Combat Survival Training School is a survive, evade, resist, escape (
SERE) school for the
Royal Australian Air Force
"Through Adversity to the Stars"
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. Its base is at
RAAF Base Townsville
RAAF Base Townsville (formerly RAAF Base Garbutt) is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) air base located in , west of Townsville in Queensland, Australia. It is the headquarters for No. 1 Wing Australian Air Force Cadets and, along with L ...
. Its motto is "Adapt and Return".
All
Australian Defence Force
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of the Commonwealth of Australia and its national interests. It consists of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Army, Royal Australian Air Forc ...
aircrew are required to complete a 15-day SERE course delivered by the Combat Survival Training School. As well as teaching
survival skills
Survival skills are techniques that a person may use in order to sustain life in any type of natural environment or built environment. These techniques are meant to provide basic necessities for human life which include water, food, and shelte ...
, including how to evade enemy personnel, students are instructed in techniques to
resist interrogation and escape
captivity
Captivity, or being held captive, is a state wherein humans or other animals are confined to a particular space and prevented from leaving or moving freely. An example in humans is imprisonment. Prisoners of war are usually held in captivity by a ...
. In 2014, it was reported that the course was "one of the hardest things that any air force flyer will do".
References
RAAF training units
Survival training
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Military units in Queensland