Cracking the Code

Feb. 19, 2021 | By Amy Hudson
USAF looks to push more Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape instructors through the pipeline as focus shifts to great power competition.
After years of struggling with high failure rates at the Air Force’s rigorous Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape Specialist Apprentice Course, officials think they’ve finally cracked the code. Twenty-six of 28 new SERE specialists graduated on Jan. 7, the highest-ever graduation rate. Of the two ...