I was 36 when I finally got to SERE, and my evasion team and I found ourselves in a field in the pitch black. We were worried about being in a pasture with a bull, so when we heard some loud grunting/huffing noises from a nearby hill we sprinted to the fenceline. It was a horse who hadn't moved.

A second amusing event happened during that course that I'll never forget. Of course, we all stuffed our faces the moring of infil to top off the day before when we prepared our stomachs for doing without. We get dropped off and one genius sees a half-eaten Snickers bar on the side of the road. He proved his dedication to survival by leaping on it like he hadn't eaten in days. All I can say is I wasn't that hungry at the end of the course much less the beginning.

Thank You
 

Thank you for sharing your stories. It took me several days to read through the entire thread, but it was like a book that I couldn't put down. I have greatly enjoyed reading all of your stories and memories!

I was in Training Group then. Our first "Pass In Review" under the command of MG Flanagan resulted in us having to learn a new addition to FM 22-5. MG Flanagan thought SF troops incapable of executing a "Column Left" during the Pass in Review, so he had us do a "Left Flank" instead - which resulted in its own set of problems.

I was told by a TAC that they called it "22-Flanagan"!

What do you remember most about the Q Course/Training Group?
 

Back then Group wasn't noted for DD.

BMT

Snagging a 60
 

Spending nearly an hour slipping Jeff King's M60 out from his grip and out of his dummy cord while in perimeter one night, Phase 1:)

Jeff and I were always doing stuff like that to each other.

When he woke up and found the 60 missing he figured the "Gs" had come in during the night and taken it from him:eek:

He was one happy camper when he got it back!

But for the life of him couldn't figure out how I'd managed to pull it off without waking him up:lifter

If he had there's no doubt he would have beat my a** but good:munchin

We both went to the 10th at Devens after the "Q". Jeff went on to become a Warrant. A great guy, good friend and one tough operator.

While slung around his neck, no less.....