1T0X1 - SURVIVAL, EVASION, RESISTANCE AND ESCAPE (SERE) AFSC Enlisted

Summary

The strength of SERE specialists lies in their ability to prepare others for the critical Personal Recovery mission. They empower others with skills for survival, evasion, resistance, and escape in adverse conditions. They integrate with other Airmen, military peers, government entities, and foreign allies, in effort to bolster recovery initiatives that guarantee every participant is well-prepared to “return with honor”.

What You’ll Do

• Prepare aircrew and high-risk-of-isolation personnel to return from any type of survival situation.
• Train and operate in remote and austere environments, day or night.
• Provide direct support to Personnel Recovery (PR) programs through preparation, planning, execution, and adaptation.
• Conduct developmental and operational testing of SERE and Aircrew equipment.
• Perform static line, military free fall, and emergency parachuting techniques in support of various operations and exercises.

Duties

• Prepare aircrew and high-risk-of-isolation personnel to return from any type of survival situation.
• Train and operate in remote and austere environments, day or night.
• Provide direct support to Personnel Recovery (PR) programs through preparation, planning, execution, and adaptation.
• Conduct developmental and operational testing of SERE and Aircrew equipment.
• Perform static line, military free fall, and emergency parachuting techniques in support of various operations and exercises.

Qualifications

• Be a U.S. citizen and qualify for a “Secret” security clearance.
• Must be at least 17, but has not reached age 42 on the date of enlistment
• Obtain an 11th-grade reading level on the Air Force Reading Abilities Test
• Must not have a speech impediment that interferes with clear enunciation
• Meet the minimums of the SERE Initial Fitness Test (IFT)

Minimum Education

You must be 17–42 years of age, a U.S. citizen and obtain a qualifying ASVAB score High School Students may start their application as early as the end of their junior year.

Components

• Air Force Active Duty
• Air National Guard
• Air Force Reserve