SERE

HELPING OTHERS RETURN WITH HONOR

The strength of SERE specialists lies in their ability to prepare others for the critical Personal Recovery mission. They empower others with skills for survival, evasion, resistance, and escape in adverse conditions. They integrate with other Airmen, military peers, government entities, and foreign allies, in effort to bolster recovery initiatives that guarantee every participant is well-prepared to "return with honor". 

What you’ll do

• Prepare aircrew and high-risk-of-isolation personnel to return from any type of survival situation.

• Train and operate in remote and austere environments, day or night.

• Provide direct support to Personnel Recovery (PR) programs through preparation, planning, execution, and adaptation.

• Conduct developmental and operational testing of SERE and Aircrew equipment.

• Perform static line, military free fall, and emergency parachuting techniques in support of various operations and exercises.

Qualifications

IFT Standards

8 Pull ups

40 Push ups

50 Sit Ups

10:20 Mile and a Half

Minimum Education 

You must be 17–42 years of age, a U.S. citizen and obtain a qualifying ASVAB score

High School Students may start their application as early as the end of their junior year.

ASVAB Scores

55 General (G) or higher on the ASVAB and a 55 or higher on the TAPAS

General Qualifications

• Successful completion of the Special Warfare Operator Enlistment IFT

• Minimum score of 60 on PJ selection model completed in Tailored Adaptive Personality Assessment System

• Physical qualification for aircrew, parachute and marine-diving duty

• Normal color vision and depth perception

• Qualification and proficiency as a static line and military freefall parachutist and as a military SCUBA diver

• Completion of a current National Agency Check, Local Agency Checks and Credit Check

• Completion of 7.5 weeks of Basic Military Training

• Must be at least 17, but has not reached age 42 on the date of enlistment