost everyone got water boarded in the holding camp prior to being taken to the POW facility. We were roughed up quite a bit too. It was absolutely the best training I've ever had in 22 years in the Navy. I can remember almost every detail of all the phases. Like this guy said, I'd love to get to go through the survival portion again.
Did you make it to freedom village
I went thru in 1981..was picked on as the XO and the only Army person in the class. Glad i went..would live to go thru again..if I didnt have the leadership duties. GO ARMY!!
@mikeriley305 I remember because of John McCain they changed the law so that personnel could no longer go through that. I don't know what technicality did they develop so that folks could undergo it. I guess if it's off the record or some foreign military is conducting it.
My nephew is an E 7 sere instructor in the navy .iam so proud of him he works with some of the finest warriors this earth has ever seen .were tough,smart an relentless just a few words to describe him.🇺🇸
some might say he is a butt pirate
Call him CHIEF instead of E-7 as E-7 is a pay grade and CHIEF states PRIDE.
@Roger Clemons and then there is the EMP
My dad was a Blackhawk pilot, he went to SERE school when he was 42. He carried his SERE coin everyday until the day he passed away. He made me promise to give it to his nurse in the hospital.
In 1976, I went through this school. I was enlisted aircrew. When I arrived at my first squadron, I went to SERE school and D-West training. At some point during the training, we were given a cup of coffee. I think it was the first cup of coffee that I actually enjoyed; I was so young. Our senior enlisted guy, Master Chief, got the stuffing beat out of him. I remember developing a major dislike for the instructors (enemy soldiers) of the POW camp. I did manage a successful escape from the prison camp, in my underwear no less. You have to return after a while, and when I did, I received a peanut butter sandwich as a reward. Best sandwich ever, since I hadn't eaten much in days. Memories.
So the last phase is legitimate torture lmao
Last phase is to take over, collaborate with all your comrades, set arrangements, understand before you get in, then take it over. You wont fail, give up the normal thought of right and wrong, just don't hurt no one. and Be a damn leader and hope your men will follow. This has only happened a few times. You wont cause your to set in the system.
@@DJxSGGxNeo Well said. I've been through and taught SERE and the last phase is the hardest for people without a team mindset ingrained within themselves. Most of those that went in already had a solid team oriented mindset, and going through it only further solidified our abilities to work as a team and lead by way of example.
Steve Smith this is America
@@DJxSGGxNeo that's really interesting to hear -- I've never heard that as a possibility but it makes sense and would be cool to have happen (overtaking the POW camp with your comrades). I have heard of people never being caught during the Evasion portion but being forced to return and be "captured"...I figured there would be no way to overcome the torture portion of the program..
Torture is a childhood fear of mine (maybe my worst nightmare) and I feel like if I could get through all the other qualification portions of an SF track that it would be extremely difficult to get my ass beat and put into "the box"... I assume you can't quit once you're in SERE? I'm going to keep looking up information on this stuff, appreciate your comment.
it's not "torture", but it sucks.
Haha, the most valuable advice is “don’t go during winter”
FACTS
Makes you tougher fuck it
I went through SERE school at Fairchild in eastern Washington in March, 1969. 4-8 ft of snow. Pemican for food. Had a live rabbit to kill and eat. They did give each of us a pound of beef. Evading capture in the mountains in deep snow for 3 days. We were sent out in teams of two to navigate to a designated point several miles away over mountain passes. My companion badly sprained an ankle so we were out an extra day. We got there without being captured, built a fire and had shish kabob. Fabulous. A bus came and took us to a “POW camp”. About 20 of us were put in a large Quonset hut where we developed an escape plan. Some escaped and were captured and then they put us in small individual cells that had a small window in the door. We had to be standing at attention if a guard came to the window. Loud Russian music played all night. The guards took me to the camp commandants office to be interrogated. I was told to sit on a low stool in front of him. As I recall, he was Asian. He had a folder on his desk with personal information about me, which he questioned me about. I only gave name, rank and serial number. For punishment, I was put on my hands and knees in a small wooden “tiger cage” that had movable sides that the guards closed in on me and there I remained for a few hours. Eventually it was over, and I was able to enjoy a glass of cold milk and a cheeseburger. Next, I flew to the Philippines for jungle survival school and then on to Vietnam. But, that’s another story.
So...If you escape SERE during the lab phase are you counted as awol or awolf?
Never!!! lol, you are a damn hero if you escape! Marines got that?
You just have to go the fuck back.
We got to help round up some escaped Survival Training students at Eustis. Lol. They wouldn’t believe us stomping through the brush yelling the training was over time to go back to the barracks
@Anonymous Fitness yould be surprised how easy it is. But then, what do I know? I'm just a carpenter.
@@chrissmith7669 Tricks, ruses, & ploys.
Couldn’t feel the bottom of your feet till 60 days after? For real? This is some final boss level sh*t
Well, he was an officer
My pinky toes were numb for about 2 months after as well.
well i mean, you run for 14 hours a day with 80lbs on your back and see how you feel.
Hey I couldn’t feel my feet until a few months after bootcamp, it’s dependent on your boots lol
Yea, but firefighters have been conditioned to the max. That and the dark doesn't really mean much because your eyes adjust.
What year did you go to SERE School? I'm asking because I went in November of 1994 in Weingarden, West Germany. It was ran by Special Forces (I think 10th Group at the time) and British SAS. I was like you said, an exception to the rule. I wasn't in Special Forces or Special Operations. I was an 11B "Leg" who just happened to be in the right place at the right time when the school slot was offered to me. It was three weeks of pure hell. I lost almost 20 lbs. and I too lost all feeling in my feet and hands for a very long time after the training. I spent more time naked then I did in cloths .... and the instructors made sure I got that "extra special attention" because I was a "dirty leg". Needless to say, I graduated with my class and that school made me out to be a bad ass to every infantry unit I went to after it. First thing everyone seen when they opened my 201 file was that SERE School Certificate. I never seen myself as a bad ass. I just had a whole lot of heart and I was honored to be among some of the best our country had to offer. Thanks for sharing this video. It brought back a lot memories ... good and bad!! HOOAH!!
what were the sas its near impossible to find any good stories about our special forces?
SAS are the British Special Forces. They are pretty bad-ass!!
Respect.
I know but the secrecy around them is ridiculous ive heard stories from men who did parachute training with sas men, but not much else I can trust to be true. What where they like?
They conducted our hand-to-hand combat class and they played a major role in our R to I phase. Yes, they are super bad-ass and the class they gave us in hand-to-hand combat was like no other class I ever had in my military career. I don't know what to tell you on where you can find information about them. I won't go into details about everything they or our Special Forces taught us. Just know this, they told us that they were going to treat us as if we were captured by a country that followed the Geneva Convention when it came to the R to I phase of our training. They lied ... not one person could walk straight when it came to graduation day.
I went to SERE school in 1980. The OIC was LTC Nick Rowe (look him up) who was a prisoner of the VC/NVA for 5 years before escaping. He was the REAL DEAL. One of the first things I learned was to say "Escape" instead of excape like the narrator does.
Not only does the snow make it harder to find food, but also makes you much easier to track if more isn't falling to cover your tracks.
Thank you for this video. Even though I am not in the military and have never served at all I am a subscriber and watch your videos because of how inspirational and informational they are.
No Filter - thanks, glad you liked it
My dad has told me some crazy stories about sere school. Respect to everyone who made it through.
Camp Mackall, just the name brings back great memories, I learned more about myself in course then any other training. Last two weeks were hell, lost significant weight and broke a few fingers. Was perhaps one of the most professional course I ever attended.
Accident finger breaks or deliberate
I served with two different men who went through SERE training. One was a prior service Army Ranger...hard SOB! The other had prior service in both the Air Force and Navy before joining the Corps. The latter told us a bit about the Resist/Escape portion (barring any classified information), which I will not get into, so don't bother asking me in the comments. All I can say: I have, and always will have, the utmost respect for anyone who completes this program. In all my time, I never faced anything like it!
i really like all of our videos, very well done, all of them, your simple easy to fallow style is fantastic! thanks for sharing some info of the the spec ops world with us!! greatly appreciated, as well as your service to the kick-ass nation!! i mean that! thank you!! you suffer and keep us safe and i truly am thankful!
Thank you again for sharing your experience. I really appreciate your understated and calm demeanor. Definitely more impactful. A breath of fresh air in the age of hyperbole.
DJ - thanks, glad you liked it
Before this was a special forces training, during the Vietnam war SERE training was for all infantry, im not sure about other MOSs but for infantry it was a must, my dad actually had to go through it, said it seemed pretty real.
Thanks for another great video - as usual! I am looking forward to SERE School as a USAF pilot Officer this spring; summer 2020.
USAF SERE School C is based out of Fairchild AFB in eastern Washington (Spokane), I believe. Heard it is beautiful there.
Pro tip: secure your social media before you go.
I was there in 1968. prob alot diff now. now one talks. about the boxes they put you in!!!
You go?
@@trudahv2946what do you mean by that?
Uhm no you're not...its good, but sucks too...true though, all of us aircrew and crew chiefs must go through it...ugh...got a beating..stuffed into a box, yeah, live rabbit..etc..you'll see..good luck...
I was stationed at Ft. Bragg with the 82nd Abn 505th Inf in 1980s, back then had school called Recondo school. Was like a mini ranger course 30 days long. I attended it in 1982, in that course they had a 48hr SERE part and said they would put their hands on us! Even had to sign a waiver for it, to attend the course. I know it is not the level of the official SERE course shown here. And my compliments to you sir for attendance! But I will say during the POW camp phase, I never knew their were guys that knew how to really hurt you!! And got paid to do it too! Lol but it taught me a lot and prove myself too. I'm not bragging, I cannot imagine a bit what real POWs go through and God bless them! One of our instructor's was a exVietnam POW, when told us that during classroom phase, you could have heard a pin drop!! The whole Recondo course was awesome training and informative for us as soldiers, even though it was an ass kicker!
my team went to North Island in the late 80's, it was set up as a dual school, we attended DEST first then SERE, my class was mostly navy pilots, it was fun watching them sissy's during school, needless to say they all did not complete training, it was sad to see fellas who could have had an awesome career flyin' the blue skies yet could not take a lil "torture" test....... o well, good memories!!
In the mid eighties we had an abbreviated version of SERE training as part of Army air crew advanced training. One weekend while we were doing 2 weeks of aviation maintenance in a field environment. That was enough for me.
Do a video of being an officer in SF, like how to go about doing it and how it differs from the enlisted side
Brady Kelly ...great idea. But it is going to take a while before I can get to it.
Great Video! - former Navy Aircrew Survival Equipmentman (PR2)
On the contrary I would recommend going during the winter to get a higher level of training due to the difficulty of winter
Exactly
I attended 2 sere courses. It's the gift that keeps giving.
IM CURRENTLY MARRIED FOR OVER TWO YEARS I'M ALSO A 21 YEAR U.S. MARINE VETERAN THE HARRASSMENT AND TORTURE IS ON PAR WITH S.E.R.E. SCHOOL FROM MY MEMORY.. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS IM STILL PLANNING MY ESCAPE. Pray for me brothers!
Jodi is gonna have her
When I was 67 years old, four years ago, I dropped dead in my local ER, and was put into a coma for 2 months while they were trying to figure out what was wrong with me.
During that time, I developed two water blisters the size of donuts on my insteps. When I got to rehab, a NP came into my room and told me that she had to address my "wounds."
So, she lanced each one, and with scissors, cut away the "useless" skin. (PS-No pain killers!)
She knew I had served in VN, more than a few tours, from my health records (Agent Orange and 80 hours of chemo, back to back, every organ in my body damaged, and calcified bottom lung lobes, just to mention a few). (PS-This was not at the VA, I don't go there anymore, because under their care, I died TWICE). When she got through with me, an hour or so later, she said, "OK, tough guy. I AM THROUGH WITH YOU!" I got really upset about what she said, and used my own code-of-conduct, i.e., from the bottom of my list: 6. Be rational, without profanity. 5. Whining; 4. Moaning; 3. Bitching; 2. Complaining; and, 1. Slautering every FKNG human being within eye-site, to include any of their pets, animals, living ancestors and all of their living descendants.
So, I asked her what she was talking about. She then told me that most people, undergoing what I did, would be screaming, hollering, and promising the Lord to make the pain go away, and if so, they would go to church everyday for the rest of their lives, as redemption for any or all of their sins.
So, she then asked me if I was Special Ops, and if the Army taught me how to avoid pain. I told her that the Army never taught me how to avoid pain, that I learned about it ALL BY MYSELF!
She was flabbergasted and wanted to know how I learned to do it. I TOLD HER, THAT DURING MY LIFE-TIME, I WAS MARRIED, TWICE.
I never saw her again, and male nurses came in every day to change my bandages and check my wounds. Isn't life wonderful !
Fall was a great time to go. Went right after tech school. Was 37 and prior Army. Most fun I’ve ever had. Make sure to eat some chili for the box time. Lol
Thank you sir for this vid, being SF is one of the greatest achievements ever so this is good info to know
Best school I ever went to. College is a let down after that. You did it in the right order.
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I know you couldn't say anything about it, but I've heard that the Lab is not very pleasant.
Let's just say that some people have never experienced anything like it and likely never will, thankfully. But, some of us have, and it's either hell on earth, or transcendent.
@@RobotDCLXVI tell us
@Brotherhood of steel Sentinel NDA
I went during the summer. It wasn't any better, except for wild onions. I did get harassed for not hiding properly, while I laid in a pile of dirt and had every pocket stuffed full of onions.
I went to SERE. I agree it tough me how to deal with the things in my life forever
I went in Feb 2000. Yeah, don't go in the winter. It also took me months to get the feeling back in my feet too. But, like you, I would totally do it all again.................minus the RTL. I can do without that now that I am retired.
How did you have the time to attend all of the schools you have been to (because you would be sent on missions that the training prep u for right?)
Fancy Gaming you’re sent to SERE school in the Q-Course it’s part of the training to become a Green Beret.
Fancy Gaming a mission lasts hours to days. deployment lasts 1 year. so you have plenty of time for schools that last from 2 weeks to 14 months.
Some of the courses that he profiles are ones that you attend prior to being placed on a team. This is one of them, others once you make it to a team based off of your strengths i.e you would not send a person that is a ok swimmer to combat dive. Does that make sense
Fancy Gaming. theres no such a thing as wasted time in SPECIAL FORCES....
I will be a pilot for the Air force and will go through this as well! Thank you friend!
I did a level B course in 1990 while stationed in Korea. The course was taught by Green Berets and MI personnel. It was some of the best training I received. We had a shortened classroom phase. We did spend several days evading and two days in resistance.
Well presented and appropriately discreet. Fantastic school was classified for many years I’m surprised you are allowed to make a video about it. Finally, all the officers in my class failed the “soft cell” in phase 3.... quite funny when you think about it 👍👍😉
Could you do a video on RASP please?
Chase....it is on my list....but I am not going to get to it for a long time.....perhaps next year. Sorry brother. I would track down someone who just went through RASP and ask them to give you some pointers.
Life is a Special Operation Your videos are very helpful. Thank you.
If you could find somebody who give me some tips on rasp as well
Life is a Special Operation the guy who wasn't a green beret was he a ranger? what are the odds of getting in if you aren't an 18 series soldier?
Ruck, Run, be a team player and don’t quit.
I highly commend all of you that have commenced this process. I know that i would never be capable of this. Thank you so much for your service
I want to thank you for your service - this stuff sounds amazing
I got to do a short course at Brunswick while enrolled with NJROTC during high school. Great time! Trying to live off the land on a mountain that had been picked clean, not easy.
When I get in the Air Force, I'll definatley be doing this. Thanks for the great video, sir!
How did it go?
I went to SERE school in 1989 as aircrew for ch-46 helicopters . The Navy’s SERE school was in Rangeley Maine . I loved it and I would do it again even at my age today. It was challenging but you definitely learn a lot about yourself and your strengths. I was harassed endlessly after turning myself in at the end of the evasion training . The more I was harassed the more I dug my heels in . I ended up eating the paper that all my classmates had signed denouncing America 😂it was definitely a dry swallow ! I got extra roughed up for that ! I also ended up with a broken nose and a black eye from being kicked while grabbing the legs of and instructor that was chasing one of the guys trying to escape on our last day. No MREs lol . I guess I went the old school way. 😜
I'm not trying to be a funny here but would crawling through tunnels be a cornerstone of training for the tunnel rats during the Vietnam war? Please do a video of the training program given to tunnel rats during the Vietnam war. Thanks for your amazing videos. I'm enjoying watching them and learning.
In 1972 I recall beginning with somewhat of a physical challenge then getting some instruction on living off the land but no chow lines as shown in this film. I do recall 1 rabbit for 24 men and 1 can of K rations and being told you can eat anything you can catch with snares or improvised fishing devices however all the Game took off when we arrived at the mountain, so no chow. Evasion in the film appeared similar to my experience but everyone was eventually caught. Resistance was brutal. When I got back to my duty station I looked like raw hamburger and black and blue all over and that's all I will disclose about that. But with all of that I found the training to be the best I've experienced and I especially learned "GO TO ANY LENGTHS NOT TO BE CAPTURED". Luckily you only have to do this ONCE in a career. Oh yes, the end was heartwarming. Debrief was typical military.
Everyone breaks, sooner or later, under "interrogation". There are articles floating around by Cia interrogators that substantiate this, unfortunately. The last phase of SERE, (and I've never been to SERE) in my opinion is to give a taste of reality to the class, under controlled conditions...but these are always controlled conditions. In reality, the important thing is to try to keep your mouth shut until any information you may have becomes useless to the enemy. At that point, everyone can sing like a bird.
You have no idea what you're talking about brother. No offense
@@barnesrm76 agreed
Best training I've ever had, but also the hardest.
If I had the will to do the things you did, I would _certainly_ enter SERE in the winter. It would be a much more hardcore barebones way of teaching that makes you grateful for, and more observant of, the resources surrounding you at your possible disposal.
Going through the tunnel maze would've done it for me, I'm afraid. Claustrophobia was never an issue with me until an incident under my house sometime in my mid 30s!!! Since then crawling through confined space freaks me out!!!
You left out MARSOC SERE located in camp lejeue NC it's a level C school
Marsoc are shit and a bunch of green horns! lol
Mr Blank why is that
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@@DJxSGGxNeo, you're the reason mothers eat their young in the wild.
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Civil Air Patrol has a school, where people can learn the survive phase. It’s very professional and well run. It’s called Hawk Mountain.
Fort Rucker’s SERE school has been Level C for many years.
I am a S.E.R.E graduate . I fully agree with the fact I have been asked about S.E.R.E .I learned when asked about S.E.R.E.how even the smallest .bit af information you if you were to .tell a shipmate .that it is a dis service .the MILITARY CODE. of conduct .I did it it was the most all around .dig deep.in your mind and make it .school I attended . it was one of my proudest acomplishments . while a NAVY SEABEE . I was assigned to a E.O.D unit as support. got orders to attend class 221 FAZO.brunswick. I will never forget it .
Didn't go s.e.r.e. but went thru a few hard schools and the officers always got a bit harsher treatment from the NCO instructors! Gotta say I always got a laugh from that!! Scouts Out!!!
Great job Chris
I'm thinking of joining the army, I love these videos because they show me what to expect and what is possible. I'm going to go in ranger, then sere, then green berets as an officer.
How'd it go?
Well shit, and I thought SERE school was like camping
Yeah, you never read Lord of the Flies? They were camping
It is better than weight watchers, more of a workout than the local gym, more paranoia inducing than marijuana, great way to break in your boots, and teaches you to survive without toilet paper….or food, or water… or pretty much anything else. Remember one thing, if you can be seen, you can be killed.
Wait this is the same guy FROM THINGS THEY DONT WANT YOU TO KNOW. AWESOME!
Ranger school and SERE school seems to make you lose a lot of weight. What did you do to regain that weight?
Eat and sleep
When I went, they made you take two weeks' leave afterwards to gain your weight back.
@Steve Engle that doesn't seem like it would even be close to enough
A lot of soldiers have permanent weight problems afterwards. I don't know how to explain it, other than the "yo-yo" effect.
I wonder how much of the lost weight is water weight and how much you gain back when rehydrating?
Yep, one of the best schools I went to!!!! I was in the IQC (B). One of the TOP in professionalism, instruction, and content. I would do it again. 1985. hard back hootches, one hot meal trucked in during camp class and one when we exfiled back from FTX. An OLS SgtMaj was one of the preceptors Korea & Viet Nam Vet. The SF cadre can be found on TH-cam demo Kun Tao with Master Guy. A lot of combatives! as a Marine, I did get some extra "instruction" but it was all great! one of the few schools where I felt that the instructors WANTED to teach as much quality material as possible. I had a SF MSG from SWC, SF Sgt, Ranger, PJ, CCT and myself as a team. The MSGT was hard as woodpecker lips. Said he was tired of being behind a desk at SWC and took the course for fun. Good times
Chuck Mellette I got paired with some nerdy ass LTJG. soon as they turned us loose that first night I fucken ditched his ass and went snoopin and poopin all by my lonesome.didnt see him again until the camp and all he said was 'hey, where did you go?' haha.Semper gents
*What about Air Force SERE specialists?*
Do they receive a more advanced SERE training?
Yes, my instructor told us that theirs was like ours on steroids.
It was a great experience that I don't want to repeat.
Damn I really find your videos helpful and informative! Its my dream to become a US Army Ranger and I will tell you. I will achieve it!
I have no doubt you will make it. Just keep your head up high
Go for it, man!
@Roger Clemons not true at all. Those units are looking for team players, not rock stars.
@Roger Clemons Lol you are such a douche bag. Thank God you were not man enough to foul up a unit with your presence.
Last Patriot talks the same cheap it's always been dogface. How goes your journey?
I’m loving the video a lot there are very helpful and I’m getting in tip top shape for Boot camp and studying for the ASVAB. You’re the ultimate bad ass in my book and great role model I look up to as well and your videos are helping in my every day life thank you brotha and keep up the good work
Any updates?
SERE was an experience for me. .. is it something i want to do again? nope.. but will i do it again if i have to... yep.
Hands down favorite school. Extremely professional.
Resistance training lab? Lol. An administrator came up with that name.
So much for the non-disclosure form he signed at the beginning and end of SERE.
He didn't get into the details of it at all, hes fine. He basically described it as what you could tell from the name itself.
Great video, as always. You specify that SERE School is 3 weeks long. How long is each phase?
So glad to hear that there is very little harassment. I believe I want to become a SERE instructor, and I definitely don't want to bring negativity to others. I understand you can get treated pretty harshly during the part where you practice being captured and interrogated, though. If you don't get caught, do you have to go through that part?
i knew guys that made it through , the last event changed them , you know what i am talking about .shhhhh . hush hush.
6:01 What is "ICED IN"?? What would cause or why were their security measures that you could bus back to your original base?? Another outstanding vid & THX TO ALL OUR MIL MEMBERS, YOUR GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!
Bill Blast there was a snow storm
Ice covered the roads. Usually in NC it gets just cold enough to snow and ice the roads over simultaneously. Due to the trees, the ice tends to stay for a long time.
Could you do a video on sniper School
Sniper School was hands down the hardest school I went to. I think we had a 35% graduation rate. I never went to the Q-course, but I did do Airborne, Jumpmaster, Air Assault, Ranger, and SERE (not sure what level...it was in Korea) and also Combat school of hard knocks....but they don't give you a certificate for that.
Thanks for the info
Flying Dutchman so basically you’re a savage
haha....funny you say that....every time we were in some 3rd world shit hole having to deal with some of the characters there, when someone would make the comment "can you believe these muther*uckers" the reply would always be "savages mister...savages..." to high fives all around.
If you fail, no matter what course even once. You're out. Sniper School is so fucking hard, have you ever tried staying hidden from a DS for hours, spoiler it's not fun.
I’ve heard of dislocations, nails being ripped off and needles being inserted into urethras to get trainees to talk. Scary stuff.
Can an Army Ranger do this? I'm thinking about becoming a Ranger but any info I find doesn't talk about this
Yes. It's a requirement for most, if not all expeditionary contracts. Don't worry too much about it now. Take it one step at a time. Go through your standard training first
Completed SERE-C at Ft. Rucker in 2008. It was one of those schools that sucked, you learned a lot, and you don't want to repeat again.
Wouldn’t it be better to go in the winter to train as in a real survival situation snow/cold is much harder to deal with?
Just makes it harder bud. Summer can be harder due to extreme heat, little clean water and severe dehydration. Winter with snow provides plenty of water and it's easier to track prey and know where to set up deadfalls and snares. Makes fishing harder though.
Ian Street Maybe, I was just responding to how he said that he would not suggest going in the winter
My thought is that having a dedicated few days to practice savaging for food is better than a few days of seeing or finding almost nothing.
Why not do training in the desert? The type of environment the US has been fighting in for what... the last two decades? US forces are never again going to deploy in a nice European forest. Future wars are going to be in the middle east or asian jungles. Sure maybe some snow because Korea and China have a ton of it but still. I live in a desert, if you get stranded out here you are pretty much fucked. If you are hiding from people well you are fucked too cause it's all flat and open. The animals routinely die out here from starvation and dehydration. If animals can't survive what chance to people have? Sorry, maybe I'm ignorant since I'm not an American.
The U.S Green Berets deploy Globally even today. They lost some men in Africa not too long ago. Also the Green Berets main job is to deploy in countries we aren't even at war with. So I have no doubt they would run an Op in Europe, South America, ect
Went to SERE In January. Lost 15 pounds in the three weeks. Loved SERE but never want to see snow again
Awesome videos man! Joining the Air Force as either a pj, cct, or sowt. SERE sounds fun
Grizz goodluck with that
Grizz You dont join as one, you fucking work your ass off for it. I am trying for a ROTC scholarship and possibly QUALIFY for a PJ section.
Im well aware lol, meant that ill be joining under that contract
Grizz I would’ve done CCT if I was in the Airforce.
Best of luck. Keep us posted.