Inside the secretive schools where US special operators learn to evade capture and survive behind enemy lines
Stavros Atlamazoglou
US Air Force survival, evasion, resistance and escape SERE training in Arctic
A US Air Force SERE specialist demonstrates an MK-124 smoke and illumination signal on the Chukchi Sea, January 13, 2021. US Air Force/Maj. Tyler Williams
In combat, all troops face a risk of being captured, and the rules regarding their treatment while in captivity are often ignored.
The US military has a courses of varying complexity and intensity to prepare troops to evade capture and survive if they're caught.
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In combat, all troops face the danger of being captured.
Although the Geneva Conventions regulate how captors can treat prisoners of war, many nations or commanders have ignored them during actual conflicts. Terrorists or insurgent groups with little regard for the law of armed conflict are often the worst offenders.
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