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Becoming a SERE Augmentee

A group of Airmen dry themselves and their equipment by a fire on a mountain during combat survival training, near Brevard, North Carolina, May 21, 2020. It rained every day during the three-day CST, causing the steep, mountainous terrain to be muddier and more treacherous than normal. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kenneth Boyton)

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Becoming a SERE Augmentee

Senior Airman Adrian Montgomery, 4th Component Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion journeyman, left, and Senior Airman Greg Sherman, 334th Aircraft Maintenance Unit load crew team chief, gather water near Brevard, North Carolina, May 21, 2020. For three days, Montgomery, Sherman and three others lived off the land drinking water they purified and eating plants they could find during combat survival training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kenneth Boyton)

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Becoming a SERE Augmentee

Airman 1st Class Omari Whiteside, 4th Munitions Squadron precision guided munitions crewmember, leads a group of Airmen up the side of a mountain during combat survival training, near Brevard, North Carolina, May 21, 2020. The training consisted of learning land navigation, living off of the land, creating shelters, evading hostile enemies and more. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kenneth Boyton)

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SERE augmentees: More than just a club

Senior Airman Kenneth Brannan, 4th Equipment Maintenance Squadron aircraft maintenance journeyman, puts away a pulley system used for water survival training, March 26, 2019, at the Goldsboro YMCA, North Carolina. Brannan, a survival, evasion, resistance and escape augmentee, used the rope-and-pulley system to simulate a parachute dragging an aircrew member through the water. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kenneth Boyton)

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SERE augmentees: More than just a club

Senior Airman Kenneth Brannan, 4th Equipment Maintenance Squadron aircraft maintenance journeyman, explains a Portable Terminal Area Communication Interrogation Unit, or PTIU, to Col Brian Montgomery, Deployable Air Operations Centre director, left, and Brig. Gen. Mark Slocum, Air Combat Command Inspector General, right, March 26, 2019, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The PTIU is used to communicate with downed aircrew, and can send and receive text messages and coordinates during combat and water survival training and in real life scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kenneth Boyton)

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SERE augmentees: More than just a club

A pilot makes his way out from under a parachute during water survival training, March 26, 2019, at the Goldsboro YMCA, North Carolina. Survival, evasion, resistance and escape augmentees help conduct the training, which fortifies aircrew’s SERE skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kenneth Boyton)

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SERE augmentees: More than just a club

Airman 1st Class Joel Mier, 4th Component Maintenance Squadron aircraft fuel systems journeyman, demonstrates a training exercise during water survival training, March 26, 2019, at the Goldsboro YMCA, North Carolina. Mier, a survival, evasion, resistance and escape augmentee, simulated an aircrew member being dragged by a parachute while in the water, who must detach himself before they drown. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kenneth Boyton)

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SERE augmentees: More than just a club

Airman 1st Class Zachary Perdue, 4th Component Maintenance Squadron egress apprentice, watches as an aircrew member gets into a rescue device during water survival training, March 26, 2019, at the Goldsboro YMCA, North Carolina. Perdue, a survival, evasion, resistance and escape augmentee, and all other SERE augmentees at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, NC, must complete the same training that they are helping with in order to better provide realistic training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kenneth Boyton)

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Sink or swim: water survival training

Lt. Col. Bradley Baker, 57th Weapons Support Squadron commander, participates in water survival training, Aug. 28, 2018, in Wilson, North Carolina. Aircrew members are required to complete water survival training every three years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Shawna L. Keyes)

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Sink or swim: water survival training

Master Sgt. Scott Millisor (front right), 4th Operations Support Squadron survival, evasion, resistance, and escape specialist, instructs aircrew on how to navigate out from under a parachute after landing in the water, Aug. 28, 2018, in Wilson, North Carolina. Aircrew members from the 4th Operations Group participated in water survival training, which is required every three years for them to maintain their currencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Shawna L. Keyes)

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Sink or swim: water survival training

Aircrew members from the 4th Operations Group plunge into a lake as part of their water survival training, Aug. 28, 2018, in Wilson, North Carolina. Master Sgt. Scott Millisor (back right), 4th Operations Support Squadron survival, evasion, resistance, and escape specialist led the training event for six Airmen to certify them on water survival. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Shawna L. Keyes)

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SJAFB practices CSAR during Razor Talon

Tech. Sgt. Joshua Krape, 4th Operations Support Squadron survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist, relays information to a search and rescue team during exercise Razor Talon, Dec. 15, 2017, in Thorofare Bay, North Carolina. Basic information includes the persons physical condition, approximate location, and helps verify their identity. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenneth Boyton)

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SJAFB practices CSAR during Razor Talon

Staff Sgt. Patrick Kimrey, 4th Logistics Readiness Squadron, listens to radio traffic between aircrew and a simulated downed pilot during exercise Razor Talon, Dec. 15, 2017, in Thorofare Bay, North Carolina. Kimrey acted as a hostile threat during the exercise to help train aircrew with possible real-world situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenneth Boyton)

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SJAFB practices CSAR during Razor Talon

Staff Sgt. Patrick Kimrey, 4th Logistics Readiness Squadron mission, generating vehicle and equipment maintenance technician, takes notes during exercise Razor Talon, Dec. 15, 2017, in Thorofare Bay, North Carolina. After a simulated incident, a combat search and rescue team was deployed to locate the pilot of a downed F-16. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenneth Boyton)

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SJAFB practices CSAR during Razor Talon

Tech. Sgt. Joshua Krape, 4th Operations Support Squadron survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist, simulates a downed pilot during exercise Razor Talon, Dec. 15, 2017, in Thorofare Bay, North Carolina. During the exercise, aircraft searched the area and successfully found the “downed pilot,” while simultaneously engaging hostile targets. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenneth Boyton)

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SJAFB practices CSAR during Razor Talon

Tech. Sgt. Joshua Krape, 4th Operations Support Squadron survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist, waits in a raft after simulating a plane crash during exercise Razor Talon, Dec. 15, 2017, in Thorofare Bay, North Carolina. To alert the aircraft in the area, Krape had a signal mirror and sea dye marker ready to use. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenneth Boyton)

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SERE Augmentees: Training Aircrew in WST

Staff Sgt. Joshua Krape, 4th Operations Support Squadron survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist (left), pilots, and weapons systems officers assigned to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, conduct training on how to escape from under a parachute during a water survival training course, June 28, 2017, at Buckhorn Reservoir, North Carolina. The WST course consists of survival techniques such as how to release the aircrew from their parachute while being dragged, surviving in the water, and how to use recovery tools. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenneth Boyton)

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SERE Augmentees: Training Aircrew in WST

Two survival, evasion, resistance and escape augmentees drag an aircrew member during a water survival training course, June 28, 2017, at Buckhorn Reservoir, North Carolina. The Jet Ski simulates a parachute dragging the aircrew member through the water while the member must release himself from the parachute. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenneth Boyton)

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SERE Augmentees: Training Aircrew in WST

Retired Master Sgt. Vontez Morrow, a survival, evasion, resistance and escape augmentee, discusses methods of survival with aircrew members during a water survival training course, June 28, 2017, at Buckhorn Reservoir, North Carolina. SERE Augmentees play an integral part during the WST by readying and preparing the equipment, performing simulated rescues and parachute drags, and by helping pilots and weapon systems officers get the most out of the training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenneth Boyton)

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SERE Augmentees: Training Aircrew in WST

Senior Airman Aaron Ash, 4th Component Maintenance Squadron precision measurement equipment laboratory technician (left), and Airman 1st Class Angela Lambert, 4th CMS aerospace propulsion technician (middle), prepare to hook up an aircrew member to simulate a parachute drag during a water survival training course, June 28, 2017, at Buckhorn Reservoir, North Carolina. After hooking up the individual, the Jet Ski will pull them through the water at 7 mph to simulate a parachute drag. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenneth Boyton)

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