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Mr. Powers,
What are the differences between SERE Schools A, B, & C? How beneficial do you believe this school to be and what kind of impact would it have on someone if they were not to become an aviator or a part of any SF unit? Thank you for your time and I hope to hear from you soon.
Hi Tyler,
SERE Training Level A is taught to everyone in Air Force Basic Training. It's generally just classroom training, during basic.
SERE Training Level B also given to all Air Force personnel, as "continuation training" after graduation from basic training a technical school (job school), and covers refresher training in the Code of Conduct (See: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/justicelawlegislation/a/codeofconduct1.htm). At most bases, it also includes annual training in the Law of Armed Conflict (see: http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/wars/a/loac.htm).
SERE Level C Training is given to those who have a higher degree of chance to become POWs, such as aviators, Special Operations Forces, (selected) Security Forces, and certain personnel who contuct continuation training for aircrew, such as Life Support Instructors (see: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/airforceenlistedjobs/a/afjob1t1x1.htm), and Operations Intel (see: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/airforceenlistedjobs/a/afjob1n0x1.htm). I personally went through the Fairchild course in 1990, as an Aircrew Life Support Instructor.
How beneficial the training may be for non-aviators, or non-special operations personnel isn't known, because there hasn't been a case where an Air Force non-aviator or non-special ops person had to put the training to practical use since the Vietnam Conflict.
For more information about the United States Military, feel free to visit my U.S. Military information site at: http://usmilitary.about.com Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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