A Joint Level-C Survival, Escape, Resistance and Evasion (SERE) Program for the Armed Forces

The Joint Personnel Recovery Agency (JPRA) was established in 1999 to replace the Joint Services SERE Agency as the DoD proponent for Code of Conduct Training. In January 2001 the Department of Defense updated DoD Instruction 1300.21 to specify additional SERE training requirements for the Services' SERE programs. The Services currently train under three separate Programs of Instruction (POIs) to meet DoD requirements. This paper will focus on the increasing demand for Level-C SERE training and offer a Joint training approach for consideration to expand the DoD capacity to meet the rising demand for SERE training.