His bumpkin attitude, his youthfulness and his country accent did the trick. For more information, read full disclaimer here. The night of April 6, 1967 saw the cruiser shelling North Vietnam and in a bid to get a clearer view of the bombardment, Doug went above deck and was blown overboard by a 5-inch gun mount blast. On top of that, Doug Hegdahl had a very impressive memory. Make sure this account has posts available on instagram.com. Evasion sort of speaks for itself—the challenge that allowed us to use the mad skillz we got in classroom lectures to try to get away. And of course, he can still memorize the wealth of information he committed to memory some four or five decades ago using the tune of Old McDonald Had A Farm. There are some things that I remember that have never been disclosed (or I have not seen them) out here on the Internets. And that was the point of the training, not to suffer the abuse and cry about it, but to suffer the abuse and use it to focus our minds on (wait for it…) RESISTANCE. However, Doug was reluctant to accept the early release his captors were offering him. At 6’3” and with a powerful frame—weighing in at 260 pounds—Scott Brewer, 48, looks as if he stepped straight out of an action film and into the real world…Or in this instance, an LA Fitness club in San Diego, Calif. You have the names. When I graduated from SERE, we were told that much of what we went through was classified, so anything that I talk about here has been discussed in public forums before, including by wingnut apologists and their mouthpieces (Limbaugh, Hannity, O’Reilly, Scarborough, etc. Started by former Firedoglake staff in 2015. Not a member?Get a complimentary guest pass. It wasn’t long after Doug’s arrival in the prison camp when fellow POWs saw his potential. NETC.navy.mil is the home page for Naval Education and Training Command (NETC). SERE was not about teaching us to torture, it was about teaching us to resist, and being able to forgive ourselves for what we might give up. Learn how to effortless follow Scott’s REAL STORY and LIVING HEALTHY. US Navy Men’s Shirts. That point made pretty good sense. That being said, the selection process and training that they undergo is grueling. Nos partenaires et nous-mêmes stockerons et/ou utiliserons des informations concernant votre appareil, par l’intermédiaire de cookies et de technologies similaires, afin d’afficher des annonces et des contenus personnalisés, de mesurer les audiences et les contenus, d’obtenir des informations sur les audiences et à des fins de développement de produit. He teaches in the institution until today. ), and thus I no longer feel any compunction to not talk about what they have already made public. To top that, he was able to memorize the names, personal information as well as the capture dates and methods of capture of another 256 POWs in the camp. As an elite Special Forces unit of the United States military they take on the toughest missions in some of the harshest environments. Among the small acts of sabotage he did was putting small amount of dirt in the gas tanks of five trucks. NETC recruits and trains those who serve our nation, taking them from street-to-fleet by transforming civilians into highly skilled, operational, and combat-ready warfighters, while providing the tools and opportunities for continuous learning and development. . Meanwhile, his shipmates failed to report him going missing for two days in a bid to cover him. I am a graduate of the US Navy’s SERE … At 6’3” and with a powerful frame—weighing in at 260 pounds—Scott Brewer, 48, looks as if he stepped straight out of an action film and into the real world…Or in this instance, an LA Fitness club in San Diego, Calif. When they did take him to Hanoi for the fitting, the US Navy apprentice went on to memorize the route they took from the prison camp to the city. Jo started blogging when the right-wingers started making utter, complete asses of themselves, which would be since around 2002 or so in their current incarnation as mind-sucking zombies. You know the locations of many of the prisons,”, he can still memorize the wealth of information, US Venture Recovers 230,000 gallons of Oil From Wreck of WW2 German Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen, Hanks and Spielberg ‘Masters of the Air’ to Start Filming, Britannic: A Century After Being Lost to the Waves, Opened to Divers, USS Nevada Found Off Coast Of Pearl Harbour, German Flagship SMS Scharnhorst Found off Falkland Islands, Live Like a Bond Villain, 3 Remote Napoleonic-Era Forts For Sale, Fantastic News! Scott works out of the Naval Special Warfare Center located in Coronado; he also does extensive field training in the harsh deserts of Southern California. ), and, in a sense, it was, and that because the techniques that were used on us it was okay to use them on combatants/detainees who are in American custody. You have the names. The acronym stands for Survival, Evasion, RESISTANCE, and Escape. In the end, Doug Hegdahl fought the Vietnam War but not with bullets. Their logic for that was that being "John Wayne" if captured would likely leave you being fitted for a pine box by your captors, sort of permanently "kicked out" of the program as it were. On the other hand, fellow POWs – who initially made a pact not to accept early releases – saw a great advantage if Doug Hegdahl was indeed released earlier.