US Army - SERE
SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) is a U.S. Army training program designed to teach soldiers how to survive in hostile environments, evade capture, resist interrogation, and escape from captivity.
The US Army operates two SERE Level-C courses, one for Army aviators and one for Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF). SERE training for Army aviators is included in the Army Aviation School curriculum at Fort Rucker totaling 21 days of instruction encompassing full-spectrum training including academics and resistance labs. For ARSOF personnel, there's a 19-day SERE course, conducted by the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (SWCS), at Camp Mackall. The SWCS's SERE course focuses its training on: Code of conduct applications in wartime, peacetime, governmental and/or hostage detention environments, General survival skills, Evasion planning, Resistance to exploitation & political indoctrination, Escape planning.
