Posted on Jan 7, 2017
SN Greg Wright
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Easy call for the Navy: they teach us how to surface through burning oil. Or how to use your pants as a flotation device.
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SGT William Howell
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Berets are cool. They don't teach anybody else that. Well maybe the Girl Scouts or Air Force SF guys.
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PO3 John Wagner
PO3 John Wagner
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I always liked mine when I was a little girl
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SGT William Howell
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SN Greg Wright Nice to change the political jabber with something that everyone can discuss.
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SFC Caretaker
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Burning oil that's hot! ;p hahaha..... seriously that's super cool though...
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PO3 John Wagner
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Easy for navy...handling and care of marine animals in below decks spaces...hahah
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MSgt Richard Randall
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How to put on and use a RFHCO suit.
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MCPO Roger Collins
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How to escape from a downed submarine. I use that one with regularity. Your synthetic material is bad news for fire situations and floatation now days. They are porous and melt.
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GySgt Melissa Gravila
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Hate to break it to you-but I think all branches have swim qual
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SPC Angela Bolster
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Not when I was in. I was in the Mojave desert. I did pool physical therapy. Does that count?
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MSgt George Cater
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Greg, they teach that in the Corps, too. At least they did when I was in & since sInce
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MSgt George Cater
MSgt George Cater
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(dang phone) since swim qualm ha gotten harder, I'd guess they still do.
You guys do get all types of shipboard life training we don't though.
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Capt Seid Waddell
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Edited 9 y ago
Forget the seat of your pants - trust your instruments.
When passing through a front, correct to the left to maintain ground track.
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LTC John Shaw
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Wow! I am happy not to have that training.
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SSG Carlos Madden
SSG Carlos Madden
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SN Greg Wright - Kinda like all CBRN training. :)
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SN Greg Wright
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SSG Carlos Madden - Pretty basic, really. The idea is that if you have to jump off your ship, it's probably going to be because it's going down and the abandon order is given, and there'll be a high probability that you'll be jumping into a 'lake' of fire. Anyway, so there you are underwater and know you're going to surface into fire, so you stop just short of the surface, and flail your arms enough to create a space for you to surface and breathe. Chances are high that you'll have to dive again and work your way to the edge of the flaming stuff bit by bit, (unless you were able to jump close to the edge) doing that. You're probably going to sport some burns on your arms, but it beats the alternative. Honestly, though, like I said...if you're doing that, you probably have really big problems.
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SN Greg Wright
SN Greg Wright
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SSG Carlos Madden - Yep, we get that, too. Every Sailor does the basics -- gas masks/MOPP suits, atropine injections, etc -- then DC's, nukes, and security forces do more advanced stuff.
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SSG Carlos Madden
SSG Carlos Madden
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SN Greg Wright - Thats what I figured the answer was but I was hoping there was a better solution! Re: CBRN, its the same thing. If you ever find yourself in that situation, you're likely already screwed. The MOPP and Pro-mask are just delaying an inevitable.
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