Author Topic: Skuzzy (Read 1261 times)

Ripsnort · « **on:** April 10, 2003, 01:57:15 PM »

Hows your boy doing? Any idea where he's at? Godspeed to him.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #1 on:** April 10, 2003, 02:01:31 PM »

He's doing fine. Thank you for asking.

He got offered training status at the SERE school near the end of his training and took it. The youngest SERE instructor in Air Force history and the first Airman First Class to make it.
He got to stay home and train.

I pretty proud of him and glad he is home safe. Although I do not envy him the task he has. It has to be the incredibly difficult to be a SERE instructor, knowing what they have to do to the trainees. I couldn't do it and I went through the school too.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #2 on:** April 10, 2003, 03:07:41 PM »

Cool! Thks for the info.

Dnil · « **Reply #3 on:** April 10, 2003, 03:28:36 PM »

one of my instructors up at fairchild was an A1C....a real salamander. I had a really cool Senior Airman, former instructor at the arctic course in Alaska, really new his stuff. Needless to say, the A1C is the one who was in charge when i ended up disabled.......

Once he completes the training, its pretty easy for him. The instructor training on the other hand supossedly sucks huge fat ones.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #4 on:** April 10, 2003, 03:32:26 PM »

My son finished his instructor training 3 months ago. According to SERE records, he is the first E3 to make it

Yep,..it was nasty.

However,..the instructors are always going back for more training as new things pop up they have to cover.

Right before the Iraq war broke out, they had to go through extended desert survival training and evasion techniques were augmented further.

Udie · « **Reply #5 on:** April 10, 2003, 03:40:07 PM »

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Originally posted by Dnil
one of my instructors up at fairchild was an A1C....a real salamander. I had a really cool Senior Airman, former instructor at the arctic course in Alaska, really new his stuff. Needless to say, the A1C is the one who was in charge when i ended up disabled.......

Once he completes the training, its pretty easy for him. The instructor training on the other hand supossedly sucks huge fat ones.

hey at least you got to fly in one of those fancy helecopter machines!

Skuzzy · « **Reply #6 on:** April 10, 2003, 03:44:10 PM »

Dnil, when did you go through SERE?

Dnil · « **Reply #7 on:** April 10, 2003, 03:51:03 PM »

december of 96

edit: Fancy? it was a huey, in a blowing snowstorm at 3am, they had to get the commander of the huey squad out of bed to fly the mission. I credit the sgt medic and the pilot for saving my life.

and seeing all those guys in NVGs scared the crap outa me,

Skuzzy · « **Reply #8 on:** April 10, 2003, 03:54:35 PM »

Oh heck,..you got to live in the new barracks then. Bum.

I went through in the early 70's. You know the buildings on base, where they store all the junk. The wooden ones?

That is where I had to stay. Miserable.

Oh,..when I said A1C,...old school here, as when I was in the E3 was an A1C. I forgot they added another stripe somewhere along the line. Was the E4 a Sargeant when you went through? Cause E4's are A1C's now.

Sandman · « **Reply #9 on:** April 10, 2003, 03:55:55 PM »

Doesn't it take about ten years to make E4 in the USAF?

GDR

Skuzzy · « **Reply #10 on:** April 10, 2003, 03:57:56 PM »

When I was in, you could make E4 in 3 years. E5 in just under 4, if you hustled you tush off.

I think E4's take a bit longer now. I have not asked my son about it though. I do recall him saying it would be close for him to make it before his first tour is up.

Mini D · « **Reply #11 on:** April 10, 2003, 04:06:33 PM »

I had a friend that made E-5 in 3 years 6 months. I believe this is the fastest you can make that rank in the Air Force. It requires getting E-4 via "Bellow the Zone" award as the testing for SSgt requires 1 year Time In Grade.

But then.. that was of 1990. Since then, they've gotten rid of "Buc Sgt" and changed things abit. Can't say for sure that still aplies.

MiniD

Dago · « **Reply #12 on:** April 10, 2003, 04:21:22 PM »

My son made E-4 in the Army recently, he's been in two years.

He is a Paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne, currently serving in Afghanistan.

dago

Dnil · « **Reply #13 on:** April 10, 2003, 08:09:31 PM »

e-1 airman basic
e-2 airman
e-3 airman 1st class
e-4 senior airman
e-5 staff sgt
e-6 tech sgt
e-7 master sgt
e-8 senior master sgt
e-9 chief master sgt....da chief

least was that way when i got out in 98

mjolnir · « **Reply #14 on:** April 11, 2003, 04:08:23 AM »

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Originally posted by Dnil
e-1 airman basic (no stripe)
e-2 airman (1 stripe)
e-3 airman 1st class (2 stripes)
e-4 senior airman (3 stripes)
e-5 staff sgt (3 stripes, 1 rocker)
e-6 tech sgt (3 stripes, 2 rockers)
e-7 master sgt (3 stripes, 2 rockers, 1 chevron)
e-8 senior master sgt (3 stripes, 2 rockers, 2 chevrons)
e-9 chief master sgt....da chief (3 stripes, 2 rockers, 3 chevrons)

least was that way when i got out in 98

Still that way now Dnil. I added the insignias for those who were confused.