Stories from FL280...

[Arlo]

True.  Don't worry man, you're gonna be the best cook in the Navy!

Reminds me of that scene from Top Spatula.

[Serenity]

I'm alive. SERE sucked lol.

[Mister Fork]

Yeah, but now it's out of the way  and do you have a bucket load of memories (good and bad) from that stupid exercise.

When do you fly again?

[Devil 505]

I'm alive. SERE sucked lol.

Yeah, but did you get to turn Thumper into a sock puppet? 

[Serenity]

Yeah, but did you get to turn Thumper into a sock puppet? 

The dude who did the rabbit demo was WAY too excited about it...

[Mister Fork]

had a few supper time antics in the field mess and this is how most of us reacted...

[eagl]

The dude who did the rabbit demo was WAY too excited about it...

Gotta be passionate about your job no matter what it is...  Just ask Mike Rowe

Was sere anything like you expected?  What part of your own experience was or was not what you expected?  Just curious, 'cause you were pretty tense about it before.

[Serenity]

Gotta be passionate about your job no matter what it is...  Just ask Mike Rowe

Was sere anything like you expected?  What part of your own experience was or was not what you expected?  Just curious, 'cause you were pretty tense about it before.

I WAS really tense. Not going into too much detail (I'm not COMPLETELY sure what's fair game to talk about, so I'll err on the side of caution):

Survival and evasion was actually great fun. The impromptu group I formed and led were the only ones to make it to the extract point at night safely. So that was that.

Captivity: The box we lived in was smaller than I thought, and so the most uncomfortable part of the experience. The small punishment box was larger than I expected, and I was in it for a very short period, so it wasn't that bad. Honestly, it was definitely more difficult than I expected it to be, but at the same time I handled it a lot better than I expected I would.

SERE was the singular most challenging experience I've had so far, but it was also the best, most educational school I've ever been to.

[eagl]

SERE was the singular most challenging experience I've had so far, but it was also the best, most educational school I've ever been to.

That's about what I figured would happen.  It's one of those facing your fears things, cuts a little deeper than those falling backwards trust exercises though.

What's the current method for snuffing the bunny?  When my scout troop visited Navy SERE, they'd hold thumper by the back legs and swing his head into a tree or rock.  In USAF, they hold bunny by the back legs but use a stick to whack the back of his head.  Similar results though.

[NatCigg]

reminds me of fishing as a child. guy helped me kill a fish. he grabbed it and hit the back of its neck on a rock.  done deal, here's your trout.

 

p.s. now take the guts out and put them in a coke can, set in the water and pluck crawdads. rip off tail and put on hook. catch more trout.

A good day.

 

[Serenity]

That's about what I figured would happen.  It's one of those facing your fears things, cuts a little deeper than those falling backwards trust exercises though.

What's the current method for snuffing the bunny?  When my scout troop visited Navy SERE, they'd hold thumper by the back legs and swing his head into a tree or rock.  In USAF, they hold bunny by the back legs but use a stick to whack the back of his head.  Similar results though.

Hold by the back lags, hit on the back of the head to knock it out. Put over your shoulders with one hand on the feet, one on the throat...

And I quote: "Give it the 'old razzle dazzle..." and rip the head clean off.

And skin it by biting through the skin on the back with your teeth and ripping/de-gloving.

[Kanth]

 

SERE was the singular most challenging experience I've had so far, but it was also the best, most educational school I've ever been to.

[Vulcan]

I love rabbit.

[Arlo]

[Fencer51]

Did I read this map right that showed Corpus Christi NAS was 9 to 18 feet underwater ?