SERE Water Survival Training
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Benjamin Thomas, 35th Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape instructor, trains on water survival skills in the event of a crash over water Jan. 21, 2009. SERE provides personnel, Department of Defense civilians and contractors with training in evading capture, survival skills and the military code of conduct. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chad Strohmeyer)