MI9 went on to devise a multitude of evasion and escape tools These tools included overt items to aid immediate evasion after bailing out and covert items for use to aid escape following capture which were hidden within uniforms and personal items (concealed compasses, silk and tissue maps, etc.). A training school was established in London, and officers and instructors from MI9 also began visiting operational air bases, providing local training to air crews unable to be detached from their duties to attend formal courses. Led by World War I veteran Colonel (later Brigadier) Norman Crockatt, MI9 were formed to train air crew and Special Forces in evading enemy troops following bail-out, forced landings, or being cut off behind enemy lines. The origins of SERE are rooted in the leadership of Britain's MI9 Evasion and Escape ("E&E") organization, formed at the onset of World War II (1939–1945). Today, SERE is taught to a variety of personnel based upon risk of capture and exploitation value with a high emphasis on aircrew, special operations, and foreign diplomatic and intelligence personnel. Army became more involved with SERE as special forces and "spec ops" grew. military expanded SERE programs and training sites. Air Force at the end of World War II and the start of the Cold War, it was extended to the Navy and United States Marine Corps and consolidated within the Air Force during the Korean War with greater focus on "resistance training".ĭuring the Vietnam War (1959–1975), there was clear need for "jungle" survival training and greater public focus on American POWs. The curriculum includes survival skills, evading capture, application of the military code of conduct, and techniques for escape from captivity. Department of Defense civilians, and private military contractors to survive and "return with honor" in survival scenarios. Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape ( SERE) is a training program, best known by its military acronym, that prepares U.S. Air Force "survival instructors" USAF Resistance Training Specialist patch Survival handbook of the USAAF from 1944. Marine Corps SERE insignia Specialist patch worn by U.S.
Knife slashing through barbed wire in alien territory: the West and East Coast U.S. For a similar course in the United Kingdom, see Defence Survive, Evade, Resist, Extract Training Organisation. This article is about SERE training in the United States.
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