Tiffany Zaloudek
Tiffany Zaloudek | |
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 Zaloudek at DAR Constitution Hall in 2025 | |
| Personal details | |
| Awards | Margaret Cochran Corbin Award |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Branch/service | United States Air Force |
| Years of service | 2007–present |
| Rank | Chief master sergeant |
TikTok information | |
| Page | |
| Followers | 54K |
| Likes | 1.4M |
Last updated: August 21, 2025 | |
Tiffany Zaloudek is an American 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.
Early life
Zaloudek is the oldest of four siblings and was raised in a Christian 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 spoke 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
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Girls Basketball". St. Louis High School Sports. St. Louis, Missouri. November 22, 2003. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Thurber, Miriam. "241105-F-PY937-1009". Air Education Training Command. United States Air Force. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ceder, Riley (December 12, 2024). "Air Force names first female SERE specialist as chief master sergeant". Army Times. Michael Reinstein. Retrieved August 14, 2025./
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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