NAVY BOOT CAMP PASSING THE SWIM
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Have you heard about the swim test you have to pass in navy boot camp? Hi, Ask A RDC here, and in this video, we cover down some of what is expected of you for the swim as well as some tips to help you pass. Hope you enjoy the video! Hooyah Navy!
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One thing I would like to add is don't go into the raft head-first. That is a serious strike, and dangerous. Even though it's in a pool setting, you can still break your neck.
1967 ...San Diego...instructions, drop from the platform, swim any style, time unlimited to the end of pool and back AND get out of the pool...getting out of the pool was the most physical demanding thing I had to do in boot camp. Hanging onto the edge of the pool, I was having a hard time getting out.
A Chief wandered over, " You have to get out of the pool on your own. Take a deep breath, drop to the bottom of the pool, shove off the bottom...bob up, roll onto the edge/deck."
Those drill instructors are not there to fail you, they are there to train you.
Never commented on one of these before ive beeb watching a ton of navy videos and i think i made my decision to enlist once i get back home these videos have been extremely helpful thank you for your service!
Did you still decide to enlist? If so what rate did you choose. I'm hoping to be gone to basic myself before February
My son arrived last night … he’s gonna love this swim test! He’s a certified lifeguard…
That is awesome!
being a certified lifeguard doesn’t take very much these days
@@user-ex4mk4ql3p his training and test was pretty intense where I took him … but he’s part fish anyway … my kids love the water … he’s all done done with training and assigned to his first duty station now …
I remember when I was there we had a guy in our division who was the fastest runner in the division, like the first PFA his run was 8 minutes, which was insane and unfortunately he ended up getting set back a week because he couldn't pass the swim test and he was probably the best recruit up until that point, he past all his inspections and was like the star in PT everyday.
Hopefully he passed the swim test in the end!
That’s the same height as the synchronized 3m diving you see in the Olympics where they do all kinds of flips off those boards.
I easily passed the initial swim test. However, the underwater portion of the Navy Aircrewman swim test gave me fits since I am naturally quite buoyant. I did pass it but, I still hate being underwater. Getting tipped over in the pool helicopter mockup also sucked. Still, I learned things that could have saved my life if I had been unlucky enough to crash in the ocean while flying in a chopper.
Interesting that this video shows them training in a large pool someone I know personally was literally pushed into the ocean from a Navy ship like 35 yrs ago as part of his training dude used to cry on the phone with Big Mama on a regular basis during his basic training but it helped mold him into the man that he is today
For the swim test we did in boot camp (San Diego 1974), all we did was to step off the platform and tread water for 5 minutes. That was the extent of the company swim test in boot camp.
Dang man I graduated navy bootcamp September 1 2023. The only part of the swim test I struggled with was the float. For some reason I could swim my ass off but that float made me look like a complete failure. I did eventually pass it after about two days of training but dang I don’t understand why I struggled with that part so bad💀😭😭
I remember going to the kitty pool lol.
10ft is nothing...
On my first Med, we jumped off the 0-4 level during swim call...
Only a couple made the jump before they put a stop to it
Which was porbably a good idea because you hit the water pretty hard and you go pretty deep
I jumped from a 30 foot cliff at Lake Martin and wasn't afraid of heights
swim, tread water for 5 minutes, and swim with the old coveralls
Oh lord. This brings back memories. I was a third class swimmer. I had to float on my back. The expert swimmers that made sure we were safe, were mean asf. Lol.
Leaving soon ⚓️🫡
You should know how to swim, or at the very least feel somewhat comfortable in the water , open ocean water not a warm pool. I can see the Navy getting slack on the qualification. Can you imagine if you actually had to go in the water out in the fleet and you have a bunch of screamers panicking . Not good make sure you can swim and have practiced in a local lake or even a pond.
i’ve just been so HOOKED on your vids man i’m going to MEPS tomorrow!:)
Older son was barely a swimmer. Said no one was looking when he had to swim length of pool without feet touching bottom. No one looking his feet touched bottom many times. My younger son had been on swim team so he had no problem.
Any specific stroke you will be asked to do
How deep is that portion of the pool that you have to jump in?
I saw the one male hold is nose prior to jumping in, are we allowed to do that? I don’t have an issue of jumping into the water but hate the feeling of having water all up in my nose.
I remember being an actual recommendation to do so.
They make you do it as part of the process. For me the feeling of water in my ears is worse. I tried to swim with my head above the water but they made me dip my head to where my ears were underwater
October 31 !! Here I come . I’m not as scared as I thought I’d be but I might just be repressing who knows !
leaving june 25
Kick fucking ass
Hey, that’s my ship date too
I’m one of those people who sink like a rock in water if I’m not swimming or treading, so I don’t know if I could do the prone float. Am I required to float without movement or could I tread water?
Don't worry about it too much, when I went through boot 7 months ago, if you failed the prone float, you came back another day and did it on your back.
Use a figure 8 motion to float with
1st step! Hold your breath! You will float! Next is swim side to side like a yellow tang!
Can they fail me out of bootcamp for not memorizing the 11 general orders?
no
U sure@@UserisFail
@@YoursandmymomI mean this was 2022 when I went. Learning the 11 general idea was easy compared to the chain of command.
@@UserisFail ah thanks, just wondering. I'm gonna study everything anyways but just was wondering since I'm joining
@@Yoursandmymom That's good. When I joined I didn't study anything because I wanted it to be a surprise. In the end, I probably should've studied before but I was fine. 11 General Orders, Chain of Command, and Rank and Recognition is what you get questioned on especially on watch.
Navy boot camp Edgar zambrano officer
Leaving June 13⚓️ who wit me ??
June 20th from Florida. See you there man
@@taco7672 hopefully we in the same division
Me! I leave June 13 too
Good luck y'all just remember it's going to suck the first few weeks but it gets easier
June 8th
I wish you’d just get straight to the point lol too many pauses
Are you not allowed to wear goggles during this portion?
nope. nothing on your body except the shorts for men and swimsuit for women. your key to your a&b drawer and all religious items have to be off
How many swim tests do you need to pass in bootcamp?
One
So if u still try hard but you don't pass the swim will they get u out
If i understand your question correctly, yes. If you cannot swim to the standard, you are processed out.
Are these real time videos?
do we have to shave our head to get to the navy ?
No they'll do that for you once you're there
Make sure you have natural color in your hair and nothing crazy done to it
Your voice reminds me grammar hero
I leave Dec 13 who going 👀
I was in bootcamp 92 and we had a guy recycled back to us and had been at Great Lakes for 6 months trying to pass his swim test. He peed in the bed and he vanished. He might still be there!
Anybody know the secret sauce to swimming?
Deep breaths
Can we wear earplugs?
Nope. I hate the feeling of water in my ears and I think the pressure difference affected my ears because I couldn't hear clearly out of my left ear for a couple days after this.
How many laps do you have to do here
swimming? just have to jump in and swim across
It amazes me.the amount of recruits that join the navy and they are unable to swim....It's the navy!!!!! Why join if you can't swim..that's stupid
To be fair, when I went through it I wasn’t the strongest swimmer. It took me 2 tries before I passed the initial swim and moved on to prone and abandoned ship. There are many people that come from urban areas that have never been in a pool. The biggest thing that they motivated us with was the fact that this shouldn’t be a tool of fear, but survival, as if you find yourself in a survival at sea scenario, something has went completely wrong. You swim to survive, not cuz it’s fun. USS Indianapolis is the name of the building the pool is located. I’d suggest you Look into it.
The funny part about the Indianapolis incident is that many of the survivors of the attack never swam until the incident! Can you believe that?
there's still a ton of people joining thinking they won't have to get on a ship.
first!!
Thank you for your videos I ship may 17 & your videos were much needed I have faith that I will pass 🫱🏼🫲🏾
Good luck bruh 😭
@@boecaj3731 thank youuuu I’m at the airport right nowwwwww
It blows me away that people don't know how to swim.
There’s this thing called ✨trauma✨
@@roselynferrer2926 Then why would they join the Navy?
Oh 😦 I’m surprised also. I thought everybody was born with the ability to swim 🙂
@@machinegunjackmcgurn804some people who joined the navy also thought they knew how to swim until they reached the swim test and reality hits lol.
That’s me. I can swim but didn’t pass the treading water stuff. Now I’m just training swimming multiples days a week rn.
This is the video game eating donuts generation.
what about the floating aspect? i cant float for anything
you do a prone float either on your back or front. I did front and they tell you to float for 5 seconds then come up for air and repeat until it's over. then you get in coveralls and slap air into them in the water and make them float
im cooked bro, i cant swim but fuck it gotta send it anyways
You got this man, just practice
It was fun I had one girl ahead of me out of my division 🫶🖤🦋