For those of you who watch this and think its easy, try again. I was an All State swimmer and still hard a few difficult times during swim quals. (Qualed 1st Class)THIS IS NOT SWIMMIMG, ITS WATER SURVIVAL! Between all the wet and heavy gear, boots 4 sizes too big its different. FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT SWIM: Your time in the Corps is going to be about facing fears, believing in yourself, and doing things you never thought you could.(jump qual, scuba qual, sere training for me personally once I got out into the fleet). That's what makes us Marines. The instructors will not let you drown. Don't be afraid. If your like me, I wasn't going to let ANYTHING stand between me and that title, those Dress Blues, and the honor of being a United States Marine. The time in the pool was great, almost a break from the craziness of regular training. If you go in and can swim, come out knowing HOW to survive in the water. If you cant swim, come out and know you DID survive the water. Stay hard future Marines, and to my brothers and sisters, Semper Fi.

Hats off to these young men!

so peaceful underwater and then you come up

8:40 kid in light colored clothes with feet crossed gets it.

This was of my favorite thing we did in Bootcamp! I was in a swim team from the age of 9 to 18. It was so easy for me, and fun! I went through bootcamp way back in Oct 1989

Out of everything bootcamp has for me... this is what I'm scared of.. I can't swim lol .. Sep 12th here I come :)

3:01...The guy on the right hates being there

This is not water survival as I was taught at MCRD San Diego in'69. To pass we had to stay afloat in the tank for 1 hr. The 1st try, many guys panicked and tried to grab the sides of the pool, and were forced back by DI's. They were still in panic mode, so would grab on to other people, making it dangerous for both. We were all pulled from the tank. An instructor got into the tank and demonstrated the best water survival there is, other than don't go in the water,HA! One simply relaxes and floats with his face down in the water without moving. When you need to breathe, you kick your legs and arm like a frog,raise your head, take a deep breath, and go back to the relaxing position. We found that we could hold our breath for about 3 minutes, so it was no problem surviving in the tank for an hour.

Bringing back a lot of memories. 1989-1993 USMC-0811

I am so proud of these young men . Thank you for your services .

Running for long distances without stopping is a big problem for me

I tried swimming with clothes this past summer. Harder then it looks.

If I had a chance to do it all over again - I would have joined the Marines after high school graduation! Good job recruits! ***Saluting***

In Finland during the mandatory military service we have to dive without gear under ice and the Finnish winter being what it is chances are the conditions are anything from heavy twilight to complete darkness. But this looks kinda fun too.

Thanks to those who filmed this for their service

I can't swim. -Marine Corps- -Navy- -Coast Guard-

Things have changed a lot. I went through boot camp in 1976. When I went through one of the tactics was tie yer pant legs in a knot at the end by the cuff then swing them in the air to fill them with as much air as you could. When they were wet they would hold enough air to keep you afloat and you just kept doing that to create any kind of floatation device you can. I did not think it worked very well but I was not going to tell Sergeant German that! Lol

Went to boot camp in 1959. Will never regret it

Thank you very much for the great video!

Just got back from this on Sept 20th. So glad I'm done. Its exactly how I remember !

I'm so fucking nervous and excited for boot camp. I don't think I have a problem swimming. Its the height obstacles that is going to challenge me. I'm terrified of heights.

This makes me glad I've been swimming all my life. Sure makes it easier to past tests if you've been training for them all of your life.

I WAITING FOR THIS

i cannot wait for this!

God Bless United State's Marine's. U.S.A 🇺🇸🇺🇸🌷🇺🇸🇺🇸

Even though I cant swim..Im excited to do this lol

The Army doesn't have a swim qual during basic, but when I got to my first unit in South Korea my company went to water survival training where we had to swim the length of the pool in uniform, and wearing our ruck sacks, helmet, and dummy M16 rifles. As well as underwater egress drills if we would be in a vehicle that crashed in water. Swimming outside of having fun can be tough

this was my favorite part of boot camp. helped a lot that was i on my high school swim team and had been in teh water most of my life, started swimming when i was really young. made it all the way through to qual 4

I loved swim week well its swim day for those that passed the first day and wait until all the failures pass but it was a nice little break from the crazy environment we were in i loved the jump high dive and was allowed to do it twice just simply asking one of the itc instructors who was super chill

Same training as the NAVY! I like working with the Marines!

What took me 18 years the Marine Corps taught me in just 45 minutes. Trust me these guys know how to do their job. After you get done with the tower, you feel invincible. All you need to pass this is confidence an a little moto.

I am not saying any of these men are bad swimmers.... but holy crap. I am so glad I am a good swimmer. This part will make my day!

I remember this in Navy Bootcamp. It took me almost all of boot camp to finally pass.

You have stay relaxed and remove the fear of drowning. Something I’m trying get myself to do.

thank you Marines!!!!!!!

Be able to swim atleast 50m, theres not much more to it after that. The trickiest part is staying afloat for the 4min or so. Theyve taken all the parts where you used to swim with flak, kevlar and rifle. Its easier now. Most people fail the 4min float

Those were the days. I remember it being SO DIFFERENT swimming in cammies and boots than a swimsuit. What a trip to watch this video and have those memories flood back in.

Hombres de honor. Que pelean por su patria para darles a su familia y el mundo entero libertad.

They will teach you how to swim. When I was in boot camp in 2004, they taught a lot of recruits how to swim. You only had to pass the first or second phase of swim qual. No one in my platoon was held back for not qualifying. I recommend learning to swim before you go to boot though. It'll make life a lot easier!

This is very interesting! Hope I do we'll in this! Ship out in June!

Ah, I remember that pool; freezing cold, on an early spring morning...good times, though I prefer to swim WITHOUT cammies and boots

When you have to lay on your back in the water, can you kick your feet to stay afloat or you can't move?

All you people in the marines are true heros

I spent many days in this swim tank working to qual thousands of recruits, it was the best duty of my career. This pool has been demolished and has been replaced with a much larger (50m) state of the art swim facility.

i think the worse thing people joining the military can do is enlisting fresh out highschool just because when you get out you will feel so lost almost like a person out of prison

PI swim training in 49 was in swamps. 6 boots drowned in 1956.

these drills come from hard lessons from Tarawa and Normandy...great that it is part of their training!!!

Brings back memories. I reported tp MCRD San Diego in October 1982.

Not gonna lie this was terrifying for me, but I got passed it so for anyone leaving for Parris island that can’t swim don’t quit on yourself you can do it

When I did this in 2001, I was required to perform 3 different swim strokes, rescue 2 struggling victims, (DIs whom are waiting to grab you and take you to the bottom of the pool like a real victim in a panic would do) and swim 500m with full fighting load, weapon, and a cinder block elevated above the water in order to achieve the highest swim qual level. There were 3 of us that did it in the almost 800 man company, to give you an idea how hard that is. All 3 of us were assigned 0321 during ITB

Yep that could be me in my near future. Still studying asvab. Is there any advice for beginners swimmers?

drill instructor Cpl. Ponce at 4:47 fkn beast!!! keep up the good work!!!

I couldn’t swim going in. Swim quail was a struggle failing the first time was devastating. I qual’d the very next day. As soon as I swam my very first 20 meters ever they had me immediately go to the diving platform! I walked away with such a crazy high that day

Went through it in 97. I was a good swimmer so it was not an issue. Hardest part for me was staying awake and staying in step. Initially I could not stay in step for the life of me. So I was getting smoked like 24/7 but eventually I got some rythm.

Nice video

I have a question, i am a female planning on joining in 2020. Im just curious if the pools at mcrd paris island are chlorine or salt-water?

Is it harder to swim with clothes and boots? Im thinking about joining, Im a strong swimmer, this looks easy but im sure its not.

I was planning to join enlisted, so I forced taught myself to swim :) Wanted to achieve Class A standards, and am still working my way there.

I remember doing this in the early 80s,platoon 1016 at P.I. , and a drill instructor was pointing to people when they got out of the pool,and directed us as to where to go stand. About 80% of the recruits were told to go to the left, me ,my friend I went in with,and the other 20% were directed to the right. We thought for sure we did something wrong,and it turned out that we were the best swimmers of bunch,and didn’t have to do it again. (It helps when growing up on a lake,and swimming at a very early age… Semper Fi

Yes, the cammies are old cammies that were just given to them at the pool. What you don't see is the daypacks that they brought with them where you have a clean dry pair of skivies to change into. Thats how we did it at PI at least

God bless everyone he loves you!!!!!!!!

I'm so fucking glad i finished my swim qual

Was he good at swimming before going off to boot camp? I am trying to get highest swim qual too because my potential job requires me to be a 2nd class swimmer.

I'm kind of amazed that nobody was blowing their blouses up during the floating portion. They taught us to blow air into your blouse because while it's wet It can hold air. Inflating the blouse basically gives you a flotation device. The instructors taught my platoon (hotel plt 2163) this and it worked for most of us. I on the other hand could not get my blouse to hold air and by the time it was, my head was underwater. The instructor told me just to land my back as some of the recruits in this footage did Either way I'm surprised they didn't have anyone blowing their blouses up, would have been a great confidence booster and training session for the gear

lmfao it feels good to see a whole section of them wearing glasses hehe i wear glasses

I want to do this!

I have a question: Is this all that the Marines do for swim qualification during Bootcamp? Also, how many times will you tested on your swimming capabilities? I'm interested in joining the USMC, but swimming is definitely not my strong suit. I'm trying to better prepare through research at the moment. Thanks ahead of time.

can't wait

In the middle of choppy Pacific waters floating like this a whole day waiting for rescue is difficult especially when panic sets in, not to mention threats of sharks. Prior to 1972 we were trained to float at least one hour in this particular pool at Camp Pendleton. Very important survival training

You learn how to swim. They actually make it kind of easy for you. You can blow into your uniform while in the water and create a balloon. Your backpack is also bouyant. They will teach you how to swim whether you like it or not. They will hold you back a few cycles until you get it right.

July 29th. Coming up fast. Very stoked.

Can’t wait January 2021🤘🏽

I train marines for swimming and its a hard test

Navy seals laughing in distance

I will be going to MCRD SD for basic training real soon... I have a question, for this part what if you're not a good swimmer? Does that mean you won't pass this part of recruit training? Help please I'm scared ..

All future Marines, just relax and listen...carry on...

What happens if you cant swim? Are you still expected to jump in the pool?

Ow, I confused it with Navy SEALs... Those do this crazy trainings...

Larry v. I went to parris island. 13 weeks of hell. Not bad after boot camp. Drill instructor's treated me well after they found out I had prior military with the u.s. Navy.

i appreciate the service these men and women have gave us. they work hard everyday and serve everyday for us .have to take the time to stay away from there wife, kids ,parents, and ECT to serve our country thank you the US army and Marin millitary.

I wonder how many of them said they couldn't swim

I am gonna join he Marines no matter what they tell me, unless its like a full out WW. This swimming looks like fun, but i could already imagine its gonna be hard. i still got 4-6 more years before i could join. been dreamin since i was 4 to join. this is me a decade later with the same dream, never backing down. i dont care what im gonna have in joining. im gonna join. Semper Fidelis

when it comes time for swim week is this pretty much what you do all day? i leave for boot camp later this year.

Do you have to take off your gear underwater or is that for advanced swimmers

damn i want to join but this the only thing keeping away from doing it i suck at swiming i am like a rock in the water

easiest/fastest way to end this crap is to pretend u're sinking/drowning.. instructors will throw u a life saver n tell u to get the fk out of the pool, send u back to squad bay in most cases.. doubt u'll be swimming in iraq/stan anyway.. didn't experience any swimming in 3 tours

@9:15 and tying the trouser legs is about all I remember of this but, 1970 at PI was a long time ago. SEMPER FI.

I LOVE THAT INSTRUCTIONS

Wish the coast guards swim tests were this easy

dear god this is gonna suck in a year... Swimming in Full gear and having to drag a full ruck... well i guess its good training

I can barely swim, like I can SWIM but I can tread water. I'm going to practice before getting there but do you think I'll be fine?

Good Luck!!

Holy crap that's easy to me I even carried a person from a lake in my clothing I carried heavier stuff longer distances Except I live in florida I have lakes, oceans, springs, and smaller spring rivers I love the water I can hold my breath for 3 min stationary while moving 2min all under water Best part about this is I'm black so I prove stereotypes wrong

I can't swim 😰😰😰

Does anybody know what recruits with glasses do at this part? Do they still wear them or do they just send it

My brother is there right now. I will ask him how it went when he gets home in a few months, but I can't imagine it being fun.

Ok this is what goes on.... Reason why people wearing deserts and others wearing woodlands is because your not wearing your own. They make you get some out this room that is not yours and put them on. You have to pass 4 sections ... Swimming across.. Floating.. Jumping off tower... And taking off gear.. What i had to do when i went to boot camp.... Its like the 4th week of training near the time you go to gas chamber. Just never give up on yourself and keep on no matter how much you think you cant do it

Not meant to be rude but this is how children of 3-4 years old are taught to swim in the Netherlands....

Ohhh shit....i leave for marine basic in 51 days now, what week is the swim qualifications? and another thing im in great physical shape but have a huge fear of heights, do you think they will work with me on it down there?

I hear there are different courses for the swimming portion. A,b,c and d. Each a harder difficulty than the last but only completion of a is required. The others are for better swimmers and such. Is this true?