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Spangdahlem SERE Prepares 1-214 GSAB for Survival Challenges

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Travis Siegwart, 52nd Operations Support Squadron, Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) personnel recovery section chief, discusses the fundamentals of survival and evasion with U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Easy Company, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, Oct. 24, 2023. Following the discussion the Aviators put their skills to the test in a simulated survival and evasion scenario. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Albert Morel)

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Spangdahlem SERE Prepares 1-214 GSAB for Survival Challenges

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Travis Siegwart, 52nd Operations Support Squadron, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) personnel recovery section chief helps a U.S. Army Soldier assigned to Easy Company, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment, adjust a Combat Survivor/Evader Locator radio (CSEL), during a joint SERE isolated personnel mission assessment and preparation event at Spangdahlem, Germany, Oct. 24, 2023. The CSEL allows the aircrew member to be located immediately, communicate with rescue assets, and enables the aircrew member to navigate to and from specific points to afford them a faster opportunity for rescue. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Albert Morel)

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Spangdahlem SERE Prepares 1-214 GSAB for Survival Challenges

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Zachary Rumke, 52nd Operations Support Squadron, Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) non-commissioned officer in charge, discusses event details with search teams during a joint SERE isolated personnel mission assessment and preparation event, at Spangdahlem, Germany, Oct. 24, 2023. The intent of the exercise was to provide the participants a refresher on the skills needed to evade capture and navigate behind enemy lines. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Albert Morel)

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Spangdahlem SERE Prepares 1-214 GSAB for Survival Challenges

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Christopher Fitchett, 52nd Security Forces Squadron military working dog kennel master (left), and German Polizei officer Carina Haertel, a working dog handler, conduct a search during a joint Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) isolated personnel mission assessment and preparation event, at Spangdahlem, Germany, Oct. 24, 2023. The event allowed for Airmen and members of the local area to work together while trying to complete their objective. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Albert Morel)

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Spangdahlem SERE Prepares 1-214 GSAB for Survival Challenges

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Zachary Rumke 52nd Operations Support Squadron, Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) non-commissioned officer in charge, discusses proper rescue harness use with U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Easy Company, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment at Baumholder, Germany, Oct. 25, 2023. Proper use of the rescue harness is essential to avoiding possible injury and possible rescue operation failure. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Albert Morel)

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Spangdahlem SERE Prepares 1-214 GSAB for Survival Challenges

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Zachary Rumke 52nd Operations Support Squadron, Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) non-commissioned officer in charge, congratulates a U.S. Army Soldier assigned to Easy Company, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment, after efficiently escaping a Shallow Water Egress Trainer (SWET) chair at Baumholder, Germany, Oct. 25, 2023. The Soldiers had to demonstrate their water survival skills by releasing themselves from their seats and swimming out of the SWET chair, simulating exiting a submerged helicopter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Albert Morel)

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Spangdahlem SERE Prepares 1-214 GSAB for Survival Challenges

Published Oct. 31, 2023
By Airman 1st Class Albert Morel
52nd Fighter Wing

SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany --

52nd Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) specialists prepared U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Easy Company, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment Oct. 24-25, 2023. The SERE specialists prepped the aviators on key tasks in both isolated survival and evasion scenarios and water survival situations. (U.S. Air Force photos by Airman 1st Class Albert Morel)