Originally Posted by Howitzer

Anyone that has been through SERE had a chance to go through water boarding, it can be the longest 5-10 seconds of your life, people trained to resist water boarding can make it 30 seconds, which used to be a requirement from what I gather this is not longer a requirement. With that said almost all SF personal Air Force pilots and some Soldiers go through the SERE training and go through all of the allowed interrogation techniques so why should it be illegal to put people through the same punishment we subject our own soldiers to?

. Water Boarding: The prisoner is bound to an inclined board, feet raised and head slightly below the feet. Cellophane is wrapped over the prisoner's face and water is poured over him. Unavoidably, the gag reflex kicks in and a terrifying fear of drowning leads to almost instant pleas to bring the treatment to a halt.
According to the sources, CIA officers who subjected themselves to the water boarding technique lasted an average of 14 seconds before caving in. They said al Qaeda's toughest prisoner, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, won the admiration of interrogators when he was able to last between two and two-and-a-half minutes before begging to confess.
"The person believes they are being killed, and as such, it really amounts to a mock execution, which is illegal under international law," said John Sifton of Human Rights Watch.

Originally Posted by Txjake

I have been through SERE...waterboarding is a ***** and you do feel like you are gonna die..... 5 - 10 seconds of it seems like an hour. Khalid SM must have nerves of steel, in addition to knowing that we don't kill folks in interrogation......

Originally Posted by Howitzer

I was waiting for you to post because I was pretty sure with your TIS you did the SERE, did you do it at Lewis or Bragg? I made it about 10 seconds but gave up fairly easy but like you said it seems like a years 2 or 3 more seconds would be like an eternity.

I also learned that coughing is NOT involuntary.