How Did Navy SEAL Chadd Wright Complete S.E.R.E School
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I went through a winter SERE class in Maine 2005. I remember I was soo damm hungry after a few days I woke up in the snow in the middle of the night from a dream I was robbing a McDonald's at gun point. While the cashier was throwing the money at me I was smacking it out of the way and demanding a burger lol.
Boot camp fire guard was so funny watching everyone re-live the day's stresses in their sleep. Funny stuff. I guess sleepwalking was a big dangerous concern too. We did have a guy jump from the fire escape 3 floors, into oblivian. He couldn't stand all the screaming at him, it seemed. So much of it is mental. And how you grew up.
That's one of the funniest things I've ever heard. The dream. Not the guy jumping in the other post that is tragic.
Seriously, I had the same nightmare but mine was at Wendy’s & I have never even been into one of there stores but I recon, I could of read the entire menu board the following day it was that clear.
I was there in 1999, place was rough!!
@Black Widow Outdoor Adventures Hmmmm Not tracking???
I went through SERE at Warner Springs in 89.
Some guy was being interrogated in the "hard cell" with the "guards" screaming at him, "HOW MANY PIGS WERE ON YOUR AIRCRAFT?!!" After a minute or two of this, with no hint of sarcasm in his voice, the guy responded, "There were no livestock on my aircraft!".
I wasn't present to witness it, but apparently some of the guards almost lost it trying to keep straight faces.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤙🤙
I also went through SERE in Warner Springs in '89 as a Naval Aircrewman (AW) Acoustic Sensor Operator and remember those fake foreign accents well. Hot ass days and cold ass nights. "GRAB THE RAGS OF YOU", nothing like being folded into a wooden box the size of a shoebox with little room to even breathe as they banged on the box with a cane. Had a guy escape only to be brought back to camp and then we all were tortured for it...those were the days.
@@markphillips3007 I was an IFT on the east coast in the.early 90s.
@@markphillips3007 Also a NAC/SAR but went to Maine in 96. Remember the box well and thinking, am I going to fit in that? hahaha yes they made it happen.
I absolutely adore that comment. Made my month man thanks!
I went thru Corando traning and SERE school in 1967, prior to being shipped from San Diego to Vietnam. I was first wounded on the 30th of January 1968. That was the day started the TET offensive. They bombed the shi_ out of us. I lost a number of good friends. Here it is 2023 and I relive Vietnam every day. All of my buddies are dead and I will rejoin them at Arlington one day soon.
Semper Fidelis
gregory, usmc ret.
Semper Fi brother!
Thank you
Omg, god bless you.
Hope you’re well man
Bullshit
Went through AIr Force SERE in eastern WA back in the mid-80’s as part of ABGD training in preparation for operations in Central America. We had Vietnam era instructors and they held nothing back, messed you up physically and mentally, rough time, but well worth it. The instructors had the last word, rank didn’t matter, nothing like seeing an E-5 dressing down an arrogant AFA Lt. Colonel like he was a 5-year old. Best times! Thank you all who served for your service!
Fairchild, yep went through in ‘82. The Cadre hated me, I kept reminding them it’s simply training and the USAF had to much $$ invested in me for them to actually hurt me.
@@michaeldubya In 2008 when I did Fairchild crossing green to blue, the 2 stripe instructor made milkshakes out of multiple loudmouth 1LT's (you know the type...their butter bar colored in with a Bic pen as the orders were effective the night they arrived), and they handheld a Chief and 2 LtCols through, but bounced out (in full grandeur) 3 1LTs (2 being Dyess Bone-massagers....uh...Lancer Drivers) and one a fresh pinned full chicken Doc, who was no longer granted Grandfather status. Bird and the chief were both 58 and they made them both complete it anyway.
I was black and blue neck to belly for a week but they are pretty skilled at not actually damaging anything you could put in the A's (maybe to hide in the K's, but she's still loggin' at least a single wheels up time for the day). Timid O's, Beta young E's, and over 50% of the females were more scared of pain than anything else, that fear more effective than the actual pain. I learned a lot about newer society (I was 33 and not a newbie, and as a father of a teen, I had several solid mental takeaways from that camp)
wife did Honduras Palmerola with the Army in 84
Went thru Fairchild in 1971 or thereabouts prior to going to Vietnam. People's Democratic Republic, 'BI Con My Commandant. ' I was young, mobile, agile and hostile and chosen to be the guy to escape the camp. I wasn't captured in the E&E portion of training, I made it to the end and then was taken prisoner and taken to the camp. I was linked up with a Navigator who got us lost on the night nav portion. So much for Navs. It was not called SERE then but we did the same stuff,
Rambo Rd. I wondered when I was there if that was how Hollywood got the name for the movie, as that was an old family name that owned the land way before the Air Force got it. "class of 2004"
Did a short SERE course in the mountains. After escaping my buddy and I hid on a tight curve where the prisoner truck came up with POWS and went back empty, when it slowed down we sprinted up behind and climbed in the empty truck unseen. Unfortunately the first SGT. was coming up the road in the opposite direction and saw our feet running under the truck and stoped it but was so impressed he let us continue the course. The guys in the truck had no clue we were there.
Brother; Your story was a complete blast from my past. Thoroughly enjoyed your memory of it. I'm a bit older than you, sir. I was a S.E.R.E Instructor way back when NAS Brunswick, ME was still an active base. We did our training at the Remote Training Facility in Rangeley ME (1986-89 for me) and Tropical Environment Survival was conducted on Antigua Island, just north of Guadalupe. Now THAT was a bitch! I had an opportunity to visit the Warner Springs Facility as well and we swapped instructor patches and laughed our asses off at the students behind their backs (sorry, we had to entertain ourselves, too!) Been to BUD/S too (Class 170/171). I'm retired and cranky now. Just a boot tough ol' vet, I guess. I caught your video off of Don Shipley's feed. You're sporting quite the beard, bro! Easy to take the silent option, I guess. Congratulations on making it through S.E.R.E School; and more importantly SQT. One is honed in fire after SQT. It's nothing for anyone to shrug at! I'd like to see all active duty personnel go through S.E.R.E. They might just learn something about themselves they didn't know. Getting familiar with The Code of Conduct and a crash course in the Geneva Convention Act couldn't hurt them either. Enjoyed your story, sir. God Speed.
I was an aircrewman in VP-10 in Brunswick (1990-1995) & I went to SERE in Oct 1993. After the debrief back at NAS Brunswick it was fun meeting some of our "captors". The main, out of control, brutal lunatic that I didn't want to even make eye contact with was an E-5 SEAL. Him & his partner said at one point I said something so stupid in front of the entire class while we were in captivity that they struggled to not laugh (I remember exactly what happened lol). Prior to graduating SERE I thought they gave the SERE patches to you but no, they charged us $5 a piece. I figured after what we went through they'd just give you a patch but I was wrong.
Amen on the Code of Conduct...
Glad to see many SERE survivors here.
I had to suffer it twice. The first was the original SF course in Bragg, I remember some of my buddies called it the normal mode
The 2nd time was when I inducted to certain unit. It's the last of the training courses there.
We called it the hell mode.
Air Force side...
(I went green to blue just before the 10 year point to fly CSAR before the J Model Herks killed off the Combat Rescue Flight Engineer billet and replaced him with a 1982 tech level Speak'n'Spell, at standard Lockheed markup FOR said Speak'n'Spell of Cost plus (variance allowed also listed): $1M +/- $133M )
"F.E...fone...HOME"
...they had SERE, and "Advanced Beatings" for HROC
I'd been 11C then 2 Helo Mx MOS'es, brother in 7SFG, buddies with 2 future SEALs in High School years (including one lost on Red Wings while I was at Arifjan at Patton AAF, hearing the chatter after, totally unaware that it had any connection to me), and so lots of notes got compared in a drunken "AAR at the Bar" once upon the full mooned eve of the 15th Article...
Consensus from dudes that had done cross service courses was that the Chair Force's contractors and dedicated SERE kids in that AFSC (and I do mean Kids...2 stripes could be a seasoned lead dogg...very unique shit us grey hairs could not compute.) did the most complete psych mind fuck work, and the shock-to-imprint memories imparted were done RIGHT.
A-10 Hog Driver said that "When that bag went over my head, I was RIGHT back in that class, 20 years prior"
I'll lower my shit talking stick and concede this one. I went in ready for physical dick measuring and my "R-MEEE Training" arrogance, and they put me in my place, and then taught me WHY.
And they were NOT full of shit.
"I" was...going in (false motivation) But I wasn't while leaving. (A bit of humble pie served up by a smart guy who made me really think like a leader must.)
Advanced Beatings about the same in scope but application was an art form unique to service / mission set (so I heard...I wasn't required)
So you were part of "The Unit-D'? That's actually badass if it's true
I've had actual dreams I had to do it again. Wouldn't.
@@SnoopDougieDoug What are you on?
@@armageddon1403what part of my reply made you say that?
I re-read it, and it was clearly a drunken reply,..way too verbose than it needed to be (sorry guys…chatterbox when toasted)
Buy other than that, what part of it seemed that bad?
It was an honor to hear that.... Absolutely awesome story, thank you very much for sharing!!!!
Jeez Chadd, these new stories are fascinating and Brutal! Honestly you've really made my day with this and without hearing this from you, we would never fully grasp the trials you faced. Hats off, nuff said.
love it, thank you Chadd. It is very interesting and can't wait for the next one. Have a nice day.
You’re a national treasure. Thank you for your service, Shipmate.
Great experience and training , THANK You for Your Service.
Tremendous amount of respect for you dude and every man and woman who has served our country.
Never heard of S.E.R.E. school! Learn something new every day! God Bless!
9:07 makes me laugh and smile for you! The sheer flood of fondness you recall in all of this... some absolutely amazing experiences to keep in memory forever.
I love your content and tune in for all the truck talks/scripture reading you've been doing. I haven't seen any videos on this binder yet; can't wait to hear the rest of them!
wow man....I am completely blown away.... thanks for sharing your experience in such a cool way
Awesome! Thanks for your service.
Love this! Keep ‘em coming.
Met some Seals in real life and some channels online, you seem the most down to earth and real I have seen so far. Good stuff man.
Another great story I could listen to you tell stories all day looking forward to the next time
You're awesome and thank you for you service. Keep it up, myself and many other appreciate you. Thank you.
Man you are awesome! I love every one of these videos. one of the coolest things I think I'm learning from you is how to keep things comical entertaining and raw without saying a single curse word!! I have a foul mouth, I use it in front of my children my wife and I'm ashamed of it. I lack self-control in so many areas and I think this one is probably the one I hate the most about myself. So thank you for another amazing episode and for showing me how it's done without a potty mouth.
Great story, thanks for sharing and thank you for your service.
Your a good speaker and thank you for your service. Tuff dude!!
I went to SF SERE at Bragg in 90 as a Force Recon Marine. I remember the “Bearded One” and “Santa Claus” well and an instructor named Cobbler (Ranger) during survival training who was awesome and funny as hell. Another Survival Phase instructor named Gutierrez too. Also being led thru the O Course by Living SF Legend and Vietnam War Hero Richmond Nail (Ret) who blew our doors in overalls a feed cap and jungle boots blind in one eye. Incredible 18 days. Pretty good gut check too!
Yep, went through in April of 90. "do not be taller than I am tall." The bearded one was rumored to be a Sunday school teacher. I was from 1/75.
@@vortexprosper7171 outstanding
Enjoyed hearing about your experience. Thanx for sharing. GBU
I watch a lot of Don Shipley's Stolen Valor videos. Listening to this story and the detail remembered, how can any idiot ever think they can pull off faking being a SEAL? /Salute. USAF vet.
Theses are great!!!!!!!! I cant hit that like button enough !!!!! Your stories are very cool you have lived an intetesting life thuss far and i Appreciate your service and thank you!! Godbless you an your ken nuff said!
Awesome to hear the stories behind the man
Thank you for your service
Great video man. Thanks for sharing
Thank you for your service!
Great video man !! Thank you
thanks for telling us all about SERE training. funny stuff
Did SERE at Fairchild AFB back in 06. Beatings and Advanced Beatings. Chad really enjoying your content. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us, sir
I was fortunate when I went to advance beatings. I did not get beat at all. Some got beat the whole time through the interrogations. I would not want to do it again though.
what a stud...thank you for your service.
Really enjoying this new series
Great course! brutal course is damn accurate. It's an eye opener for sure
YOU ARRE AWESOME THANK YOU FOR GIVING BACK
You guys who make it through SERE are fucking badasses for real much respect 🫡
You had me rolling on this one! Love it 🙂
They have all been good to hear you tell of your training
Love these stories Chadd!!💯‼️❤️
Just came across your channel. Great content I love your stories. You definitely have a new subscriber. Huge respect ✊
Can’t wait to watch when I get home!
Excellent! Keep it coming!
Went through SERE as a carrier pilot in the mid-late 80’s in Maine late summer… interesting evolution, with things I can still relate to and apply outside the military. Certainly gave me perspective…. on a lot…
Cool! I was an Air Force helicopter flight engineer and went through the escape and evasion course at Fairchild AFB. I went through the dunker training also.
Great video
THANK YOU TO YOU AND ALL YOUR BROTHERS 🤘✌️
Great content!
I respect all that you have done and accomplished.
I’m just as proud for being a father and raising 2 boys into good men.
We all have our own bragging rights.
There's some memories! I completed SERE school back in 1978 at Warner Springs near San Diego. No urban survival training then. It was all remote/jungle type survival. There were 2 Seals in my class and those boys were treated special. Waterboarded for 3 days.
Great content love your channel
Loving story time!
Thanks!
Thank you sir! Coming from a disabled country boy . Much appreciate
Attend SERE at Warner Springs in 1989. Got to go back into camp and observe other students. Great experience seeing the other side. Then Adv SERE at NAS North Island were we got to read debriefings from POW’s and got to talk to one who came in for question and answer type class. Very professional sailors who ran this program. I was a Marine so to make this statement means a lot. I was War Criminal 03…..
I Love these stories ❤️
Go Navy !!!!!!
You should have received an commendation. In '74', going through basic training, we were out going through night fire and I bought 2 tracers from 3 guys in my squad for a buck apiece. I received the highest NightFire score in the history of the base. The next day I was in the CO's office explaining myself. There was no rule in the manuals I had read that I couldn't do what I did. I was congratulated and given a stripe for being a quick thinker and taking charge and also became leader of my squad, haha!
great stuff man
There were no Chinese restaurants in SERE LVL-C /CWEST when I 'attended' in 1980's 🙂
I dig this, bravo.
Great Story brother. I cried when they finally raised the American flag and played the national anthem 😥❤
That was one heck of a story! Keem em' coming!
Just found your channel big respect to you bro I could never do all the buds sqt and all the nite diving shit so yer big respect man keep the vids coming they good shit
Very interesting. I always wondered about Seal training.
Went thru West coast SERE July 83…Went thru with some SEALs learned a lot from those guys.
You are awesome,dude.
I went through SERE in 85 when I was with SBU-XI. North Island and Warner Springs. Woohoo. My evasion buddy was from Team 5. I ended up being war criminal #6. LOL. Damned fine experience, once it was over.
My father was a sere instructor up at warner springs. He graduated in a wheelchair when he went through.
Chad..thank you for the SERE insights...explosive diarrhea...not a good sight or smell..and thanks for the video series...I'm watching each one...
Awesome! Thank you
Best training class I ever attended. Rangeley was quite the place. LOL. Props to whom ever made the brownies.
Hard as nails bro 🤘🏻🤘🏻
My cousin is a S.E.R.E. school instructor in Maine. Some of the stories he has told. whoa.
Came here from Instagram, had no idea you did CZcams as well! New subscriber here
Just love your “I love me binder”
Outstanding reminisce!!!
Badass stories! Respect brother
Went through SERE in the Air Force not long ago, enlisted aircrew. Not nearly as brutal as yours, but some of those "fun" memories definitely came back
my brother was enlisted aircrew, USAF, went through SERE in Washington state, in the early 90's.
I went through this course at Fairchild Air Force Base, 1977. Bycon!
Is it true that at the end of usaf SERE they mock have Seals save you?
June 82 myself. Funny the area broke a record for being the coldest June on record if I remember correctly. Otherwise all okay. Some funny stories however. Nobody wanted to kill/eat the rabbits but me. So I ended up with all the rabbit meat myself. Country boy will survive. ;)
@@vsupreme9386 Who comes up with these stories?
Nobody saves you. Then you sit in line waiting to turn shit in at supply until you are actually mistaken for missing in action.
Went to SERE School in Brunswick Maine July 1995, after I re-enlisted in the Marine Corps, made a lat move from 0351 Dragon-gunner to 0231 Basic Intel Specialist. Lost my SERE certificate when I moved out of Camp Lejeune NC in 1996. Would love to be able to get another certificate, it’s listed on my DD214 as SERE School 07/95. Just found your channel and you gained a new subscriber. Yut!!
Great video. Bad ass soldier. Nuff said
Thanks Chadd, the more Seal stories the better!
I enjoyed that story,, Thanks
Love your videos Chadd! 🔱
I remember those wool blankets all to well, was in Basic training (Army) Ft. Knox in August and those things were brutal, never forget them.
Yeah, nothing like a Kentucky August to sap your strength
Went to Brunswick in December 1982. When I got off the plane it was 12°. Luckily, by the time we got out to Rangeley it was in the mid-20s. It was a pretty miserable week between the weather and POW camp.
Great idea keeping all your stuff in a binder. I only served in the Army as airborne infantry, but think I'l consolidate my stuff into a binder. I have stuff in boxes and file cabinets all over the house.
Fantastic story.
I knew Navy Seal training was the hardest. I never knew how tough the training was after hell week. Chadd Wright, you are an amazing story teller. Upmost respect on what you went through!
Went through Air Force SERE in WA in 2021. Hardest training of my life so far. Man those instructors are really good. Learned a lot about what my body is actually capable of during stress, and, also got a LOD out of it (lost a tooth) ha!
Down that dirt rd back in marsoc, stone bay, in the very back...very interesting noises and..yeah lol
Don Ponchos is legendary! They sent the new guys down there to buy burritos for the whole platoon. I remember there was a rice king on wet side 32nd street. I went through SERE "for enablers" in 2011 at North Island. Then reported to ST5.
Congratulations
I went through SERE at Ft Lewis in 1977. Our battalion was the first group to go through there. It was similar. It was a spring time course. But it rained a lot.
The survival part, they set a whole company out on a deserted island in Puget Sound with 100 chickens and 100 Rabbits that were turned lose before we got there. And 7 LRRP rations per man for two weeks. And a shelter half or a poncho liner for each man. We got through that but people were fighting over the rabbits and Chickens.
Then came the evasion part. All done in the woods around Ft Lewis. We had to make our objective about a click away without getting caught. Most got caught but a few of us made it through where that gave us a single K Ration for a reward.
Those who were caught got an early ride to the POW Camp. The rest of joined them after a hot supper.
Then came the resistance and escape part. Where we were treated as POWs and sleep deprived and starved, interrogated, by the CID and were supposed to try to organize communications and make any attempt to escape our captors. Turns out that this was also the training camp for our CID and their AIT training for the interrogations and POW handling parts of their training. So we didn’t get any successful escapes despite three attempts. We were in that situation for five days. We were pretty out of it after that time. And they did not afford us any full meals or much water during our stay.
I graduated and then then we were sent to JOTC Panama where we went through Jungle school. Those were the days.
Lewis is the best ,such a pretty area to do SERE at.
I heard all about SERE when I was a Navy Country attached to the Medical Clinic at NAS North Island in Coronado.
Thanks to drinking Bros you got a new subscriber brother.
Love ya brother.
Goes right back to your leadership video