I went through a winter SERE class in Maine 2005. I remember I was soo damm hungry after a few days I woke up in the snow in the middle of the night from a dream I was robbing a McDonald's at gun point. While the cashier was throwing the money at me I was smacking it out of the way and demanding a burger lol.
Boot camp fire guard was so funny watching everyone re-live the day's stresses in their sleep. Funny stuff. I guess sleepwalking was a big dangerous concern too. We did have a guy jump from the fire escape 3 floors, into oblivian. He couldn't stand all the screaming at him, it seemed. So much of it is mental. And how you grew up.
Seriously, I had the same nightmare but mine was at Wendy’s & I have never even been into one of there stores but I recon, I could of read the entire menu board the following day it was that clear.
Went through Navy SERE School 1983 Warner Springs CA. I was war Criminal #28..... I was a "AW" was stationed at Nas Barber's Pt Hawaii...story has it only 2 SEALS were allowed to go to SERE School at a time because in the early days of SERE SCHOOL they put through 5 or 6 SEALs in 1 class....well they over ran the camp, tied up the SERE Instructor's and ate the guard dogs....years later that story was written up in a news letter from the Naval Aviation Museum at Nas Pensacola....
NAVY man proud of His training... My training west as excited but I have had my share of Training schools, all loved and enhanced my career while serving my country. Best 20 years of my LIFE. thanks for service.
Did SERE in Maine Feb 86 in the Navy. 8 to 10 inches of snow on the ground in upper Maine. Sleeping at -10 degrees in just a sleeping bag under a fallen tree with snow packed around it to make a shelter. Guards throwing cold water on us in 5 degree weather as we stood naked to outside to get deloused. Daily interrogations and beatings, and other things I'd better not mention. Fun stuff, but I made it....
I respect all that you have done and accomplished. I’m just as proud for being a father and raising 2 boys into good men. We all have our own bragging rights.
And that’s the mindset that you need to have to finish these high-level military schools that’s an awesome story bro That’s probably the same training commander that allowed Marcus Luttrell’s brother to complete an evolution for him while he was sucking wind somewhere
@@Baseballisbest67 OK I will the seal team community is not known for its high moral stance the fact that this trainee did something wrong still in indoctrination and the commander shoved it under the rug is a good example of that! My reference to Marcus Luttrell‘s brother comes from some seal team Lovefest where the seals sit around on the beach in front of a fire and talk about the good old days. In one of those or you can look it up it’s still there they talk about how Marcus‘s twin brother did one of the long hard runs for Marcus while in hell week everyone knew about it and they all just kind of look the other way! Reality is that most of the schools that you’re talking about or what’s called Gentlemens schools. Once you’ve made it through your indoctrination it’s super hard to fill out the government has invested way too much money in you so don’t be so proud you douche bags
@@Baseballisbest67 And don’t get me started on the pipeline of testosterone and human growth hormone going into Coronado from Oceanside you guys need to get off the Internet you’ll find something good to do with your life and don’t be so proud you served your country to get over it
The charges would have made sense if the Rice King was located off post, but that restaurant is located on the base. So it is a little surprising that there was any charges at all.
lol Remember when my brother went through S.E.R.E in Air Force and then became an instructor. Good ole government just tossing you to the wolves, in a manner of speaking. Far to much stress on that waiting. Good story man.
Heck, 28 years of service and all these years I thought that all the USAF ran the only SERE school and all the branches went through….learn something new everyday…
opp force at NTC as a Marine, we snuck up on some army doggies in their Hummer sleeping and took their weapons and their radio. thought we were the shit, welp, the brigade commander for the Army unit didnt think so and wanted us court-martialed for it. mainly citing the encryption of the radio but also the weapons. we used the radio to locate the staging area of the brigades Abrams, humped in Tow systems (yep, it was a while ago), and destroyed the tank units and armored personal carriers with them. i guess the Big Army takes those NTC rotations pretty serious, heard the commander got fired.we were not court-martialed
I smiled so hard! Thank you for the memory recall... I tell everyone, they better move if I get caught; I am going to tell cell phone numbers, home addresses, cars you drive, favorit soft drink, what movies you like, how you cough even! So, you better RUN if I turn up missing! lmao My nickname is, ''snitches" ... lmao or ''witness for the prosecution" lmao
This dude still lives n breathes a special forces lifestyle. He’s still a massive PT stud and that military experience made him into the man he is today ? A legend those endurance runs are insane much respect
I got zaxbys after training when I was in my motel room and stayed on the toilet all night and barely got 4 hours of sleep before I had to checkout and drive home 😂
At 10:00 some of that Nigerian KFC was sounding pretty good? Maybe do a 20 piece bucket of extra crispy with the SERE Medic….I mean, if she was cute? ….Otherwise, 8 piece. 👊🏼💥
It has a Viking aura that so many seem to think exudes toughness. There are no "Badasses," only "Bad attitudes." It's like tattoos; they're so cliché now that people are impressed with those of us who've made it into our 40s without getting one.
man after all that sere school and trial you would think the instructors would feed you something better than burritos i like them but that was terrible man i respect the heck of you. To go though that much and make it awesome.
How did he completely school?, with hard warrior spirit and knocks on the door "who is it, came the reply", flashbang parade entered the scene looking for some old man and his camel who had some Carl gustav bloke on his donkey with the "device" some type 2 or type 10 or something was full of Madeira cake anyhow, bufo Alvarez rocked that big guys world, but he then went to Tijuana with a case of special deputy raetz homebrew whiskey and brought himself 6 shores and he now runs the local pie shop
@@mickfunny4185 Nar lost me diodes, they werent zener type, just standard silicon high voltage we only need half of the Japanese comfort brides wave to transmit our position and the loci of enemy emplacements, supply lines and quantity of reserves, Nar hope you guys and gals, hopes yous is smiling
do you think back now that the whole throwing you under the bus for steeling the clothes may have been an integral part of the course to see if any of you guys would crack ?
This guy is crazy. Imagine telling hard working business owners to "screw off" because you're training. WTF!! So what happens if you decided to subdue the workers who were in there to take the clothes? Those guys are just SOL because you psychopaths are training? Get real man!!
Dudes were training, bro. Imagine little Xhimmy was sleeping in the back room to open the restaurant early in the morning. Neck snap that commie, we're training here!
Just to share and great story BTW..... love the video ~ In 1994 I was a PFC in the US Army in Baumholder, GE. It was winter, November and we were at a SERE course in Hammelburg training conducted by 7th Group SFC out of Erlangen germany. We came in on a bus 38 Army guys, all infantry (4/12 Reg.) and 4 other busses with troops ranging from England, Spain, Germany, Thailand and Paraguay. When the busses stopped, the OC's dropped about 15 pop and drop charges and blew up the road...... everyone on the busses charged out and fled into the forest....... that was the start.......... after that,........ well it is a long story. hit me back if you want to know what happened next.
absolutely is, but for people who went through it and then never deployed, it's probably the coolest or hardest thing they've ever done. So they then want to come on the internet and brag about going through it at the expense of revealing things they absolutely should not. But why keep our nations secrets when you can impress nerds on the internet...
1979 to 1981 i was a instructor at warner springs,, mos 9505... Fasotragrupac,North Island,,,, the first rule of S.E.R.E. is to not talk about S.E.R.E....
@@ryanlivingston7473 Most of the information about SERE Training was made public about 10 years ago, in "The Report of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence committee study of the Central Intelligence Agency's detention and interrogation program." Everything in this video is public knowledge, but who knows about what gets said in the comments
You ran all the way from Warner Springs through Cleveland National Forest to Rice King on Main Street in Ramona and were worried about getting rounded up? You had to pass Don Pancho to get there... you would have fit in better and probably had less trouble if you had stolen some Don Pancho T-shirts.
I went through SERE at Warner Springs in 89. Some guy was being interrogated in the "hard cell" with the "guards" screaming at him, "HOW MANY PIGS WERE ON YOUR AIRCRAFT?!!" After a minute or two of this, with no hint of sarcasm in his voice, the guy responded, "There were no livestock on my aircraft!". I wasn't present to witness it, but apparently some of the guards almost lost it trying to keep straight faces.
I also went through SERE in Warner Springs in '89 as a Naval Aircrewman (AW) Acoustic Sensor Operator and remember those fake foreign accents well. Hot ass days and cold ass nights. "GRAB THE RAGS OF YOU", nothing like being folded into a wooden box the size of a shoebox with little room to even breathe as they banged on the box with a cane. Had a guy escape only to be brought back to camp and then we all were tortured for it...those were the days.
@@markphillips3007 Also a NAC/SAR but went to Maine in 96. Remember the box well and thinking, am I going to fit in that? hahaha yes they made it happen.
I went thru Corando traning and SERE school in 1967, prior to being shipped from San Diego to Vietnam. I was first wounded on the 30th of January 1968. That was the day started the TET offensive. They bombed the shi_ out of us. I lost a number of good friends. Here it is 2023 and I relive Vietnam every day. All of my buddies are dead and I will rejoin them at Arlington one day soon. Semper Fidelis gregory, usmc ret.
Brother; Your story was a complete blast from my past. Thoroughly enjoyed your memory of it. I'm a bit older than you, sir. I was a S.E.R.E Instructor way back when NAS Brunswick, ME was still an active base. We did our training at the Remote Training Facility in Rangeley ME (1986-89 for me) and Tropical Environment Survival was conducted on Antigua Island, just north of Guadalupe. Now THAT was a bitch! I had an opportunity to visit the Warner Springs Facility as well and we swapped instructor patches and laughed our asses off at the students behind their backs (sorry, we had to entertain ourselves, too!) Been to BUD/S too (Class 170/171). I'm retired and cranky now. Just a boot tough ol' vet, I guess. I caught your video off of Don Shipley's feed. You're sporting quite the beard, bro! Easy to take the silent option, I guess. Congratulations on making it through S.E.R.E School; and more importantly SQT. One is honed in fire after SQT. It's nothing for anyone to shrug at! I'd like to see all active duty personnel go through S.E.R.E. They might just learn something about themselves they didn't know. Getting familiar with The Code of Conduct and a crash course in the Geneva Convention Act couldn't hurt them either. Enjoyed your story, sir. God Speed.
I was an aircrewman in VP-10 in Brunswick (1990-1995) & I went to SERE in Oct 1993. After the debrief back at NAS Brunswick it was fun meeting some of our "captors". The main, out of control, brutal lunatic that I didn't want to even make eye contact with was an E-5 SEAL. Him & his partner said at one point I said something so stupid in front of the entire class while we were in captivity that they struggled to not laugh (I remember exactly what happened lol). Prior to graduating SERE I thought they gave the SERE patches to you but no, they charged us $5 a piece. I figured after what we went through they'd just give you a patch but I was wrong.
I watch a lot of Don Shipley's Stolen Valor videos. Listening to this story and the detail remembered, how can any idiot ever think they can pull off faking being a SEAL? /Salute. USAF vet.
Did a short SERE course in the mountains. After escaping my buddy and I hid on a tight curve where the prisoner truck came up with POWS and went back empty, when it slowed down we sprinted up behind and climbed in the empty truck unseen. Unfortunately the first SGT. was coming up the road in the opposite direction and saw our feet running under the truck and stoped it but was so impressed he let us continue the course. The guys in the truck had no clue we were there.
Glad to see many SERE survivors here. I had to suffer it twice. The first was the original SF course in Bragg, I remember some of my buddies called it the normal mode The 2nd time was when I inducted to certain unit. It's the last of the training courses there. We called it the hell mode.
Air Force side... (I went green to blue just before the 10 year point to fly CSAR before the J Model Herks killed off the Combat Rescue Flight Engineer billet and replaced him with a 1982 tech level Speak'n'Spell, at standard Lockheed markup FOR said Speak'n'Spell of Cost plus (variance allowed also listed): $1M +/- $133M ) "F.E...fone...HOME" ...they had SERE, and "Advanced Beatings" for HROC I'd been 11C then 2 Helo Mx MOS'es, brother in 7SFG, buddies with 2 future SEALs in High School years (including one lost on Red Wings while I was at Arifjan at Patton AAF, hearing the chatter after, totally unaware that it had any connection to me), and so lots of notes got compared in a drunken "AAR at the Bar" once upon the full mooned eve of the 15th Article... Consensus from dudes that had done cross service courses was that the Chair Force's contractors and dedicated SERE kids in that AFSC (and I do mean Kids...2 stripes could be a seasoned lead dogg...very unique shit us grey hairs could not compute.) did the most complete psych mind fuck work, and the shock-to-imprint memories imparted were done RIGHT. A-10 Hog Driver said that "When that bag went over my head, I was RIGHT back in that class, 20 years prior" I'll lower my shit talking stick and concede this one. I went in ready for physical dick measuring and my "R-MEEE Training" arrogance, and they put me in my place, and then taught me WHY. And they were NOT full of shit. "I" was...going in (false motivation) But I wasn't while leaving. (A bit of humble pie served up by a smart guy who made me really think like a leader must.) Advanced Beatings about the same in scope but application was an art form unique to service / mission set (so I heard...I wasn't required)
@@armageddon1403what part of my reply made you say that? I re-read it, and it was clearly a drunken reply,..way too verbose than it needed to be (sorry guys…chatterbox when toasted) Buy other than that, what part of it seemed that bad?
Went through AIr Force SERE in eastern WA back in the mid-80’s as part of ABGD training in preparation for operations in Central America. We had Vietnam era instructors and they held nothing back, messed you up physically and mentally, rough time, but well worth it. The instructors had the last word, rank didn’t matter, nothing like seeing an E-5 dressing down an arrogant AFA Lt. Colonel like he was a 5-year old. Best times! Thank you all who served for your service!
Fairchild, yep went through in ‘82. The Cadre hated me, I kept reminding them it’s simply training and the USAF had to much $$ invested in me for them to actually hurt me.
@@michaeldubya In 2008 when I did Fairchild crossing green to blue, the 2 stripe instructor made milkshakes out of multiple loudmouth 1LT's (you know the type...their butter bar colored in with a Bic pen as the orders were effective the night they arrived), and they handheld a Chief and 2 LtCols through, but bounced out (in full grandeur) 3 1LTs (2 being Dyess Bone-massagers....uh...Lancer Drivers) and one a fresh pinned full chicken Doc, who was no longer granted Grandfather status. Bird and the chief were both 58 and they made them both complete it anyway. I was black and blue neck to belly for a week but they are pretty skilled at not actually damaging anything you could put in the A's (maybe to hide in the K's, but she's still loggin' at least a single wheels up time for the day). Timid O's, Beta young E's, and over 50% of the females were more scared of pain than anything else, that fear more effective than the actual pain. I learned a lot about newer society (I was 33 and not a newbie, and as a father of a teen, I had several solid mental takeaways from that camp)
Went thru Fairchild in 1971 or thereabouts prior to going to Vietnam. People's Democratic Republic, 'BI Con My Commandant. ' I was young, mobile, agile and hostile and chosen to be the guy to escape the camp. I wasn't captured in the E&E portion of training, I made it to the end and then was taken prisoner and taken to the camp. I was linked up with a Navigator who got us lost on the night nav portion. So much for Navs. It was not called SERE then but we did the same stuff,
Rambo Rd. I wondered when I was there if that was how Hollywood got the name for the movie, as that was an old family name that owned the land way before the Air Force got it. "class of 2004"
Man you are awesome! I love every one of these videos. one of the coolest things I think I'm learning from you is how to keep things comical entertaining and raw without saying a single curse word!! I have a foul mouth, I use it in front of my children my wife and I'm ashamed of it. I lack self-control in so many areas and I think this one is probably the one I hate the most about myself. So thank you for another amazing episode and for showing me how it's done without a potty mouth.
Yahshua - you know Him as Jesus - was born to a virgin, turned water to wine, taught, healed the sick, raised the dead, casted out demons, walked on water, calmed the storm, and fed a crowd of thousands with a few fish and a few loaves of bread, among many other things. He was killed on the cross as payment for the sins of all mankind, three days later He rose from the dead. Forty days later He ascended into heaven where He sits at the right hand of the Father. He is returning very soon, but before He does, Satan, the devil, is coming to pretend to be Jesus/God. Satan is an angel, and he will have certain supernatural powers with which to try to fool everyone. He will, for example, be able to make fire come down from heaven in the sight of men. He will only be on earth a short time before the real King of Kings, Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, returns. When the real Jesus comes we will all be transformed into our spiritual bodies at the same moment. Jesus came in the flesh to offer forgiveness of sins and eternal life to anyone who believes and calls on His precious name!! Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. - Matthew 26:6-13
Jeez Chadd, these new stories are fascinating and Brutal! Honestly you've really made my day with this and without hearing this from you, we would never fully grasp the trials you faced. Hats off, nuff said.
I also spent some time living out in the desert 🏜... i was homeless at 13 & 16. Oh yeah, it gets cold at night! I had no gear. I found that if you bury yourself, you'll survive. It's not as warm, but if you just ruff up a few inches of topsoil and lay on that, it's warmer than simply laying directly on the ground. Lots of critters, so i also learned real quick to create a face covering that still allowed me to have some ability to see through. One thing you can use for that is simply a knit beanie pulled over your face. You're covered and have some level of vision. Saved my ass till i could get a better bug net. Also, watch your footwear if you take them off at night to sleep... that could be a huge mistake. Not only do critters find their way into them, but coyotes may steal them like one did to me! Oh yeah, and snakes 🐍 will sometimes decide to sleep with you! Move very slowly 🐌 and they may just leave without incident... then change your shorts!😂
Went through SERE in the Air Force not long ago, enlisted aircrew. Not nearly as brutal as yours, but some of those "fun" memories definitely came back
June 82 myself. Funny the area broke a record for being the coldest June on record if I remember correctly. Otherwise all okay. Some funny stories however. Nobody wanted to kill/eat the rabbits but me. So I ended up with all the rabbit meat myself. Country boy will survive. ;)
@@vsupreme9386 Who comes up with these stories? Nobody saves you. Then you sit in line waiting to turn shit in at supply until you are actually mistaken for missing in action.
I went to SF SERE at Bragg in 90 as a Force Recon Marine. I remember the “Bearded One” and “Santa Claus” well and an instructor named Cobbler (Ranger) during survival training who was awesome and funny as hell. Another Survival Phase instructor named Gutierrez too. Also being led thru the O Course by Living SF Legend and Vietnam War Hero Richmond Nail (Ret) who blew our doors in overalls a feed cap and jungle boots blind in one eye. Incredible 18 days. Pretty good gut check too!
I went through SERE at Ft Lewis in 1977. Our battalion was the first group to go through there. It was similar. It was a spring time course. But it rained a lot. The survival part, they set a whole company out on a deserted island in Puget Sound with 100 chickens and 100 Rabbits that were turned lose before we got there. And 7 LRRP rations per man for two weeks. And a shelter half or a poncho liner for each man. We got through that but people were fighting over the rabbits and Chickens. Then came the evasion part. All done in the woods around Ft Lewis. We had to make our objective about a click away without getting caught. Most got caught but a few of us made it through where that gave us a single K Ration for a reward. Those who were caught got an early ride to the POW Camp. The rest of joined them after a hot supper. Then came the resistance and escape part. Where we were treated as POWs and sleep deprived and starved, interrogated, by the CID and were supposed to try to organize communications and make any attempt to escape our captors. Turns out that this was also the training camp for our CID and their AIT training for the interrogations and POW handling parts of their training. So we didn’t get any successful escapes despite three attempts. We were in that situation for five days. We were pretty out of it after that time. And they did not afford us any full meals or much water during our stay. I graduated and then then we were sent to JOTC Panama where we went through Jungle school. Those were the days.
I went through SERE in 85 when I was with SBU-XI. North Island and Warner Springs. Woohoo. My evasion buddy was from Team 5. I ended up being war criminal #6. LOL. Damned fine experience, once it was over.
I went to University with a Sere instructor in Spokane. He was majoring in anthropology on an rotc. He told me he had to see a shrink x1 a month to assure he was separating his role at seré as an interrogator. and assure he was not becoming Sadistic. The Psycholgists at SERE became involved in the torture techniques implemented at Abu Grahib, confined spaces, etc.
You should have received an commendation. In '74', going through basic training, we were out going through night fire and I bought 2 tracers from 3 guys in my squad for a buck apiece. I received the highest NightFire score in the history of the base. The next day I was in the CO's office explaining myself. There was no rule in the manuals I had read that I couldn't do what I did. I was congratulated and given a stripe for being a quick thinker and taking charge and also became leader of my squad, haha!
SERE school was the best diet I'd ever been on. Lost 15 lbs in 4 days during the final FTX. The shower I took when we got back to the barracks after the final FTX was the best shower I'd ever taken. The shitty DFAC cheeseburger I ate (that was about all I could stomach after having not eaten for 4 days) was the best cheeseburger I'd ever eaten. The 7 hour drive back to Ft. Campbell was the best road trip I'd ever taken. That school teaches you to appreciate the little things.
I remember this course, they said Sgt A you want to go to SERE training and I was like why in the hell do I want to go voluntarily get my ass beat and starved for weeks. So my friend a SSgt went he came back traumatized and skinny lol I laughed my ass of at him for a good week! lol Marines aren't that dumb oh yes they can be! 🙂
I want through Warner Springs in 96, clearly same school Seal bro in video is talking about . They broke my jaw and both my index fingers during "Hard Cell" interrogation. I think the baby crying on repeat is what gets to most people though.
Do any of you guys remember the row of boxes? If I remember right they were 2.5 ft. wide by 4.5 ft. long. I was crammed into one and left to soften up. The aggressors would come by and hit the box. I yelled out "sir prisoner no. 65 reporting sir." People who were claustrophobic lost it. The silence was good in the box.
I went through a civilian version of SERE. It was…not brutal. The “Resistance” part was mostly demonstrations. I couldn’t imagine going through military SERE school.
@@kevinnix5495 it was really more of a 3-day wilderness survival and landnav class with demonstrations for the resistance bit, and lessons on how to break out of rooms without tools. It in no way was on the level of any kind of military training, but what do you expect for $500?
Did SERE school as a Navy pilot in Maine in winter. Slept in the snow, locked in the box, beaten, hallucinated etc. Let's just say that I kept that fckg piece of paper so I would never have to do this again. As real as I pray it only gets. Retired now. God bless our troops. I'm sure SERE school now is proper pronouns and daisies. This country is in its end days.
He didn’t reveal that much , stuff mentioned is mostly public knowledge at this point , but I do agree I want guys to experience the full evolution of it completely blind. Cause let me tell you , nothing will prepare you for it.
The 3 weeks wait....was part of your training. For those 3 weeks, you were fighting with your mind. In the end, the heck with the asswipe that put you through that; but you were tougher for going through it.
Went through SERE as a carrier pilot in the mid-late 80’s in Maine late summer… interesting evolution, with things I can still relate to and apply outside the military. Certainly gave me perspective…. on a lot…
I had the privilege to attend S.E.R.E in 1980 at Nas Brunswick Maine I was with Marine Barracks at Brunswick.. I made evac with my navy partner Larry We were rewarded with hamburger and fries along with about seven others. Them the fun and games began. I've been there.
To this day I remember SERE training, some good times but a lot of just crappy times. By chance I saved my graduation certificate, later as a LCDR squadron department head, the admin reviewed our records, no sere certificate. They tried to send me again, I gladly made them a copy and told the Admin officer to shove it where the sun don’t shine.
Did SERE at Fairchild AFB back in 06. Beatings and Advanced Beatings. Chad really enjoying your content. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us, sir
I was fortunate when I went to advance beatings. I did not get beat at all. Some got beat the whole time through the interrogations. I would not want to do it again though.
I just keep thinking.. setup… just seems like these guys are pretty damn good at coming up with ways to REALLY see what you’re made of. Having y’all stew ( Wok ) over legal shit the rest of the through training. Only to have everything dropped RIGHT before graduation???🤔
Theses are great!!!!!!!! I cant hit that like button enough !!!!! Your stories are very cool you have lived an intetesting life thuss far and i Appreciate your service and thank you!! Godbless you an your ken nuff said!
