SERE training takes Airmen into the wild

Published June 30, 2010
By Tech. Sgt. Bob Sommer
934th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Minneapolis, St. Paul -- Members of the 934th Airlift Wing took part in the first Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape class at Camp Ripley, Minn. June 5.

Staff Sgt. Adam Craft and Senior Airman Scott Perlick, SERE specialists, provided the realism for this course. Airman Perlick along with 934th Security Forces Squadron members acted as would-be captors, tracking down pilots and navigators who were "shot down" and scrambling to make it to the rescue point.

"It's great to hear these guys say at the end, 'Man, you walked right past me, I thought for sure you had me'," said Airman Perlick. "It means I taught them something, and that's a great feeling."

As for future SERE trainings, Sergeant Craft hopes to bring more realism to exerience.
"Better communications and training aids will continue to add to the courses success," Craft said.

"It's been a few years since I've done SERE training out in the field," said Capt. Brandon Schrader, 96th Airlift Squadron. "It was great to get the hands-on training experience again."