Could you send me maybe four or five packs of those tight metal-less hair bands that we buy? They don't sell those at the PX. Thanks so much. Please use the money I sent to pay yourself back.
I passed Combat Water Survival (CWS) 5 which is the basic and lowest level you need to qualify. It's just swimming in cammies.
CWS 4 was swimming in cammies and boots, and also wading and shallowly swimming in full gear -- Kevlar helmet, rifle, 50-lb pack (it floats sort of, though you can drown real easily if you don't do it right and actually someone did—I'll get to that), and flak jacket. I passed that too.
CWS 3 was the same only in the deep end. We jumped off a five-foot tower into the water with our gear. One guy drowned but they revived him with CPR. Passed.
CWS 2 was with everything BUT the pack. Without the floating pack the gear was too heavy for me and – I'm serious – for 54 of the other 62 recruits who tried. We were all thrown rescue devices, pulled out of the water and told to leave.
Extra classes those are though – CWS4 to CWS1, I mean – so I passed the swimming part. Also got my tan belt in MCMAP (Marine Corps Martial Arts Program) today which means "I know just enough to hurt myself" as they like to put it. This is another graduate requirement. Only a few more and a bunch of days to go!
Doing great! Lots of drama with the other girls, but what do you do.
Love you!
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One of my platoon died in the pool during MY basic training. They never noticed until too late. CPR didn't seem to help...there was questions raised whether it might have been his heart, in which case all the cpr in the world would not have helped.
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