SERE · Combat Survival · Personnel Recovery
Wiki: letter E
Terms and abbreviations beginning with E in the SERE and combat survival wiki. Meaning, usage and national variants.
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SERE and isolationECACECAC is a US Air Force programme for practical evasion and conduct after capture. Classroom work, role-play and captivity exercises.Personnel recovery and rescueEF · Extraction ForceEF explained: contact, identity checks, protection and pickup of isolated personnel, cooperation with Recovery Vehicles and the PRTF, and German and French training.Training organisations and military rolesEinzelkämpferEinzelkämpfer and Bundeswehr EKL: meaning, group leadership, personal sustainment, preparation and return, with distinctions from EK2 and SERE.Signals and communicationsELTAn ELT is an aircraft distress beacon for alerting and location. Activation, removable designs and the distinction between the wreck’s position and moving survivors.Preparation and documentationEmergency rationEmergency rations during military isolation: allocate remaining portions and check which foods are ready to eat or require water and preparation.Preparation and documentationEPAEPA explained: an Evasion Plan of Action covering the mission, intended movements, communications and equipment, and its use in recovery planning.Signals and communicationsEPIRBEPIRB explained: maritime distress beacon, manual and automatic release, HRU, water switch, satellite alerting and registration.Training organisations and military rolesEPRCThe EPRC is a multinational expertise and training centre for recovery of isolated personnel. Shared procedures, staff education and air-ground cooperation.SERE and isolationEscapeEscape in SERE: preparation, fellow prisoners, US and British duties, prisoner-of-war law and evasion after getting free.SERE and isolationEvasionEvasion explained: avoiding capture, coordinating movement and concealed halts, preserving physical capability and returning to friendly forces.Preparation and documentationEVCEVC explained: Evasion Charts as navigation aids, map scale, survival and evasion marginal information, durable material and the distinction from an EPA.Fieldcraft and behaviourEWSTEWST is Canadian military wilderness-survival training taught to soldiers by Canadian Rangers. Shelter, water and food with limited means during solo field work.SERE and isolationExtractionExtraction explained: pickup and transport of isolated personnel, their role and the distinctions from recover, escape and exfiltration.