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240627-F-DB615-1073

A U.S. Air Force student with the 66th Training Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape pre-team 25-A cuts wood during a fire craft exercise at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, June 27, 2024. Throughout the training pipeline, SERE students are taught techniques to be able to utilize their surroundings in order to survive. Upon graduation, SERE specialists utilize their skills to train at-risk personnel how to survive potential scenarios like isolation or capture. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tiffany Del Oso)
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The Joint Personnel Recovery Agency leads Joint Force missions through Fairchild’s Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape program

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Scott Price, senior enlisted leader of the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency near Fairchild Air Force Base, performs pull-ups during a toy drive in Spokane, Washington, Dec. 9, 2023. JPRA personnel host this toy drive each year and secured over $10,000 worth of toys for children in need in exchange for 8 hours of exercises. The toys collected each year are distributed in conjunction with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and the Toys-for-Tots program to children around the Inland Northwest during the holiday season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Gomez)
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The Joint Personnel Recovery Agency leads Joint Force missions through Fairchild’s Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape program

U.S. Army Sgt. Scott Stuhldreher, left, and U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Scott Price, members of the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency near Fairchild Air Force Base, perform kettle bell exercises during a toy drive in Spokane, Washington, Dec. 9, 2023. JPRA personnel host this toy drive each year and secured over $10,000 worth of toys for children in need in exchange for 8 hours of exercises. The toys collected each year are distributed in conjunction with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and the Toys-for-Tots program to children around the Inland Northwest during the holiday season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Gomez)
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The Joint Personnel Recovery Agency leads Joint Force missions through Fairchild’s Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape program

U.S. Army Sgt. Scott Stuhldreher, left, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Casey Ware, center, and Technical Sgt. Nathan Illsley, members of the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency near Fairchild Air Force Base, pose with a donated toy during a toy drive in Spokane, Washington, Dec. 9, 2023. JPRA personnel host this toy drive each year and secured over $10,000 worth of toys for children in need in exchange for 8 hours of exercises. The toys collected each year are distributed in conjunction with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and the Toys-for-Tots program to children around the Inland Northwest during the holiday season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Gomez)
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230131-F-TG928-1112

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Aaron King, 36th Rescue Squadron pilot, demonstrates his survival skills during a simulated isolation scenario at Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, Feb. 1, 2023. Members from Team Fairchild’s innovation cell conducted an event to review current foundational survival training methods and their applicability to tropic, jungle, and coastal conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Haiden Morris)
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230131-F-TG928-1003

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Blake Witzel, 92nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flying crew chief, prepares a fire during a survival isolation scenario at Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, Feb. 1, 2023. Survival training like this event, is essential to ensuring our airmen ready and capable for being isolated in different biomes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Haiden Morris)
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230130-F-TG928-1010

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Hukill, 92nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flying crew chief, plows the ground in preparation to build a shelter at Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, Jan. 30, 2023. Members from Team Fairchild’s innovation cell conducted an event to review current foundational survival training methods and their applicability to tropic, jungle, and coastal conditions by taking three groups of members with varying levels of survival training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Haiden Morris)
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230202-F-TG928-1093

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Blake Witzel, 92nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flying crew chief, was transported through the jungle during a simulated isolation scenario near Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, Feb. 2, 2023. Members from Team Fairchild’s innovation cell conducted an event to review current foundational survival training methods and their applicability to tropic, jungle, and coastal conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Haiden Morris)
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230202-F-TG928-1054

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Blake Witzel, 92nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flying crew chief, analyzes water found on the jungle ground during a simulated isolation scenario near Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, Feb. 2, 2023. Survival training like this event, is essential to ensuring airmen are ready and capable for being isolated in different biomes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Haiden Morris)
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230201-F-TG928-1004

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Hukill, 92nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flying crew chief, learns how to signal aircraft in case of emergencies during a simulated isolation survival scenario at Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, Feb. 1, 2023. Survival training like this event, is essential to ensuring airmen are ready and capable for being isolated in different biomes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Haiden Morris)
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230202-F-TG928-1038

U.S. Air Force members from Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, are briefed on survival techniques in the jungle during a simulated isolation scenario near Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, Feb. 2, 2023. Members from Team Fairchild’s innovation cell conducted an event to review current foundational survival training methods and their applicability to tropic, jungle, and coastal conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Haiden Morris)
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230202-F-TG928-1031

U.S. Air Force members from Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, get ready to explore the jungle during a simulated isolation scenario near Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, Feb. 2, 2023. Members from Team Fairchild’s innovation cell conducted an event to review current foundational survival training methods and their applicability to tropic, jungle, and coastal conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Haiden Morris)
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230130-F-TG928-1014

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Aaron King, 36th Rescue Squadron pilot, turns on his head lamp at Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, Jan. 30, 2023. Members from Team Fairchild’s innovation cell conducted an event to review current foundational survival training methods and their applicability to tropic, jungle, and coastal conditions by taking three groups of members with varying levels of survival training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Haiden Morris)
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Jarad Underwood

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jarad Underwood, 22nd Training Squadron Advanced Skills Training NCO in charge, does one-on-one training with an Airman during combat survival training for aircrew and battlefield Airmen at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Jan. 31, 2019. The combatives class teaches projectile striking, clenching and grappling self-defense techniques to prepare Airmen for any emergency event or captivity situation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jesenia Landaverde)
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Jarad Underwood

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jarad Underwood, 22nd Training Squadron Advanced Skills Training NCO in charge, and Staff Sgt. Corray Valentine, 22nd TRS AST instructor, demonstrate a “shield block” during a combat survival training for aircrew and battlefield Airmen at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Jan. 31, 2019. Underwood is the first and only person in the Department of Defense who is eligible to teach combatives to members in all military branches. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jesenia Landaverde)
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Jarad Underwood

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jarad Underwood, 22nd Training Squadron Advanced Skills Training NCO in charge, was selected by the Air Force to be the first program manager for the expanded Air Force Combatives Master Program at the Air Force Academy, Colorado. Underwood has completed over 1,000 hours of combatives training to include the modern U.S. Army Combatives Master Instructor Program, Marine Corps Martial Arts Program Instructor Course, Special Operations Combatives Program and Air Force Combatives Master Program. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jesenia Landaverde)
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SERE training

A UH-1N Huey flies overhead during a ground to air communications training at the Air Force Survival School Training Area in Cusick, Washington, Feb. 18, 2018. Regardless of weather, be it in the heat of the sun or the cold of the winter, Airmen can be found training in the woods, preparing for different isolated survival situations they might face in their careers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sean Campbell)
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SERE training

Senior Airman Samuel Raymond, 22nd Training Squadron Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape instructor, demonstrates a make-shift tourniquet to students at the Air Force Survival School Training Area in Cusick, Washington, Feb. 18, 2018. The overall SERE school objective is to prepare Airmen to be isolated, alone and able to survive for days at a time while using the skills they have learned to make it back home alive. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sean Campbell)
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SERE training

Students in the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape School, learn about different ways to communicate with aircraft at the Air Force Survival School Training Area in Cusick, Washington, Feb. 18, 2018. Before students go into the field for training, they have to pack a bag with specific gear to include a global positioning system, compass, map, shelter materials and rain poncho. They also pack equipment and tools used to signal for rescue. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sean Campbell)
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SERE training

Students in the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape School, use a radio to contact a Helicopter to practice ground to air communications at the Air Force Survival School Training Area in Cusick, Washington, Feb. 18, 2018. The overall SERE school objective is to prepare Airmen to be isolated, alone and able to survive for days at a time while using the skills they have learned to make it back home alive. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sean Campbell)
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