12/13/2011 - Members of the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape School unload their parachute equipment at their training field on Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., on Nov. 28, 2011. Being a SERE instructor is a specialized career field in the Air Force. They prepare Department of Defense personnel to return from isolated events with honor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)
12/13/2011 - Members of the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape School unload their parachute equipment at their training field on Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., on Nov. 28, 2011. Being a SERE instructor is a specialized career field in the Air Force. They prepare Department of Defense personnel to return from isolated events with honor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)
12/13/2011 - Tech. Sgt. Justin McCaffrey, SERE specialist, performs a jump master personnel inspection for Tech. Sgt. Bon Strout at their training field on Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Nov. 28, 2011. “The importance of performing JMPI is to ensure all parachuting equipment works as advertised”, said Tech. Sgt. Douglas Dinger, SERE specialist. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)
12/13/2011 - Members of the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape School prepare to ascend on a UH-1 Huey helicopter at their training field on Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., on Dec. 5, 2011. SERE training consists of learning to adapt to all biomes and their associated weather conditions, and surviving various captivity situations. One aspect of that training involves being able to properly parachute safely to the ground in any emergency. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)
12/13/2011 - Members of the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape School prepare to ascend on a UH-1 Huey helicopter at their training field on Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., on Dec. 5, 2011. SERE training consists of learning to adapt to all biomes and their associated weather conditions, and surviving various captivity situations. One aspect of that training involves being able to properly parachute safely to the ground in any emergency. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)
12/13/2011 - Tech. Sgt. Justin McCaffrey, SERE specialist, waits for the UH-1 Huey helicopter to reach appropriate altitude to perform a static line parachuting jump above Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., on Dec. 5, 2011. “A static line jump is normally executed at 1,250 feet in the air, and a free-fall jump is normally executed at 12,000 feet,” said Tech. Sgt. Douglas Dinger, SERE specialist. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)
12/13/2011 - Staff Sgt. Sean Marlow, SERE specialist, performs a static line parachute jump from a UH-1 Huey helicopter above Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., on Dec. 5, 2011. These jumps are practiced weekly by students and instructors to ensure students are receiving the proper training for any situation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)
12/13/2011 - Tech. Sgt. Douglas Dinger, SERE specialist, prepares to land from a free-fall parachuting jump above Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., on Dec. 5, 2011. Flaring the parachute to avoid hitting the ground too fast is the proper technique to use when preparing to land safely to the ground. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)
12/13/2011 - Tech. Sgt. Douglas Dinger, SERE specialist, prepares to land from a free-fall parachuting jump above Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., on Dec. 5, 2011. Flaring the parachute to avoid hitting the ground too fast is the proper technique to use when preparing to land safely to the ground. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)
12/13/2011 - Tech. Sgt. Justin McCaffrey, SERE specialist, performs a free-fall jump from a UH-1 Huey helicopter above Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., on Dec. 5, 2011. Both static line and free-fall training courses are mandatory to become a SERE specialist. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)
12/13/2011 - Tech. Sgt. Justin McCaffrey, SERE specialist, gives the end of mission debriefing to students of the static line and free-fall jump courses, after completing the training for the day at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., on Dec. 5, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)
