Posted on Aug 15, 2016
Is SERE CBT training necessary if you are not deploying or going TDY overseas?
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I have nothing against the SERE CBT training, I am just wondering everyone's opinion on this. If you are stationed CONUS, and you are not going TDY or deploying do you think it is necessary or a waste of 4 hours to go through this CBT? Should this just be required if you get orders or should it stay as is?
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Your risk of being rolled-up while back home is minimal and that's why you are not doing the full on course. That said, we have bad guys inside the wire and you could find yourself in a bad situation. To ask you to conduct 4 hours of CBT once a year isn't a large price to pay. If anything, it is a bit of a history lesson with resilience stories built in.
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TSgt Melissa Post
Very good points. Of all the CBTs that I have to sit through, I actually enjoy the SERE one. It somehow seems more practical than many of the others that we have to do.
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The SERE CBT is never necessary. Sere training in itself would be, but the CBT is pointless.
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TSgt Melissa Post
A1C (Join to see) - They have revamped the CBT now and you are forced to sit through most of it. The first version was just click through. This one can be but only to an extent. Thanks for your input. I was just curious on your thoughts.
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Right, its still the one where you sit through each situation and choose the best options of survival right? I took it about 4 months ago before I left so unless it changed until then its what I think it is. People literally just turn the volume down and sit on amazon while they wait to get to the point where they have to choose what to do, and even then they guess or re-do it until they get it right. Hahahaha.
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TSgt Melissa Post - Why do you bring me bad news on my weekend? If people have to sit through the entire SERE CBT, it looks like we'll have some more suicide prevention training to sit through as well.
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You are more than likely eligible to be deployed or sent TDY on a moments notice. Get the training and be done with it.
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SSgt Jim Gilmore
Who defines normal? Normal is if you wear the uniform, do and go as lawfully ordered...or get out. I took every course I could talk my way into. That made me a more valuable asset.
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It's never "necessary" until it's necessary. It's a nice to have in your back pocket should you ever need it. Stop looking at the end state and see what you may have gained from it. A little insight sometimes can go a long ways. If you learned that you shouldn't dress like a PX Vomited "I'm in the military" all over you, then that's something to take away. Focus on the big picture and be thankful that it's annual mandate makes it "necessary" and not our every day environment.
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TSgt Melissa Post
I must say the part about the PX vomiting "I'm military" made me laugh. Very good points. Thank you for your input sir.
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TSgt Melissa Post
Fair enough :) honestly of all the cbts I have to do, I find this one the most interesting to have to sit through.
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TSgt Melissa Post
SGM Mikel Dawson I wasn't complaining about it. Just wondered what others thought.
But since you brought it up, doesn't the Army deploy more than the Air Force? Do you think it would be beneficial to tailor the training need to the branch or even further to the specific job? For example I see you were an Infantryman. I on the other hand am a missile maintainer. You could probably go many places at a moments notice. I in contrast can go to 3 bases, all of which are CONUS or considered CONUS. Would it save time and money to have only training that I would use and only training that you would use instead of a blanket approach or should we continue to pursue training of courses that have no effect on our job at hand?
But since you brought it up, doesn't the Army deploy more than the Air Force? Do you think it would be beneficial to tailor the training need to the branch or even further to the specific job? For example I see you were an Infantryman. I on the other hand am a missile maintainer. You could probably go many places at a moments notice. I in contrast can go to 3 bases, all of which are CONUS or considered CONUS. Would it save time and money to have only training that I would use and only training that you would use instead of a blanket approach or should we continue to pursue training of courses that have no effect on our job at hand?
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SGM Barry Kindred
Survive, evade, resist, escape is valuable to every service member. Regardless of job.
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Annual CBTs like this are useless to begin with. I seriously doubt anyone in the Air Force who hasn't been through the actual course at Fairchild could actually apply the lessons taught. Fire extinguisher training? Really? I thought we were the smart branch, but sometimes I wonder.
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The way the world is headed, any survival training is useful, regardless of your location. It does suck and i don't blame people for complaining about it, but 'it's better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.'
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