"Originally Posted by
Shaun 84 Targa 
Why are U.S. Military personnel waterboarded?"
in sere school, anyone can drop out at any time. the young men are there because they want to be. they are volunteers. they want to be tested. they won't run from combat or nasty situations. to remove or lessen the fear of waterboarding is a good thing. the unknown is worse than 3 or 4 minutes in hell. if waterboarding isn't offered in class, the guys will do it off-base. you will not find an lot of wise old people in sere training. i was going to say, "no vaginas either", but air crews and the modern military, i'm not sure.