Ep 273: SERE Pipeline Deep Dive with SERE Specialist Kortney James!

Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape- or SERE- is not just a training you'll go through in the Air Force Special Warfare pipelines. As you all know (we have the most informed and well-read teammates here on the podcast, in Discord, and on the IG page), SERE is a robust and interesting career field in the Air Force.

We wanted to do a deep dive into all things SERE, so we brought on our friend Kortney James, a SERE Specialist, to get down into the nitty-gritty of everything it takes to make it through the SERE pipeline.

Thanks to Kortney for being willing to sit down with us and get you the answers you need to pursue your dream of becoming a SERE Specialist in the Air Force! If you have any questions we didn't cover, head over to www.gosere.af.mil and check everything out!

00:00 Aaron stole the intro for once (Peaches wasn't ready)
00:50 Kortney's Background
03:00 How much info did you have before starting
05:45 SERE Development
10:00 Being a Teacher vs Being an Instructor
23:00 San Antonio to Spokane and pre-team stories
33:00 Phases in the apprentice course
47:00 Attributes of a successful candidate
58:00 first assignments and future
1:03:00 Advice and wrap
10:30 We’re all teachers
12:30 Public speaking
16:30 BMT to Selection
19:15 Depending on your team
23:00 Transition between Selection and Fairchild
30:30 gosere.af.mil // How long is Team?
33:30 Phases you struggled with the most
46:45 SERE Attributes
54:00 First-year post-graduation
59:00 SERE at other units
1:02:45 What’s next for you?
1:05:00 Advice


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