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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Or is that all mental? and i need to get over it?
Swimming 25 meters underwater isn't very difficult, even with camo's on. I have 6 year olds that do it for fun. (wo camos) I do not even need to ask them. I know I am going to get crucified for saying this, but if that is all you need to do to pass the test to become a Recon Marine, then my advice is to just get er' done man. Practice different things. See what works for you in that situation. Experiment. 25 meters isn't very far. You are young, get er' done. You are going to have to swim a lot farther than that to escape any type of gunfire. Do as if your life depended on it.
Or is that all mental? and i need to get over it?
Swimming 25 meters underwater isn't very difficult, even with camo's on. I have 6 year olds that do it for fun. (wo camos) I do not even need to ask them. I know I am going to get crucified for saying this, but if that is all you need to do to pass the test to become a Recon Marine, then my advice is to just get er' done man. Practice different things. See what works for you in that situation. Experiment. 25 meters isn't very far. You are young, get er' done. You are going to have to swim a lot farther than that to escape any type of gunfire. Do as if your life depended on it.
