Marine Corps Swim Qual
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- U.S. Marine Corps recruits go through various water survival exercises at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. As a part of the swim qualification, recruits learn to quickly shed heavy equipment that could pull them underwater, safely leap into deep water, use issued equipment to stay afloat and keep their heads above water while wearing a full utility uniform.
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Somewhere, there is a Swim Instructor who is thinking about a Dark Green recruit who never swam before in his life. Plt 3038 in 1983. He took forever to jump into pool. Once in, the recruit held on to the side of pool forever, deathly afraid to let go. After about 15-20 of threatening the recruit, he let go. Swam on his back half the length and proceeded to go under. All the recruit heard was the Swim Instructor shouting "Relax, Relax, Relax" He did and found his way to side of pool. That recruit was me, and I thank him. I went on to Helo-Cast into open ocean as 1st Tm Ldr, STA Plt 2/3.
I do not know if you will ever see or remember this. But im 18, leave for boot camp in 2 months, almost drowned when i was young and didnt wanna try to swim, these 2 months will be hard for me to focus on running and swimming, but knowing that happened to you makes me feel like i can do it.
@@killswitchcodm1808 You will do it. I wish you the very best.
@@killswitchcodm1808did you do it??
@@killswitchcodm1808did you do it? How did it go?
my first terrifying moment on the island..i could barely swim,, scared of the water...having to jump off the 10 foot board in full uniform pack and boots...all i can say is listen to everything the instructors tell you..soon you will see you can actually float on ur pack enough to swim..
lethrneck4 when did you Join
@@josephtrotter5569 i joined the summer going into my senior year of HS, 1994...left for parris island july 10, 1995
This was me in PI 2017; I was terrified that I was going to get dropped but because I was to focus on getting yelled at. I passed on my first try.
@@lethrneck4 that’s what I’m doing I’m going into my senior year right now and I’m signing up with some Marine recruiters to go to boot camp next June
@@willvanry7295 good luck man , best advice is to start running .. one thing I regretted heading to boot.. I was grata at pushups and pull-ups but sucked at cardio and I paid for it once I was on the island haha
I was a swim-unq back in 89. You can rest assure I learned quick.
Any practical tips for someone who's never swam?
@@damon5894 Unless you're terrified of the water you'll be ok. If you're one of those who likes to be in the pool but hang out at the edge because you can't swim for more that a few seconds they'll teach you basic ways to stay afloat and swim on your back using explosive breathing...at least that's what they taught back then. All in all just get in the water and get as comfortable as you can before heading out to boot camp, the instructors will do the rest.
@@changemymind8692 Thank you sir! I'm heading to the lake this week to learn.
This the only shut I’m scared of because I never learned how to swim properly
A young man jumped from tower,sank to bottom, and stayed there till the instructors pulled him up. That’s the truth! Semper Fi Marines.
Thank god I don’t have to do this shit anymore. Especially with those MCRD instructors that don’t know how to account attendance. I had to qual multiple times because those dummies kept saying I wasn’t there.
Scary to know people cannot swim at that age well, it's a human survival need. Not just a leisurely activity. It can save your life, don't understand why people neglect it.
Folks are under informed.
It is. It's a very nerving thought that there are people who have not stepped in a pool or water after elementary at all.
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Some of it is income based and access. Not many places in the inner cities have pools. That's why opening fire hydrants in the summer was so popular in low income areas. Swim lessons also cost money. While we might not think it's a lot, to a family struggling to put food on the table it's a luxury they can't afford. More places need to offer income based lessons so everyone have the opportunity to learn.
@Brian G my mother is white and my father is from Mexico. I grew up in NYC, same place my mother grew up. Neither my parents nor myself knew how to swim. Try being considerate instead of bashing people. Everyone lives different lives.
The good ole hasty flotation device. I remember the army version of this training well. Damn near drowned.
I want to join the Marine Corps but I can't swim
Destructive Meteor
learn now
Destructive Meteor swim qual is easy af
Community college swim classes or nearest YMCA with a swimming pool are great resources.
Aguila Negra They will teach you how to swim but they will keep you there longer.
Bill_Carson yea but not in gear
Yes sir you definitely correct my son at first fail the swimming quads but replied in his letter to us I will not fail and passed the nexts week and also on grass week total sharp shooter plus they will not let you fail if only you cannot adjust or adapt as you said you definitely need that skill it's sad actually in this country high cases of drowning
Little iron ducks.
10 days i’m out and i suck at swimming but everything else im good.
Im 26 and enlisting for the marines please wish me luck. Itll be the hardest challenge of my life but it would be an honor to protect the American people i love you all
Right there with you. I leave tomorrow for boot camp(I’m 24) and I’m honestly scared as hell but I know when I get out I’ll be a better man for it.
@@ashtondillard6906 right now...poor ashton is probably rethinking it all haha!
I was the opposite. I grew up on the Chesapeake and could swim like a fish, but I couldn't run worth a fuck. They corrected that. The military has a way of ironing out everyone's baseline deficiencies, assuming you've got the motivation to improve yourself.
I leave May 13, I don’t know how to swim, float or anything in that nature, I find it difficult but I’m trying my best, i just started taking swimming listens but, it’s a long way to go
Same here leave July 21 I can't swim for shit at all, nor float for shit , scared asf
@@cybersubmyzterio7341swimming is mainly back and legs so if you can do pull-ups and squats you’ll be fine. Just hop in a pool that has a deep end taller than you or even a little shorter
@@cybersubmyzterio7341lmk how it goes in 3 months once ur back
How’d you do?
@@ashtondillard6906 wondering the same thing
Ha looks fun. I was on my school swim team and I was hoping there was going to be some sort or swimming in BMT but nah (only for battlefield airmen). I feel bad though for the people who can't swim though. It's bad enough being the the Marine training environment.
Made me wear 2 left boots. Can still feel them today
20 more days till I’m off fellas!
Did you go through it? Are you a marine?
3.5 months until I’m in boot camp, so excited
best of luck to you man 🙏
I leave in August
Do you feel ready?
@@devinliddell2100 same here august 30
It’s the 16th for me
Never mind that is the training for the ones who cannot swim. They go on if they pass this
I was a good awful recruit in boot camp. To be honest probably the worst in my company. That being said because I was on swim team sophomore year I was able to swim circles around all the other recruits but one some surfer from Guam. Most marines can't swim all that well. They are mostly working class kids who learned to swim at the YMCA as a kid and then occasionally visited the local pool during the summer. They wouldn't do laps or anything. I don't think any of them were on swim team. The black people couldn't swim a lick.
Erik Weinstein thank you for your service and lmao
Erik Weinstein what’s your MOS?
@@vsiift9373 i went in in 93 and got discharged in combat training
Erik Weinstein for what? didn’t qual?
@@vsiift9373 injury in combat trai ing
lol they made it so easy))))))) i had to jump off the top dive platform full gear then swim with a rifle on top of the bag as if i was ready to shoot an enemy.....i qualified as an S-1
13 days and I’m out. So excited
What’s up now?
Late congrats man
Why do some of them wear desert and others wear woodland cammies?
David Wright and why are the ones with woodland cammies wearing them inside out?
They may have started in different seasons. Or it makes it easier for the DI's and the swim instructors to know which company/platoon your in
Because they borrow the pools boots and cammies. And they are wearing their blouses inside out because they can’t swim well.
The ones who wear the woodlands inside out already failed swim qual and it's their second time. Just notice how most of the people that fail events wear the woodlands. That's how it was when I was there
The blouses and trousers you see them wearing are from the Pool stock. They have a bunch in the dress out rooms for the recruits to change into. You dress back into yours when finished. The guys with the inside out ones are the ones that failed or learning how to swim.
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Hell no, they made this easy! What. You jump in with the pack on. Pull and unhook your shoulder strap. Place pack under arm and begin.
how do you breathe when you jumó in? i’m terrified to death
If my knee hurts can you still swim?
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I have to hold my nose underwater :(
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Well I can't swim so that cancels me out
Same
@@MariaHighstreet yeah
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i cant swim in general lol
they will help you
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