[cactusfrog]

Eastern Washington has a lot of hot desert

[pram]

Washington indeed has a giant desert but it's in the middle fwiw, the SERE school is in Spokane

[Manuel_D]

Spokane is in the Eastern arid region of the state.

[pram]

What an absolutely pointless thing to get pedantic about. Put "spokane washington" into Google images and tell me if that looks like a desert to you.

[Manuel_D]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/Yud6EFprZeaVDaeQ6

This is the view outside of Fairchild AFB, which runs the training course in question.

Wikipedia reports that Spokane has a Mediterranean climate, as does Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province where this F-15 is reported to have been shot down.

[justin66]

It's sad how quickly this comment thread went from someone talking about their experience at SERE to... this.

[littlestymaar]

On the contrary, as a European who only associates Washington State with the rainy Seatle I found the reality check rather enlightening.

[hedgehog]

They're also wrong. The geographic center (around Ellensburg or so) is also in what is known as Eastern WA (east of the Cascades).

[cbron]

Spokane is Eastern Washington, the college in Cheney is literally called Eastern, its just not a desert.

[cbron]

Spokane is not desert. Even surrounding territory is more plains. Some desert military training happens at Yakima much further west.