The following information is based on my own recollections when I was in the service.

The US Army has 02 SERE (Survival Escape Resistance Evasion) Schools:

• SERE Level C is orientated toward surviving as a POW (Prisoner Of War) in a POW environment. SERE Level C is 04-weeks in duration.
• SERE Level B is orientated toward a soldier evading to friendly and AVOIDING capture. SERE Level B is 04-weeks in duration.

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I’ve interviewed and talked to several of my friends who attended the SERE Level C Course and I gotta tell you, that Abu Ghraib fiasco is college prank stuff compared to what SERE Level C candidates experience.

I also interviewed a retired Special Forces Sergeant Major who I worked with when in the 5^th Special Forces Group.  He works at the SERE complex and is one of the ‘bearded ones.’  Those are the bad guys trained to physically beat-up the SERE Candidates under certain conditions.  Like I said the Abu Ghraib crap in Iraq was a joke.

I won’t get into specifics concerning the SERE Level C Course but I gotta tell you, the US tax payers are getting their money’s worth.

Now the SERE Level B Course does NOT focus on already being captured and how to survive being a POW.  The SERE Level B Course is focused on evasion and wilderness survival while on-the-run / evading.

I attended the SERE Level B Course while stationed down in Panama.  I actually got suckered in attending the Course.  The SERE Cadre from Camp Mackall deployed down to Panama and instructed a great Course.  The Class started with 52 – 55 candidates and only 24 graduated.

This Blog Post is focused on real survival and evasion by US Army Special Forces soldiers in combat and in a training environment.

As the saying goes – which is true:  “What You Do In Training You Do In Combat!”

Let’s start the first Blog Post with 1st Lt. Nick Rowe 05 Years To Freedom!

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