TRAINING: SSFN SERE TRAINING SCHOOL
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to experience the reality of real life survival within my S.E.R.E.
program. Now they are all in “my office” in the wilderness and
real life starts immediately and all modern toys ends here.
No matter what rank or medals they have they are all
the same and equally treated under my controlled program.
My basic program is set on 7 days duration, so that gives me
plenty of time to find out each individuals good and bad points;
those with good and useful ones I try to turn into better, those
with bad ones I help to erase them. All candidates come to the
training with full gear and weapons, but usually that is all taken
away at the spot and they are left with nothing but bare feet
and empty hands. Yes, I do take boots away too; they need to
earn them back! When? That depends on them! If the target
training group isn’t an SF unit, they keep all their equipment
but they are not allowed to use it and they need to carry it all
the time.
All the necessary gear they need, they have to improvise
and create from ground zero, as this way they can get real
respect of the gear that the military issues to them. Everything
on my course is self-discipline driven by will power and every
individual has it within themselves to succeed in a survival
situation. Let’s start with my basic survival program, also known
worldwide as S.E.R.E. Once I get my military unit at the starting
location, we go fast and hard through the essentials that
everybody needs to be clear with, about safety regulations.
The Unit is then split into two individual groups with their
own chosen leaders, who will carry out all my deman