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Catching a breath

Tech. Sgt. Jesse Liethen, a 908th Operations Support Squadron survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist, is pulled from the water after being submerged in a dunker chair during a SERE water survival training at the East Branch YMCA, Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 27, 2025. Liethen demonstrated the ins-and-outs of the chair, including how to recognize and manage any disorientation in aircrew members to help them regain composure and execute escape procedures effectively. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erica Webster)
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Chief Master Sgt. Tiffany Zaloudek, Deputy SERE Career Field Program Manager, poses on Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex, Texas, on Oct. 5, 2024. Zaloudek is the first female SERE Specialist to earn the rank of Chief Master Sgt. and has spent her career proving that women can be both strong and feminine. (U.S. Air Force photo by Miriam Thurber)
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Crowns and Combat Boots: Femininity in the Air Force

Chief Master Sgt. Tiffany Zaloudek, Deputy SERE Career Field Program Manager, completes rounds of pull-ups on Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex, Texas, on Oct. 5, 2024. Zaloudek is the first female SERE Specialist to earn the rank of Chief Master Sgt. and has spent her career proving that women can be both strong and feminine. (U.S. Air Force photo by Miriam Thurber)
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Crowns and Combat Boots: Femininity in the Air Force

Chief Master Sgt. Tiffany Zaloudek, Deputy SERE Career Field Program Manager, poses on Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex, Texas, on Oct. 5, 2024. Zaloudek is the first female SERE Specialist to earn the rank of Chief Master Sgt. and has spent her career proving that women can be both strong and feminine. (U.S. Air Force photo by Miriam Thurber)
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Follow the leader

Airmen with 66th Training Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape pre-team 25-02, practice navigation techniques during overnight field training at the Ruby Creek Training Site, Wash., Nov. 19, 2024. During the training, students are given minimal supplies and tasked with creating livable environments to hone their survival abilities, to ensure they will be able to train at-risk personnel to survive and return with honor. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tiffany Del Oso)
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Low-five

Airman 1st Class Joe Trybus and Airman 1st Class Tyler Tenney with the 66th Training Squadron’s survival, evasion, resistance, escape pre-team 25-02, low-five during a four-mile ruck as part of a physical training test at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Oct. 29, 2024. The SERE career field is one of few that require a unique PT test alongside the standard Air Force PT test including pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups, a two-mile run and a four-mile ruck. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tiffany Del Oso)
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Overcoming obstacles

Airmen participating in survival, evasion, resistance and escape selection process undergo an obstacle course to test their capabilities in communication, critical thinking, leadership and followership at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Sept. 13, 2024. SERE selection is a three-week screening process to determine if an individual can proceed to SERE specialist training and consists of rigorous physical fitness tests, psychological resilience testing and tests their ability to navigate and survive in an austere environment. (U.S Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Phaff)
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Combat survival

U.S. Air Force Capt. Charles Trader, 13th Fighter Squadron pilot, ignites a flare during a combat survival training exercise led by survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialists at Draughon Range near Misawa Air Base, Japan, July 16, 2024. Pilots attend SERE training to develop and maintain the skills necessary to survive in hostile environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Patrick Boyle)
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Survive. Evade. Resist. Escape.

Airman 1st Class Elijah Stoller, 66th Training Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape student with pre-team 25-A, cuts wood during a fire craft exercise at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., June 27, 2024. Throughout the training pipeline, SERE students are taught techniques to be able to utilize their surroundings in order to survive. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tiffany Del Oso)
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SERE relay

An Airman training to be a survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist participates in water training during a relay swimming exercise March 29, 2024, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. SERE specialists must be prepared to act and survive in various environments, including the open ocean and other bodies of water. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nicholas Rupiper)
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Remaining calm under pressure

Capt. Chase Todd, 40th Helicopter Squadron pilot, holds his breath under water during underwater egress training in the base pool at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Aug. 3, 2023. The training is essential for placing aircrew in a psychologically and physiologically challenging situation and mandatory every three years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mary Bowers)
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All clear

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Justin Hebenstreit, 8th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal journeyman, clears a building during an integrated night training operation at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, Nov. 8, 2023. The operation provided junior enlisted Airmen with unique opportunities to hone their leadership skills under close-quarter combat operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Karla Parra)
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Remaining calm under pressure

Capt. Chase Todd, 40th Helicopter Squadron pilot, holds his breath under water during underwater egress training in the base pool at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., Aug. 3, 2023. The training is essential for placing aircrew in a psychologically and physiologically challenging situation and mandatory every three years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mary Bowers)
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Tech. Sgt. Jared Biller, a Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape specialist assigned to the 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing, drinks fresh coconut water from a coconut during Exercise Agile Reaper at Chulu Beach, Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, March 3, 2023. SERE specialists utilized AR 23-1 to test and validate various survival equipment for Agile Combat Employment to be able to be self-sustaining in an austere environment. Some challenges members can face in these environments include weather and cloud cover, which can affect equipment like solar charging panels. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Hailey Staker)
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Water survival

F-22 Raptor pilots train on the emergency raft portion of the Water Survival Training Course at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Sept. 15, 2022. There are six sections of the WST consisting of an academic portion, emergency parachute training, parachute disentanglement, drop and drags, emergency raft training and a hoist performed alongside the U.S. Coast Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikaela Smith)
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Seeing red

Capt. Tyler Olson, 77th Fighter Squadron executive officer, walks through red smoke during Combat Survival Training at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., June 6, 2022. Pilots were undergoing Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape training in which they had to survive and make contact with proper sources after landing in simulated enemy territory. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Madeline Herzog)
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SERE swim team

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 115th Fighter Wing Security Forces Squadron in Madison, Wisconsin, participate in water survival training off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii Jan. 12, 2022. Forming a chain and counting off one-by-one ensured all members were accounted for before they swam together to a nearby life-raft. Survival, evasion, resistance and escape instructors ensured the team of Airmen reached their raft safely, and continued reviewing vital survival techniques with them while they floated in the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Andrea Rhode)
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Cool School

Students at the Arctic Survival School listen to Senior Airman David Wolfgram, Air Education and Training Command Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape instructor at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Dec. 8, 2021. The Air Force has recognized the importance of preparing aircrew for operations in extreme polar regions, and SERE specialists perform a vital role in doing just that. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Keith Holcomb)
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HH-60G Pave Hawk

A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter assigned to the 56th Rescue Squadron lands at Rivolto Air Base, Italy, June 11, 2020. The 56th RQS integrates with the Guardian Angels weapon system and other special forces to support insertion, extraction and recovery of both U.S. and allied combatants. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Thomas S. Keisler IV)
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SERE specialists conquer the Arctic

Staff Sgt. Samuel Ley, a 66th Training Squadron, Detachment 1 survival, evasion, resistance and escape, or SERE, specialist, demonstrates how to use an MK-124 smoke and illumination signal on the Chukchi Sea, Jan. 13, 2021. The MK-124 is a smoke and illumination flare used to signal search and rescue personnel in the event of an emergency or extraction situation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Tyler Williams)
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