Did the course in 2000 as a 37 year old GySgt. Loved it, trained 2,000 Marines in the next 3 years. Highly recommend any Marine who has the desire to pre screen and go for it.
The problem is that we only get in the water for swim qual once per year. Other than for a specific reason such as the Helo Dunker, most units never get wet. Sexual harassment and stop smoking classes seem to be more important.
It was called the Marine Combat Instructor of Water Survival when I went through the course in 1991. I retired in 2007, so the name change must have happened fairly recently.
@@moongta7917 You're half right. Marine Combat Instructor of Water Survival, MOS 8563. Who do you think trains the Marines that get sent back to their units and at Boot Camp? Yes it's an MOS.
Did the course in 2000 as a 37 year old GySgt. Loved it, trained 2,000 Marines in the next 3 years. Highly recommend any Marine who has the desire to pre screen and go for it.
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In the late 1980's I was a WSSI (Water Safety Survival Instructor) which is pre-MCIWS.
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The problem is that we only get in the water for swim qual once per year. Other than for a specific reason such as the Helo Dunker, most units never get wet. Sexual harassment and stop smoking classes seem to be more important.
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It was called the Marine Combat Instructor of Water Survival when I went through the course in 1991. I retired in 2007, so the name change must have happened fairly recently.
i went through the course in 2007 and it was still combat but they told us we were some of the last to go through that version
What are they? I heard what he was saying but don’t know what it means necessarily
Jay Daniel MCIWS. Marine Corps Instructor of Water Survival
Jay Daniel this isn’t really a MOS. Every unit requires at least one mciws certified marine.
@@moongta7917 You're half right. Marine Combat Instructor of Water Survival, MOS 8563. Who do you think trains the Marines that get sent back to their units and at Boot Camp?
Yes it's an MOS.
It’s an additional MOS (ADMOS) 0918.
1 yr billet in PI/SD
3yr billet in Camp Johnson
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Did he say 7 weeks? I thought it was 3.
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Daniel Flores is scout swimmer a primary MOS?
@@gavinvangrinsven3402 No it's a course at EWTG-PAC.
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