Tiffany Zaloudek

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Tiffany Zaloudek
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Zaloudek at DAR Constitution Hall in 2025
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Awards Margaret Cochran Corbin Award
Military service
Allegiance Flag of the United States.svg United States of America
Branch/service United States Air Force
Years of service2007–present
Rank Chief master sergeant
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Last updated: November 10, 2025

Tiffany Zaloudek is an American Air Force senior non-commissioned military officer and internet personality. She is a Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialist and the first woman SERE specialist to earn the rank of chief master sergeant in the United States Air Force.

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Early life

Zaloudek is the oldest of four siblings and was raised in a family in St. Louis, Missouri. [1] [2] She played basketball and competed in track & field while enrolled at Veritas Christian Academy. [1] [3]

Career

Zaloudek earned her beret as a Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) specialist in 2007, the first woman to do so in an eight-year period. [4] She was also the first woman in the Air Force SERE program to qualify as a military free fall jumpmaster and test parachutist. [4] Zaloudek works for the Air Force as a Deputy SERE Career Field Program Manager. [5]

On November 1, 2024, Zaloudek became the first woman SERE specialist to earn the rank of chief master sergeant in the United States Air Force. [6] [7]

Zaloudek has spoken out publicly about sexism she faced in her field, particularly as an SERE specialist. [2]

Awards

On June 28, 2025, Zaloudek was presented with the Margaret Cochran Corbin Award for distinguished military service by President General Pamela Rouse Wright during National Defense Night at the 134th Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. [8] [9]

Personal life

She is a Christian. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Klavon, Dawn (March 17, 2025). "Female Survival Specialist Makes Air Force History. How She Stays Winning: 'Be Exactly Who You Are' (Exclusive)". People . Archived from the original on April 8, 2025. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  2. 1 2 White, Matt (December 12, 2024). "Meet the first woman to make Chief Master Sgt in the Air Force's rugged SERE world". Task & Purpose . Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Girls Basketball". St. Louis High School Sports. St. Louis, Missouri. November 22, 2003. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Thurber, Miriam A. (December 9, 2024). "Air Force names first female SERE specialist to chief master sergeant rank". Air Education Training Command. United States Air Force. Archived from the original on July 10, 2025. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  5. ↑ Thurber, Miriam. "241105-F-PY937-1009". Air Education Training Command. United States Air Force . Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  6. ↑ Ceder, Riley (December 12, 2024). "Air Force names first female SERE specialist as chief master sergeant". Air Force Times . Springfield, Virginia: Michael Reinstein . Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  7. ↑ Ceder, Riley (December 12, 2024). "Air Force names first female SERE specialist as chief master sergeant". Army Times . Michael Reinstein . Retrieved August 14, 2025./
  8. ↑ Landon, Bren (July 3, 2025). "Daughters of the American Revolution Celebrate National Award Winners at the 134th Continental Congress in Washington, DC". Daughters of the American Revolution . Washington, D.C.: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  9. ↑ Wright, Pamela (June 28, 2025). "Honoring Our Military: National Defense Night". Daughters of the American Revolution . Washington, D.C.: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Retrieved August 14, 2025.t
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