Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume I

[Colorado700R]

Until that give you that suck or swim ultimatum.

You never hear of a Marine drowning.




~Brian

That is pretty funny though.  I was amazed at how many sailors couldn't swim.  How the hell are you not going to be able to swim, but you live at Sea on a Warship 

[Krandall]

Isn't it a requirement for the navy that they still have to tread water for 'x' ammount of time?

my uncle was in the navy in the 70's and he had to tread water for 2 hours

[socalrappy700]

I thought they just had to sing the song... "if you're going to be dumb, you gotta be tough"

[Colorado700R]

Isn't it a requirement for the navy that they still have to tread water for 'x' ammount of time?

my uncle was in the navy in the 70's and he had to tread water for 2 hours

No, not even close to two hours.  The Navy just reinstated Swim qualifications in the last 5-10 years.  Pretty sad if you ask me.  USMC has to tread water for 4 minutes with full gear, pack and rifle.  Plus allot of other crap including a full gear 30 ft tower jump.  I was WSQ, in wich part of the test as binding my hands behind my back and ankles together, then off the 30ft tower and swim the length of the olymipic size pool twice.  (two ways to do this, Dolphin kick, or bound from the bottom).

Aaron

[socalrappy700]

Isn't it a requirement for the navy that they still have to tread water for 'x' ammount of time?

my uncle was in the navy in the 70's and he had to tread water for 2 hours

No, not even close to two hours.  The Navy just reinstated Swim qualifications in the last 5-10 years.  Pretty sad if you ask me.  USMC has to tread water for 4 minutes with full gear, pack and rifle.  Plus allot of other crap including a full gear 30 ft tower jump.  I was WSQ, in wich part of the test as binding my hands behind my back and ankles together, then off the 30ft tower and swim the length of the olymipic size pool twice.  (two ways to do this, Dolphin kick, or bound from the bottom).

Aaron

Not enough air got to the brain on that swim.

[Krandall]

test as binding my hands behind my back and ankles together, then off the 30ft tower and swim the length of the olymipic size pool twice.

Aaron

THATS INSANE!

[Flynbyu]

Until that give you that suck or swim ultimatum.

You never hear of a Marine drowning.




~Brian

That is pretty funny though.  I was amazed at how many sailors couldn't swim.  How the hell are you not going to be able to swim, but you live at Sea on a Warship 

Funny you mention sailors.

I was just talking to a guy I went to highschool with in the store. We were discussing Thailand.

~Brian

[Flynbyu]

Isn't it a requirement for the navy that they still have to tread water for 'x' ammount of time?

my uncle was in the navy in the 70's and he had to tread water for 2 hours

I had to tread water for 15 minutes for my diving exam.....For exercise, I tread water for an hour. I'm tired after 45 minutes, I couldn't imagine two hours.

~Brian

[Colorado700R]

test as binding my hands behind my back and ankles together, then off the 30ft tower and swim the length of the olymipic size pool twice.

Aaron

THATS INSANE!

Looks like they changed it some, kinder-gentler bullshit!

Water Survival Qualified (WSQ). Marine must have completed CWS1. WSQ
is the ultimate water survival goal of all Marines. Once attained, re
-qualification will be required every six years. This is the required skill
level for MOSs 8652 (Reconnaissance Man, Parachute Jump Qualified), 8653
(Reconnaissance Man, SCUBA Qualified), 8654 (Reconnaissance Man,
Parachute/SCUBA Qualified), 9952 (SCUBA Marine) 9953 (Parachutist/SCUBA
Marine), and 9962 (Parachutist Officer/Enlisted) when filling a valid jump
billet. The following are techniques performed in executing WSQ
qualifications:

(1) Using abandon ship technique, while in full combat gear with rifle
at inverted sling arms, enter water from a height greater than eight feet and
less than 15 feet. Surface, release pack from shoulders, place rifle on top of
pack at the ready, scanning from side to side, travel 50m to the edge of the
pool. Stage pack and gear at the end of the pool. Re-enter water and move
back to deep end of pool. With utilities and boots only while in deep water
and without exiting, tread water or survival float for 30 minutes without
artificial floatation. Boots will be removed and retained after 5 minutes.
Five minutes prior to the completion of the 30 minutes afloat, and without
exiting from the water, replace the boots and swim 500m using one or any
combination of the three survival strokes.

2) Traverse back to deep end of pool, without exiting, begin treading
water. Remove and retain boots. Remove trousers and make trouser floatation.
Remain motionless for one minute. While in deep water, put trousers and boots
back on and swim to the edge of the pool.

3) Re-enter pool at the deep end wearing utilities and boots, travel
25m with a 10 lbs brick utilizing a lifesaving stroke. The brick must remain
in one hand and remain out of the water at all times.

[LittleBuddha]

Talk about not feeling like working, it's my birthday today.  38.  Son of a bitch...   Hey, where's the geezer emoticon?  

[Colorado700R]

Talk about not feeling like working, it's my birthday today.  38.  Son of a bitch...   Hey, where's the geezer emoticon?  

Happy Birthday Scott 

[socalrappy700]

Talk about not feeling like working, it's my birthday today.  38.  Son of a bitch...   Hey, where's the geezer emoticon?  

Happy birthday bro.  Gettin any tonight?

[LittleBuddha]

Talk about not feeling like working, it's my birthday today.  38.  Son of a bitch...   Hey, where's the geezer emoticon?  

Happy Birthday Scott 

Thanks man.  

[LittleBuddha]

Talk about not feeling like working, it's my birthday today.  38.  Son of a bitch...   Hey, where's the geezer emoticon?  

Happy birthday bro.  Gettin any tonight?

Probably not.  I was talking to the wife earlier and started getting a little too much for me so I said I had to go and she hung up on me.  Fuckin' baby. 

[Flynbyu]

Talk about not feeling like working, it's my birthday today.  38.  Son of a bitch...   Hey, where's the geezer emoticon?  

Happy Birthday man!!!!!

~Brian