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I'm currently in North Island - walked into central billeting to get my Q room yesterday and was greeted by twenty five lads who had just been "released". Oh the smell.....!!!!!
Nothing at the SERE complex burned, but the fire was close. The real reason for the evacuation was that the air quality at the complex was so poor that it was dangerous to be outside breathing ash.
Nothing at the SERE complex burned, but the fire was close. The real reason for the evacuation was that the air quality at the complex was so poor that it was dangerous to be outside breathing ash.
There are two ways in/out of where SERE is. One route is north and the other is south. Of the two ways out, one was closed due to fire and the other was in danger of being closed. The OIC didn't want us to get trapped at SERE, not to mention the risk of fires spreading to where we were. At that point the only option would have been a helicopter evacuation, which was obviously not the best choice.