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JOB BENEFITS ~
Money
Here are some figures on additional money the Air Force will pay you once
you graduate SERE Specialist Training (SST)
Sign Bonus
Graduating SERE Specialist Training (SST)
4 yr - $3,000
6 yr - $13,000
Re-Enlistment SRB dependent
6 yr re-enlistment ~$55,000
4 yr re-enlistment ~$35,000 ~ means approx. amount
The way re-enlistment bonuses work is they give you half your total up front
when you sign the contract and they split the rest over X amount of years
you are re-enlisted for. Every year on your anniversary you get an
additional pay check.
(bonus/2)/years of enlistment
Additional Monthly Pay
Special duty Pay - $150.00
TDY pay (Temporary Duty) - $155
Just to do your job the Air Force pays you TDY pay every time you go out to
the woods to teach survival. Current daily rates are $22.50 (travel days)
and 21.00 (non-travel days). This means that any time you are not eating out
of your own refrigerator or not sleeping in your own bed the Air Force pays
you extra money for those days.
Additional Duty Pay
The following schools/qualifications are volunteer only.
Static Line Jumpers
Static Line Jump School Parachuting
(unofficial home page)
$150/month
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HALO Parachuting
HALO (High Altitude Low
Opening) Parachuting
$225/month
You must go to static line first to get HALO and
once you get HALO your total additional pay is equal to $225 a month.
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SCUBA Military Divers
SCUBA Military Diver
(official home page)
$120/month
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EDUCATION
College Education Information
CCAF -
Community College of the Air Force, Associates Degree
Upon graduating the SERE Specialist Training you will be
given 50 credit hours towards your CCAF degree. 64 credits are required for
your CCAF. Any additional credits you need to complete your CCAF will be
paid 100% by SERE because it is mandatory that all SERE Specialist have a
CCAF degree after 2 years of completing tech school.
Straight Out of High School
If you are strait out of high school you will still get 50
credits toward your CCAF degree, everyone does. After tech school these are
the credits you will most likely need.
These credits are degree title dependent. Most people pick either "Survival
Specialist" or "Search and Rescue" as degrees.
English 101
Algebra 101
Speech
101
Management 1
Management 2
Humanities 101
Social
Science 101
You Have College Already
If you have some college already make sure you tell your
recruiter about your credits. In most cases it means you will graduate BMT
with some rank on your shoulder. I entered the Air Force with 45.0 credits
which is the minimum for E-3. If you took these classes in college chances
are they will transfer over to your CCAF degree if you can provide a valid
college transcript. In order to do so you need your college mailing address
so the education office can verify your credits are true.
How It All Works
Once you graduate the SERE Indoctrination course at Lackland
AFB, TX (SEREIC) you will PCS (Permanent Change of Station) to Fairchild
AFB, WA to start tech school. Depending when you leave Lackland you may have
some time to take CLEPs and DANTES tests. These tests are FREE
and give you college credits for what ever class you need if you pass. If
you fail you have 6 months to wait before you can re-take the test, other
then that you have nothing else to lose. I know of several SERE Instructors
who got there entire CCAF degree by taking CLEPS and DANTES tests. So lets
say you fail the test and you need to take a college class to get the
credits you need. SERE will pay 100% tuition for that course as long as it
applies to your CCAF degree. If you can find 5-12 other people who need to
take the same course, the professors will come to your base and teach the
course at your work place, sometimes even during your work time! The bottom
line is getting a degree in the SERE career field is dirt cheap and easy!
What About My CCAF? Bachelors and Masters Degree
MGI - Montgomery GI Bill, government paid money for school
After you get your CCAF your education shouldn't stop. The
Air Force will pay 100% tuition for your Bachelors Degree. If that is not
enough for you, you can use your MGI Bill which will give you 75% tuition
for your Masters Degree. Sign up for the MGI Bill, you're crazy if you
don't, that's my honest advise.
100% tuition
for Bachelors Degree became effective October 2002
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