The Pararescue and Survival Orientation Programme is not part of the Pararescue training pipeline and is attended on a voluntary basis. Graduating from the programme does not provide a training place on any official US Air Force course.
The selection process screens an applicant for mental fortitude and physical capabilities, while preparing candidates for future duties as a Pararescue. Thus the selection process reduces the training attrition rate by ensuring that candidates selected are equipped to succeed in the specific mental and physical challenges of the training pipeline. The course is 10 days in duration and focuses on physical fitness with classes in sports physiology, nutrition, basic exercises, CCT history and fundamentals.
Candidates are physically screened and have to pass tests in seven events to move on Table 1 : Press-ups, sit-ups, heaves, 1. Initially, the CBAT programme had two goals:. However, after a review following a change in leadership, it was decided to cancel the CBAT programme in August The US Air Force, in , did not expect the course to be implemented before due to an inability to request formal funding for the new course until Since or possibly , Battlefield Airmen candidates have faced a new screening process.
Traditionally, candidates were selected on cognitive and physical tests Acosta et al. Now candidates are assessed on:. The three scores are combined and provide a raw likelihood of training success. Early research by Acosta and colleagues suggest a correlation between a high percentile score and likelihood of completing training. The 2-week course trains future Pararescue and Combat Rescue Officers through introductory physical and mental conditioning and development.
Training includes mentoring and coaching in:. In , the course was 8-weeks in duration Slojkowski, , although it has been 9-weeks Tan, and weeks in duration since then Sine, The overarching aim of the course is to recruit, train and select future Pararescue and Combat Rescue Officers.
Three objectives facilitate this aim, and include:. During the 3-week course, candidates will learn the basic parachuting skills required to infiltrate an objective area by static line airdrop.
Detailed information on the 3-week Basic Airborne Course can be found here scroll down to Section 3. I believe the course is delivered over 1-day.
SERE specialists train personnel how to safely escape from an aircraft that has landed in the water. Training includes principles, procedures and techniques necessary to escape a sinking aircraft. The UET systems are a collection of mature technology training devices that provide emergency egress training techniques and procedures to passengers of aircraft, wheeled, and tracked vehicles from submerged water conditions.
Consequently, the purpose of UET is to enhance passenger survivability, regardless of platform or the causal factors that result in a rollover or submersion incident. UET provides this training in a coordinated physical environment in which knowledge based instruction is taught in the classroom which can then be applied and practiced in a safe, supervised and realistic environment.
The 2. The course teaches basic survival techniques for remote areas using minimal equipment and training include principles, procedures, equipment and techniques, which enable individuals to survive, regardless of climatic conditions or unfriendly environments and return home. Further details can be found here scroll down to Section 3. This course qualifies candidates as Pararescue recovery specialists for assignment to any Pararescue unit worldwide.
Training includes:. Training culminates with 2 weeks of realistic mission scenarios so that candidates can consolidate and demonstrate the skills and knowledge they have learned and developed. Upon graduation, candidates will be awarded the coveted scarlet beret and Pararescue Flash a tradition started in signifying their entry into the Special Tactics brotherhood Kendall, This article provides the basic information to allow individuals to make an informed judgement before applying for Pararescue training.
Inside Combat Rescue was a six-part documentary first aired in on the Discovery Channel. You WILL feel the pain after watching the physical and mental challenges these candidates are faced with. Acosta, H. Joseph, M. Kendall, J. Losey, S. Pellerin, C. Scott, A. Sine, W. Slojkowski, M. Tan, M. Vogel, J. Vogel, U. We provide information, advice, and guidance IAG on a wide range of military, health, and fitness-related topics. Website Breadcrumbs Home.
Part Entry Standards and Applications. Part Miscellaneous. This is now a legacy page. They deliver battlefield trauma care, as well as personnel recovery and combat search and rescue. Combat Weather Teams : Meteorological interpretation, which can affect how the battlefield is going to change and how commanders conduct operations.
Not strictly a special operations role, but has significant input in training and exercises conducted by special operations. Their role includes: Performing, planning, leading, supervising, instructing, and evaluating Pararescue activities. Performing as the essential surface, air link in PR and materiel recovery by functioning as the rescue and recovery specialist on flying status as mission crew or as surface elements. Providing rapid response capability and operates in the six geographic disciplines: mountain; desert; arctic; urban; jungle; and water — day or night — to include friendly, denied, hostile, or sensitive areas.
During indoc, candidates undergo extensive physical and aerobic conditioning with swimming, water confidence, running, weight training and 'extreme' calisthenics. This course helps prepare students for the rigors of training and the demands of these lifestyles. Other training includes obstacle courses, rucksack marches, diving physics, dive tables, metric manipulations, medical terminology, dive terminology, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, weapons qualifications, history of PJs, and leadership reaction course.
Graduation of this course is the "ticket to ride the pipeline," where Pararescuemen begin learning the special skills that make PJs highly regarded special operators. Then comes a gauntlet of courses, where physical training and mental preparedness and conditioning continue, while the candidate develops skills needed to become a fully qualified special tactics Pararescueman.
Included in the skills development training, the apprentice also attends the Pararescue Recovery Specialist Course, and the Special Operations Combat Medic Course, which combines prior acquired skills and develops new skills and confidence. There, as instructors scan for errors or signs of fear, you must:. The Pool has other events, like treading water and swimming with weights. But, while difficult, those events have a vital difference: You can breathe.
Not breathing is unique torture. Cells throughout your body, and particularly in your muscles, begin acting anaerobically, eating up sugar without oxygen, producing both lactic acid and pain. But even if you can do wind sprints and burpees all day burning sugar and oxygen, The Pool short circuits your defenses in about 5 seconds.
As your arms and legs start to go numb, the large autonomous muscles in your diaphragm, which let a normal person breathe 25, times per day without ever thinking about it, start to freak out with increasingly hard, uncoordinated contractions. Those spasms create inadvertent gulping noises. All you have left is your mind. You have a split-second to decide: do you want to be a PJ more than you want to breathe?
Instincts locked deep in your brain suddenly rush to the surface and you must. Or stay calm, focus on the mission and keep going. As the stress goes up, you learn to focus on an internal dialogue to keep your heart rate down and anxiety in check. In a word: Relax. When your fingers go number tying a knot, you can panic. Or can relax.
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