Alright, im new to this site, Im not a usual swimmer but i recently got in the pool and feel in love. I quickly made friends at the local pool on-base. Im a United States Marine with hopes and dreams in Becoming a Reconnaissaince Marine. In other words Marines with Gills. They are like the SEAL's from the Navy and Pararescue from the Air Force. The guys at the pool quickly tought me how to swim "the right way" cross-over and *** stroke as well as the Side-stroke and other technics. i go to the pool everyday. My biggest problem is dealing with the underwater 25 meter swim. To become a Recon Marine i have to accomplish the following....
1) 500 meter swim with out touching the floor in under 17min.
2) 30 min. tread
3) Deep end Rifle retreaval and then treading water for 5 sec.
4) 5 min. water float by using trousers as floating devise
5) 25 Meter underwater swim (my problem)
I have no problem with any of the others but the 25 meter kills me only because i feel like my lungs are going to explode. is there any tips of any kind out there that can prepare me for my "indoc" or evaluation to see if im sea worthy and serve as a Recon Marine. Thanks for hearing me out. :banana:
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Inkjunky that sounds rough. In Army ROTC all we had to do was:
1) swim 25 yards in boots and BDUs.
2) step off a high dive holding a rubber duck (rubberized M-16) at arms length while blindfolded.
3) tread water with rubber duck for 30-60 seconds or something trivial like that.
What are you going to be wearing for this 25 meters underwater? It'd be rough in boots and BDUs! But in a suit and with a dive or push off the wall, it should be okay.
Inkjunky that sounds rough. In Army ROTC all we had to do was:
1) swim 25 yards in boots and BDUs.
2) step off a high dive holding a rubber duck (rubberized M-16) at arms length while blindfolded.
3) tread water with rubber duck for 30-60 seconds or something trivial like that.
What are you going to be wearing for this 25 meters underwater? It'd be rough in boots and BDUs! But in a suit and with a dive or push off the wall, it should be okay.
