Ask me anything about going through SERE

[DeadMoney_J]

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The only questions you should have answered in this thread were:

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Those are only the questions you're required to answer. There are other things you're allowed to talk about if you want, and it would probably be a good idea if you did.

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This is very true. You don't want them to think that you are testing their resolve and being a "hard-ass". Just makes them want to break you more and use more ruthless tactics.

[Turkish Mickey]

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That presents severe challenges too. But IMHO it would be much more difficult to evade in a location where the surrounding area was a well populated area in which the inhabitants were hostile and looked physically different from you. A la escaping from the Hanoi Hilton.

For the purposes of a realistic scenario in the US, you may very well be right.

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that makes sense, if you can't blend in with the crowd then it's not going to help, so if they're hostile and you don't blend in i can see how you're in trouble.

obviously every situation is unique but you sometimes hear about general strategies for escaped convicts, stuff like swimming down rivers a bit and hopping back and forth over fences to throw off dogs. what are some of the general strategies for avioding capture in hostile territory?

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obviously every situation is unique but you sometimes hear about general strategies for escaped convicts, stuff like swimming down rivers a bit and hopping back and forth over fences to throw off dogs. what are some of the general strategies for avioding capture in hostile territory?

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To begin with it's all about DISTANCE. Whether your position has been compromised or your aircraft went down, you want as much distance between you and the location that your enemy is heading towards as quickly as possible. Preferably putting major geographical/topographical barriers between you and the location you are moving away from. If you don't want to go somewhere or do something, then chances are, the individuals looking for you aren't going to want to either. So, get into the nastiest hardest to cross areas you can find. Climb mountains and cross swamps.

After the initial phase of getting distance, you want to take account of your materials and regroup. This will be accomplished in an area that has sufficient cover and concealment. This phase is going to include putting on camo (or rubbing dirt/mud all over), reviewing your emergency comm./CSAR procedures, taking account of food/water (reviewing your EVC to plan on acquiring more if available), and other general planning considerations. In addition, if your communication procedures allow, at this time you may attempt to make contact and report your status to the JOC or CSARC.

Next you are going to begin to execute your evasion/extraction plan. That may be a TRAP team coming to you, you going to them, a PJ CSAR team retrieving you or possibly local assets that are going to assist as a few examples.

During evasion, you'd typically only travel at night. Avoid the tops of ridge lines. Avoid populated areas. Avoid standard Lines of Communication (LOCs). Leave minimal signs of movement.

Use the day time to rest, eat, and hydrate.

You will continue this cycle following your comm precedures to stay in touch with the JOC or CSARC until recovered.