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Hope to see women of her caliber in upcoming Ranger school candidates. Lots of respect for her!
What additional capability does that bring to the Nation’s defense?
The same capability anyone else going through Ranger school brings.
Extensive research and thousands of years of history suggest that the true brotherhood of men at war is decisive in combat effectiveness. Why change that?
Well it sure adds to the ability of female and male combatants to survive and evade capture. >.> This got pretty condescending quickly.
Meh.
meh x2
C’mon, the eye make-up allows Buffy, er, Tiffany, to see the bad guys at extended ranges…
AF has finally combined the ultimate in recruiting: pretty women and badass niche MOS’s.
Niche? Yes. Badass? No. Non-deployable, non-combat MOS.
You have to admit, though, that Tiffany Zha-LOO-dek (when properly pronounced…) is a badass name for a Bond girl…just need the right title…Skyfall, You Only Live Twice and Die Another Day are taken…how about….BINGO Isn’t Forever? Live and Let Fly?
Niche? yes, Badass? Yes in Limnadia, everywhere else we are support. Non-deployable? every where. Non-combat MOS. Yup, we are support. Instructors, briefers and planners mainly.
There is a lot of misinformation about USAF SERE out there. Especially in light of recent events. While we are best known for the SERE School, Personnel Recovery is our business. We deploy all over the globe in support of that mission to include the crappiest FOBs, in all the crappiest places.
True, we are not trigger pullers. That does not mean we are not bad-ass. For the most part, SERE is made of the type of asshole that is better than you at everything. You know the guy. You train and practice for days and he/ she walks over and picks it up and is instantly better than you. “That guy”. Luckily we are so charismatic, that instead of spawning jealousy every where we go, we are generally adored by all (especially ourselves). That said; hater’s still gonna hate.
Cheers
VG
“non-deployable non combat mos” (AFSC BTW)? Hmm I guess my 7 task force deployments as a USAF SERE Specialist don’t count huh? Get a clue “D” do not speak of things you know nothing about! BTW Z is now a test parachutist, and one of very few military free fall qualified females in the world! just saying….
Looks like the butthurt is strong with you folks.
The Army has a fair number of MFF qual’d females. They’re riggers. It’s an absolutely vital MOS, and maybe SERE Specialist is too, but lets not pretend they’re badasses. That word used to mean something.
You deployed? Neat. So did some badass cooks and PAC clerks.
Even with Riggers, there aren’t that many right now. In a careerfield dominated by men, her achievements are noteworthy. She has to meet the same PT standards as the men in her AFSC and serve right along side them during field training of students, teaching air crewmen how to live off the land. It’s a tough job whether you are a man or woman and I’d say under appreciated by those who don’t understand what they do.
First coherent response yet.
Cool chick. Serving her country and doing more than most. Let’s just not lose our minds over it.
“First coherent response yet.”
No. The other the responses were quite coherent. You just got proven wrong and you down want to own up to it.
Sigh. Yep, you got me. Turns out that AF SERE specialists are totally badass killers and make me feel bad and now I don’t want to admit it.
Turns out that the SERE kids I spent time with at Angel Thunder and elsewhere were anomalies. The rest are big tough guys that are doing crazy PR/HR missions everyday.
Or…..They were teachers and survival SMEs. Useful? Sure, somebody has to teach SERE to AF pilots. Tough? Sure, when compared to the pilots they train. Badass? No, but neither are a lot of MOS’s out there.
At any given time, there’s a few hundred badasses in the Air Force. This chick isn’t one of them. That’s OK, but let’s keep it real.
I rarely see a man as threatened by the existence of a woman who can jump, start fires and cross fit as you.
Then you miss the point. I’m not “threatened by the existence” of strong women. I married one, and work with others (i.e. CST members). My only issue is fawning over the SERE AFSC. I got nothing against the Airman/Airwoman/Airperson in the video. Look at the whole comments section. I’m not the guy putting out the women-in-combat diatribe.
Is it possible that you intended to post that under a different comment?
Honestly, I can appreciate the patience, and survival instincts she has with SERE. Because in her mind, she knows the hell the enemy will subject her to if caught. That has to give her an edge in avoiding capture.
So has anyone else noticed her flag is on the wrong shoulder or is that some weird AF thing im unaware of
There is no correct shoulder to wear the flag on as long as the union is facing forward.
That’s a cool carrier field
With the debate on females in combat aside, I love a woman who can PT and has survival instincts. Not into women who think all is safe because they have a man watching out for them. I like for a woman to know how to take care of herself or work as a team if need be. Too bad in this world of fashion, reality TV and materialism, those kind of women are few and far between.
Amen! Finding a woman who can shoot, clean, and dress her own deer? Yeaaaaahhhh. that’s hot.
So does she use leaves to wipe too ?
Women don’t poop silly!
“…and you’ve never done any of these things before.”
Except in Boy Scouts, ROTC, college hazings, FTXs, or personal recreation SNAFUs.
I sat next to Tiffany on a C-17 headed into Bagram in either late 2012 early 2013 (can’t remember which time). She is a squared away individual. Good to have her on our team.
Been to SERE? Lots of trash talk on this one, she isn’t signing up for Ranger, dudes. I’d rather save rounds for that post that just occurred with the “Run Guns” t-shirt. Good video SS, moving out.
A buddy of mine used to comment that there are two types of people in the USAF, those that carry a gun, and those that don’t.
Of course everyone carries a M16/M4 at some point for FTX, quals or base level training, but his point was still pretty on target.
Right on. I once wrote an OpEd for the AF Times where I said that the Air Force was institutionally afraid of guns. No matter that I was correct, I made some enemies with that one.
You are right. the USAF is institutionally afraid of guns. It is an institution that doesn’t want to admit that it’s primary purpose is to kill people or support those who do. it has turned into an institution that has chosen to focus on trying to forget the fact that it’s mission is to fly airplanes and not spend it’s time placating the feelings of the majority of it’s support troops. There ARE two types of people in the USAF, those who fly airplanes & helicopters and UAV’s and those that don’t. I will say there is a need for SERE but i’m not sure a couple of solid weeks at boy scout camp couldn’t achieve the same result as long as you could convince the boy scouts to slap you in the face once in awhile. I could go on and on. thanx for your time.
Not sure the USAF is inherently afraid of guns. There just isn’t the need for everyone to have them. That said I am AD USAF and carry a weapon just about every day on base and off base, stateside and deployed.
Aftually, there’s this whole other category of people in the Air Force. You know, the ones fighting the war and being awarded medals like the Air Force Cross. None of those seem to have been awarded during this war to the people who fly airplanes or even UAVs.
Once again, I’m seeing an expert on things he doesn’t know anything about; like PR. I hope you are much better at whatever it is you actually do for a living.
I agree with you! There is a whole other category. So it is ignorant to say the Air Force is afraid of weapons when plenty of us carry them daily. The majority the Air Force who are not Air Crew are in a support role during conflicts so to put a weapon in a person’s hands who hasnt had a lot of training, well I would be scared too.
All dogs, especially working dogs, track more easily and aggresively on female scent. God and nature have not given women even one trait or characteristic that is an advantage over men in leading a martial way of life. Past cultures and even our own culture’s past generations recognized, considered and respected these facts. These facts are some of the logical, rational reasons for tradtional gender roles.
There are sound, historical, rational and natural reasons why things are the way they have always been in this regard. If you like you can close your eyes and click your heels all you want it just isn’t going to change anything from what God and nature originally intended.
On another note, I wonder if she can slay vampires.
Thank you for wording it way better than I could. I think making women commandos is a misuse of a lot of other capabilities they could bring to the table. If only women and the US military at large wasn’t/weren’t being used as a giant political grandstand we could be even more effective.
While SERE Techs don’t participate in direct, you don’t seem to understand much about Special Operations. I’ll take that as a good thing.
That is an interesting assesment based off of a few comments relating women going to Ranger school.
Whoa, they are coming out of the woodwork on this one.
Luckily/Hopefully these troglodytes are not in a position where their distorted opinions matter at all. Bunch of jimmies rustled by the presence of a strong woman in uniform in this thread.
So quick to jump to the defense, reread the comments. I believe I said some places/fields work best without females. Some places could benefit greatly. You are just as blindly upset as you accuse me of being. Again, jumping to some strange conclusions based off a few comments. SSD has my email if you’d like to discuss.
Is also like to add that you are name calling on the internet… Pretty bro.
Calm down, I was not referring to your comment in particular…bro.
What we have here are silly boys that seem to be scared of a strong woman. They are so intimidated, that they feel the need to belittle a complete stranger and fellow military member. Where in this video did it ever say she was going Ranger or Spec Ops? It never did-but sadly you turned it into that. After many discussions with real operators, they have stated they do not mind the integration of females, as long as the standards are kept the same and they realize they will be treated equally. You guys better hope this chick doesn’t try out in 2016 for any Spec Op jobs because she will be proving your BS theories about females wrong. Much respect to SERE personnel and all of those who are serving/have served.
The one thing I got from that video, besides another hot AF chick, is that the SERE specialist is open to entry level people.
I would have expected experienced NCO’s and such to move over and become the trainers. It is a little dissapointing to know that the person teaching me may have nothing more than book knowledge and graduated two classes ahead of me.
I see what you’re saying, but where else would the AF get their instructors? There’s really too few people in the combat control and pararescue fields to provide cadre for another school. Also, I’m sure the instructors are doing professional development between cycles, so not all of them are just fresh out of the course.
You can also right into CCT, TACP, PJ as well as SEALs, Rangers and SF right off the street. I’ve been known to say a thing or two about having folks right of training work as instructors but the AF is infamous for it. Ever heard of a FAIP?
On the plus side, the SERE Specialists are trained from the outset to do things the SERE way.
I had to Google FAIP. That’s ridiculous.
And folks are worried about first termers teaching survival.
Don’t confuse going to SERE School, with becoming a AF SERE Specialist. 17 days vs 1 year. Not a temp duty.