SERE conducts Outdoor Survival Skills Course

U.S. Air Force Airmen, assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing, learn navigation skills during the first iteration of the Ellsworth Outdoor Survival Skills Course at the Fort Meade Training Area, S.D., July 21, 2022. The Ellsworth Outdoor Survival Skills Course will continue to innovate and evolve for future iterations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Quentin Marx)

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SERE conducts Outdoor Survival Skills Course

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing pose for a group photo during the culminating event of the first Ellsworth Outdoor Survival Skills Course at the Fort Meade Training Area, S.D., July 21, 2022. Courses take place monthly and add crucial contingency skills to Ellsworth Airmen’s skillsets, enhancing mission readiness and increasing multifunctional capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Quentin Marx)

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SERE conducts Outdoor Survival Skills Course

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing receive instruction during the first iteration of the Ellsworth Outdoor Survival Skills Course at the Fort Meade Training Area, S.D., July 21, 2022. An initial classroom instruction takes place at the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) building at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. before students move to the Fort Meade Training Area for practical application. Adding navigation to an Airmen’s skillset makes them more multifunctional, teaches them to problem solve, and readies them for contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Quentin Marx)

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SERE conducts Outdoor Survival Skills Course

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing participate in the first iteration of the Ellsworth Outdoor Survival Skills Course, at the Fort Meade Training Area, S.D., July 21, 2022. The Ellsworth Outdoor Survival Skills Course familiarizes students with maps, compasses, and GPS while adding navigation to their multifunctional skillset. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Quentin Marx)

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SERE conducts Outdoor Survival Skills Course

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jerrel Ponce and Airman 1st Class Rahkem Harris, 28th Operations Support Squadron intelligence analysts, determine their location on a map at the Fort Meade Training Area, S.D., July 21, 2022. Several Airmen assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing participated in the first iteration of the Ellsworth Outdoor Survival Skills Course, increasing their knowledge of survival in the wilderness and adding navigation to their capabilities as multifunctional Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Quentin Marx)

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U.S. Air Force Airmen, assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing, complete the last-leg of a navigation hike during the first iteration of the Ellsworth Outdoor Survival Skills Course at the Fort Meade Training Area, S.D., July 21, 2022. Courses take place monthly and add crucial contingency skills to Ellsworth Airmen’s skillset, enhancing mission readiness and increasing multifunctional capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Quentin Marx)

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SERE conducts Outdoor Survival Skills Course

Published July 27, 2022
By Senior Airman Quentin Marx
28th Bomb Wing Public Affairs

ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. -- U.S. Air Force Airmen, assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing, learn navigation skills during the first iteration of the Ellsworth Outdoor Survival Skills Course at the Fort Meade Training Area, S.D., July 21, 2022. The Ellsworth Outdoor Survival Skills Course will continue to innovate and evolve for future iterations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Quentin Marx)