Navy Rescue swimmers can train (depending on the pipeline) for ASUW, ASW, PR and SOF just to name a few. Thats why they do overland rescues, water rescues, personnel recovery, and special operation mission's. You see guns in the video because the crewman was most likely training for ASUW. Navy Rescue swimmers do it all. If you don't know those acronyms google them.
@legryder navy rescue swimmers do NOT do any special operations missions or SOF missions. in fact we do not do any type of direct action missions at all the closest navy rescue swimmers get is doing special operations support only while depolyed in the 5th fleet AOR.
The big difference between a USN rescue swimmer and a USCG rescue swimmer is that it's much harder to get into the Coast Guard as a whole. I'm in a DOG unit and work on the water so I can't compare A-schools, but I'm sure they're both very skilled at what they do though.
@Nobbie650 well CG swimmers are actual rescuw swimmer and navy rescue swimmers do not do SAR as a primary job like the coast guard...in fact it is aroung 10th on the collateral duty jobs list
My dad was a US navy swimmer during the gulf war , he was one of only 2 on his ship . He still has his US navy issued fins and booties that you see them wear in this video
I can differentiate green and red, but I'm still classified as color deficient according to MEP's Medical Dept. Can I still enlist as a Rescue Swimmer?
@amadeus185 just don't take no for an answer!!! im fighting my own battle with the exact same problem. Color deficiency is a bitch...just dig deep and never give up!!
@BBoyQuest1 Not true at all. Coast Guard does there own thing and has a longer Rescue swimmer school but the navys pipeline to get to the fleet for rescue swimmers is much longer.
@BBoyQuest1 .... the coast guard rescue swimmer program USED to be in conjunction with the Navy program. That is no longer the case. We (Coast Guard) have our own 18 week rescue swimmer school preceded by a 6 month apprentice program and followed with a 3 week EMT school.
@lolipopgirl12321 I am a huge fan of the coust guard, just saying, but the navy and CG rescue swimmers go through the same water program but the navy guys have to go through weapons training so its the same. CG rescue swimmers probably get more experience but navy does rescues sometimes overseas and sometimes at home.
Shred, I have heard of Jill Jones, although there are no records of her graduation. There is an effort underway to find and document the early women graduates. If you have any info please contact me so I can pass your info along or put you on touch. You may be the only one who can verify!
orenghigh: Yes women can be rescue swimmers in the Navy and Coast Guard. I was the first woman to graduate from the Navy's RSS in 1983 and there always a few in both services.
@B1900pilot my respect. I'm gonna be headed to basic in about 3 weeks, but i am going for rescue swimmer, i want it more than anything, that's why i've put everything i have into pt'ing and making myself capable of everything that is achievable. semper fortis
@sc3n3cor3 generally the biggest difference is coast guard are sar full time mostly and navy are sar when situation calls for it. I would say coast guard sar say up in the berring straight or alaska? phew that some cold ass water lol. Years ago when I went through my rss class had a coast guard swimmer in it. Pretty certain we were both trained in pensacola. One of my instructors was also coast guard. I think since this has changed i'm not sure.
HOOYAH! I cant wait to do this. I finally finished MEPS last week after losing 30 pounds. My contract is currently signed as a regular AW. I dont ship out untill June 2011 so i have almost a year to pass the PST for rescue swimmer.
@XwSeifer No not yet. I have untill June so im going to wait a little bit to get more in shape. I know i can pass everything except the pull up test. I can do the minimum, but i dont want to pass with just the minimum. My goal is to do 10 or more. So once i can do that (im currently at 5 weighing at 190lbs) ill be taking the PST which is done at the local community pool every Tuesday.
@pmoschet You're at a training command for future swimmers. suck it up and quit being jealous. the day you can keep up with us is the day you can be one of us.
@pmoschet I spent couple years as door gunner on H60 for spec group 4 and worked many hours with alot guys who done the same. Yeah i agree buds is tougher pretty much for only reason it is longer and more to learn because of weapons and explosives. That being said from my experience and which is more than most I have never seen or heard a seal, rescue swimmer or hell even a fleet diver put down folks to try to impress people. I've meet all types seals but every1ofem had humble secure personality
@pmoschet Glad guys like you never make it through the AW pipeline. They weed your kind out pretty quick usually. You might be able to get through the physical part, but the instructors through the pipeline fuck with your type the whole time until you drop or go to mass and go to a boat. I know at least a half dozen of RSS graduates now chipping paint. How woulld pmoschet look with a pneumatic paint chipper in his hand? I think he'd sport the shit out of it.
@pmoschet I'm not even going to waste my time with punks like you that give the Navy a bad name. Just look at what you post on your profile. 'Nuff said.
@pmoschet If your in navy show some respect humility and square your attitude the fuck away! If you did go through buds you old misery dropped on your fucking head! You will know wtf that is if your for real. You gotta show respect before receiving it. If you are in the best shape on the base there forrest what good is it if ur dumb as shit. I would have been more impressed if you was a cook that got out early with asthma but gave your best. Mans heart and character is not measured in secs.
I need some help/advice. I desperately want to be a rescue swimmer in the Navy. I havn't talked to a recruiter yet but I do have a meeting schedueled in a couple days. I just want to know how I can go about becoming a rescue swimmer. I would really appreciate the advice. Please comment somebody, anybody
@FireRescue096 first things first you gotta get through all the Red Tape i.e paper work, after thta you have to go to MEPS and take your physical and pass it, after that you will be asked to pick yuor job, SpecWar is almost always available so after you would pick your job you would have to pass that job specific physical if it's something like Seals SWCC or AIRR, for examples.
@ReverantFaun So I tell my recruiter that I want to be a Rescue Swimmer and he will hook me up with the paper work, then I go to MEPS where I have a physical done or whatnot and then I will be listed as a Rescue Swimmer? What if they deney me and say I can't be one. It would devestate me. I have my heart set on it
@FireRescue096 Don't quote me but after you og to MEPS you would need to pass the PST and get a decent enough score. I know I origionally wanted to be a Navy Diver and I talked to a guy at the Jacksonville MEPS station who told me they will take your score and put it in a pool of other candidates then they will take the top 10 from the pool eveyr month and put them into the program. like I said don't quote me but that is what I've been told.
@ReverantFaun It's been long time ago when I went through so it is most likely different now. I signed up and got my A school first. ATAN after A school in millington which is no longer there. During avionics school I went to a career counsler and vol to go to aircrew school in pensacola. Took offer of becoming a flight attendant with a DC 9 squardron yuck but hey its flying. I had to take a swim and pt test to qualify and just like basic pass fail period. During aircrew vol 4 RSS then AT3 HCS4.
@ReverantFaun I cant wait to go to MEPS....i have 30 pounds to lose for Navy weight and have to get my braces off so ill be in the DEP for a while when I can enlist...my recruiter wont let me enlist until I make weight that way I only have to go to MEPS one time....I want air rescue swimmer, but im so scared my ASVAB wont be high enough :(
i am about to go to the navy........ contacting a recruiter ..........if anybody can help get any more info on this navy air rescue swiimer .... i know enough to get around but any info much needed"so others may live"
@orenghigh Of course, as long as she can do the same thing the guys can! The only things women can't do are front line. Spec war, but spec ops are open to anyone who can make it though it
@orenghigh When I was in rescue swimmer school in '96 I think 5 women tried but failed to finish. I was only surface rescue though, so I don't know what the requirements are for the airman rescue swimmer. The last girl to try was in the class before me. She passed everything but didn't want to do the open water swim in the St Thomas River in Jacksonville, FL. She was afraid of gators. Too bad she was at the top of her class.
@orenghigh When I was in rescue swimmer school in '96 I think 5 women tried but failed to finish. I was only surface rescue though, so I don't know what the requirements are for the airman rescue swimmer. The last girl to try was in the class before me. She passed everything but didn't want to do the open water swim in the St Thomas River in Jacksonville, FL. She was afraid of gators. Too bad she was at the top of her class.
.. wth "SO others may live" ------------ was stolen from USAF Special Operations PJs which their motto is "These Things We Do... That Others May Live"
Navy rescue swimmers were around long before PJs. As long as we have people like these doing our nation's work, does it really matter what the motto is?
I got two questions. 1. Do these guys do combat as well with swimming and saving lives? 2. Has there ever been a shark attack on the Search and Rescue guys and do you ever worry about sharks or anything else under you in the water? Thanks.
Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) work with special forces around the world in (obviously) combat situations. Your helo is equipped with weapons like a .50 cal machine gun. And as far as sharks, they are generally not vicious animals unless provoked or during a feeding frenzy. We know not to jump into something like that, but when you're sent to save a life, you don't think about what may lie beneath those waves. All that matters is that life that you are there to save.
Change your stroke. Use American Crawl (Free-style). You won't use breast any time other than for your second class swim qual and in NACCS. Try to get your sit ups a bit higher. Low 80s and up is good for starts. Also, get comfortable doing push ups, regular width, wide arm and tricep. Emphasis on perfection for everything. Talk to your mentor while you're in DEP. He should be able to help you out with anything else, and have motivation. Be able to push yourself, don't rely on others
@21ROYIK21 i was talking to a recruiter, and he said it has to be "correctable to 20/20" i askedhim if contact lenses were okay, and he said as long as i can see 20/20
I am surely thinking of going into this rate but the thing I am worrying the most about is if I fail or get cut from the pipeline, do you go straight to MP, keep going to that school 'till you pass, or do you go to another A school for another rate? Info would be greatly appreciated!
@FrankComedy1 what are the two test? Thanks for the info. When do you head out for boot camp? I really don't swim with fins should I get a pair to get use to the difference if so what kind? How much swimming should I do a week?
I just enlisted in the navy with the rating of AWO (rescue swimmer). To answer your question cooljty, the training is extremely difficult from what I've heard. I was speaking to a rescue swimmer the other day and he said it was the most challenging yet most rewarding thing he's done in his entire life. There are two preliminary physical agility tests that you MUST pass prior to signing your contract for this rating.
God bless all the former and current swimmers out there.
talk to ur recruiter immediately, AWO's are not rescue swimmers they are p-3 dry guys who ever told u that awo's are is an idiot, you want to be aircrew wet, that's either aws, or awr
@CoolJty very, very difficult. I just enlisted for this rating. They go through basic, and then an additional year and a half of training. aircrewman candidate training school, rescue swimmer school, SERE training, and then squadron training. I suggest joining the "crossfit" program at your local gym. It'll whip you into shape. And be capable of swimming a 500 in under 11 minutes and a 1 1/2 mile run in under 10.
im leaving for it in 2 weeks but yeah.. heres how it went for me.. i went and signed my contract for airr, and then you have to take a monthly pst where you swim 500 yards pushups, situps, pullups, and then run a mile 1/2. and then youll go to bootcamp in great lakes illinois, then you will go to pensacola florida for your airr job training which last anywhere from 6 to 9 months and then youll get stationed somewhere.
@Smokey1401 but dont u have to wait on a list in the cg? because my brother went to the cg to be a rescue swimmer, bit now he thinks he will never be one. the navy doesnt have a list
navy for sure.. coast guard isnt bad but its considered part of homeland security and doesnt get all the benefits, etc as navy does. plus if you like to travel go navy because coast guard stays in the states
Good luck, just look at it one day at a time and push through. Don't let anyone talk you out of what you want to do, tell you you can't do it or tell you how bad your life will be. I wouldn't be happy doing anything else.
I may come off as an asshole, but I orginally wanted to go to BUD/s. I was told to go RSS because this "duty" would have got me into shape. My chain of command didn't support me because we were under-manned. I had to either get out and get an education, or reenlist to make myself eligiable to put in a package. Had someone told me about all the shit jobs and waste of time not even given the opportunity for BUD/s, I wouldn't have joined.
if your defining "duty" as one who cleans toilets, chock and chains aircrafts, cleans grease, washes aircrafts, and checks oil levels on an a particular model then yes you are "honorable".
You need to understand that the majority of people (including everyone that I met) dispised those jobs (or duties and you call them) and that I would help out anyone that I could join the military as long as they understand that full burden of what they are getting themselves into.
I'll let Instructor Rogers and Roberts know how easy you think it is. JK.
I'm a San Diego SRSS instructor, I went to Rescue Swimmer Instructor School with those two.
Some people have a really hard time with SAR School. A lot of people are simply not aquatically adaptable, or just have a harder time with it. Mask fins and snorkel followed by SP&C (mostly underwater swims) makes the most students spell Doritos.
What week are you in? I was in P-cola for Dec 7-9 and watched a class SP&C
Well, they don't train separately but they do have more specialized training called build up. All the SAR/ SWCC/ SEAL/ EOD candidates will attend build up.
How many woman are in this field? My daughter wrote me a letter from bootcamp that she was training for the test. She is only 105 pounds but was a gymnast and strong beyond belief for her size. I hope she makes it.. I'm curious if they approached her on it because she knew nothing about it when she left. She did about double all the pushups and situps required for her bootcamp test.
Right now I think we only have two females training to be rescue swimmers. It's not easy work. She needs to be extremely comfortable in the water and ready to push herself further than she thought she could. She may have had an interest in it before leaving for bootcamp, but a lot of recruiters won't push special programs like SAR unless it's brought up, especially with females. Just tell your daughter to push herself as hard as she can and never give up.
You'l first go to p-cola and youl be thear for about a year or more going through aircrew, swimmer school than AW school than depending on your grades youl pick which platform you want HS, HSL, OR HSM. Then once you pick youl go to VA, JAXS FL, OR SAN DIEGO CA for anouther year and then SEAR school and then finally to your first squad if you pass all of that.
Are these SAR or AIRR?
googoorockfan 2 days ago
this is also my Navy job!!!!!
crazyboondocker 1 month ago
i was in week 3 of this school when I was medically DQ'd Long story
ritter11ftw 2 months ago
Navy Rescue swimmers can train (depending on the pipeline) for ASUW, ASW, PR and SOF just to name a few. Thats why they do overland rescues, water rescues, personnel recovery, and special operation mission's. You see guns in the video because the crewman was most likely training for ASUW. Navy Rescue swimmers do it all. If you don't know those acronyms google them.
legryder 4 months ago
@legryder navy rescue swimmers do NOT do any special operations missions or SOF missions. in fact we do not do any type of direct action missions at all the closest navy rescue swimmers get is doing special operations support only while depolyed in the 5th fleet AOR.
721bri 3 months ago
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721bri 3 months ago
@legryder Wow! Did they see any action in Operation Desert Storm? Do they train in all of four?
waterhead001 2 months ago
How hard is the training for the rescue swimmers?
Shanemandelful 5 months ago
@Shanemandelful 2-4 months depending on what branch... but very difficult and worth it
tFrampage 4 months ago
Small world! I knew about 3 of the faces! Nice video! GET SOME!
BiaBag3L 6 months ago
The big difference between a USN rescue swimmer and a USCG rescue swimmer is that it's much harder to get into the Coast Guard as a whole. I'm in a DOG unit and work on the water so I can't compare A-schools, but I'm sure they're both very skilled at what they do though.
NCsqrlkiller 6 months ago
Song name??
codyufc1 7 months ago
@codyufc1 Your guardian angel, by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.
bnortonm 1 month ago
@nobbie650 yes, navy rescue swimmers are trained also with weapons and uscg rescue swimmers are not
devinhester47 7 months ago
is there a diff between us navy rescue swimmer and the uscg rescue swimmer?
Nobbie650 7 months ago
@Nobbie650 well CG swimmers are actual rescuw swimmer and navy rescue swimmers do not do SAR as a primary job like the coast guard...in fact it is aroung 10th on the collateral duty jobs list
721bri 3 months ago
2:16 - "I'm a Navy Rescue Swimmer and I'm here to pump you full o' holes!"
ar4n2i0ee 8 months ago
honestly if i found myself in distress on the seas i would be praying like heck that it was a Coast Guard swimmer coming to get me.
stu6541 8 months ago
@stu6541 if you found yourself in distress on the seas you would be praying that ANYONE would come get your ass!
721bri 8 months ago
My son Kevin is a Navy Rescue swimmer.Thank you for posting this video.It chokes me up every time I watch it!
MrJohn1731 9 months ago
My dad was a US navy swimmer during the gulf war , he was one of only 2 on his ship . He still has his US navy issued fins and booties that you see them wear in this video
saddrums 9 months ago
whats the difference between the coast guard rs and the navy rs
TechHost 9 months ago
i heard this field is racist against black ppl....i hope that is not true bcuz i really want to do this... "So Others May Live" Hoo-Yah
brandonmooretv 9 months ago
@brandonmooretv No way dude, come on now...
BrennanNAlicia 8 months ago
@brandonmooretv are you being serious? that is the dumbest shit i have ever heard!
721bri 8 months ago
what is the name of this song?
MrMikie1221 9 months ago
Oh my God!
I found the call
I want to be a rescue swimmer!
(but I'm not a U.S. citizen because I'm Hungarian).
Thank you Frankie43211
:)
N19P85 9 months ago
Last man class 92010 HooYah!
mikesadass 10 months ago
The dislike bar is like lady gaga's dick, small and should not be there.
JoeHungrey 11 months ago
yes women can be NAVY rescue swimmers.
ask recruiter for more information
daflash922 11 months ago
I can differentiate green and red, but I'm still classified as color deficient according to MEP's Medical Dept. Can I still enlist as a Rescue Swimmer?
amadeus185 11 months ago
@amadeus185 just don't take no for an answer!!! im fighting my own battle with the exact same problem. Color deficiency is a bitch...just dig deep and never give up!!
ownage1894 11 months ago
whats the name of the song?
agus24ification 1 year ago
@agus24ification
i forgot the name but its by the red jumpsuit aparatus
GlamGrl26 11 months ago
One of the sickest videos for the Navy rescue swimmers I hav ever seen......thanks
MegaSnowboarder27 1 year ago
Okkay so the sogn doesnt go with the navy....the guardian is the coast guard! and their training is just as hard...if not harder!
lolipopgirl12321 1 year ago
@lolipopgirl12321
the coast guard is a joint group with the Navy. A branch of the Navy.
how could their trainning be harder if the Navy is the one teaching them.
BBoyQuest1 1 year ago
@BBoyQuest1 Not true at all. Coast Guard does there own thing and has a longer Rescue swimmer school but the navys pipeline to get to the fleet for rescue swimmers is much longer.
klevesque24 1 year ago
@BBoyQuest1 .... the coast guard rescue swimmer program USED to be in conjunction with the Navy program. That is no longer the case. We (Coast Guard) have our own 18 week rescue swimmer school preceded by a 6 month apprentice program and followed with a 3 week EMT school.
stu6541 8 months ago
@lolipopgirl12321 I am a huge fan of the coust guard, just saying, but the navy and CG rescue swimmers go through the same water program but the navy guys have to go through weapons training so its the same. CG rescue swimmers probably get more experience but navy does rescues sometimes overseas and sometimes at home.
Mcgigglepies14 1 year ago
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god bless america
ARC3LYP5Y 1 year ago
god bless americe
ARC3LYP5Y 1 year ago
I'd like to know what this song is also?? Anybody know?
kgallette 1 year ago
@kgallette The song's "Your Guardian Angel" by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus :)
Princ3ss3mily 1 year ago
what song is this???
skadooshcovers 1 year ago
Shred, I have heard of Jill Jones, although there are no records of her graduation. There is an effort underway to find and document the early women graduates. If you have any info please contact me so I can pass your info along or put you on touch. You may be the only one who can verify!
cataderian 1 year ago
orenghigh: Yes women can be rescue swimmers in the Navy and Coast Guard. I was the first woman to graduate from the Navy's RSS in 1983 and there always a few in both services.
cataderian 1 year ago
@cataderian dude nice! congratulations! you're an inspiration for sure.
ShootingSheila 1 year ago
@cataderian Unless you are Jill Jones, you are mistaken, She was the first, I graduated SAR school with her in 1979.
shredhead60 1 year ago
The basic job has changed very little over the years, but the training is a lot different than it was in my day (HC-1 SAR Swim School).
B1900pilot 1 year ago
@B1900pilot my respect. I'm gonna be headed to basic in about 3 weeks, but i am going for rescue swimmer, i want it more than anything, that's why i've put everything i have into pt'ing and making myself capable of everything that is achievable. semper fortis
Theineptt 1 year ago
awesome ♥
wowidioticdude 1 year ago
GMM3 Erich Lingenfelter
Class 89060
San Diego, CA
shutupandfight67 1 year ago
@shutupandfight67 Hooyah!! Semper Fortis.
Zepherinnn 1 year ago
whats the difference between the navy sar and the US coast guard sar? id like to join one of them thanks..
sc3n3cor3 1 year ago
@sc3n3cor3 generally the biggest difference is coast guard are sar full time mostly and navy are sar when situation calls for it. I would say coast guard sar say up in the berring straight or alaska? phew that some cold ass water lol. Years ago when I went through my rss class had a coast guard swimmer in it. Pretty certain we were both trained in pensacola. One of my instructors was also coast guard. I think since this has changed i'm not sure.
thetunicakid 1 year ago
HOOYAH! I cant wait to do this. I finally finished MEPS last week after losing 30 pounds. My contract is currently signed as a regular AW. I dont ship out untill June 2011 so i have almost a year to pass the PST for rescue swimmer.
deshirider07 1 year ago
@deshirider07 Have you already taken the PST?
XwSeifer 1 year ago
@XwSeifer No not yet. I have untill June so im going to wait a little bit to get more in shape. I know i can pass everything except the pull up test. I can do the minimum, but i dont want to pass with just the minimum. My goal is to do 10 or more. So once i can do that (im currently at 5 weighing at 190lbs) ill be taking the PST which is done at the local community pool every Tuesday.
deshirider07 1 year ago
@deshirider07 Hey man, it's never too early to get into shape. The better shape you're in, the easier things are going to be.
XwSeifer 1 year ago
@deshirider07 cool shit i graduate thursday n my cuz also ships out june 2011
ridgestop1212 1 year ago
@ridgestop1212 Thats awesome, where is he shipping out from? Im in SoCal.
deshirider07 1 year ago
Great Video...
A german firefighter
unleashedfirefighter 1 year ago
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pmoschet 1 year ago
@pmoschet It must suck to not be a rescue swimmer, pmoschet. Where are you stationed?
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pmoschet 1 year ago
@pmoschet You're at a training command for future swimmers. suck it up and quit being jealous. the day you can keep up with us is the day you can be one of us.
JRodriguez5364 1 year ago
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pmoschet 1 year ago
@pmoschet I spent couple years as door gunner on H60 for spec group 4 and worked many hours with alot guys who done the same. Yeah i agree buds is tougher pretty much for only reason it is longer and more to learn because of weapons and explosives. That being said from my experience and which is more than most I have never seen or heard a seal, rescue swimmer or hell even a fleet diver put down folks to try to impress people. I've meet all types seals but every1ofem had humble secure personality
thetunicakid 1 year ago
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pmoschet 1 year ago
@pmoschet Glad guys like you never make it through the AW pipeline. They weed your kind out pretty quick usually. You might be able to get through the physical part, but the instructors through the pipeline fuck with your type the whole time until you drop or go to mass and go to a boat. I know at least a half dozen of RSS graduates now chipping paint. How woulld pmoschet look with a pneumatic paint chipper in his hand? I think he'd sport the shit out of it.
garneroutlaw 1 year ago
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pmoschet 1 year ago
@pmoschet I'm not even going to waste my time with punks like you that give the Navy a bad name. Just look at what you post on your profile. 'Nuff said.
garneroutlaw 1 year ago
@pmoschet If your in navy show some respect humility and square your attitude the fuck away! If you did go through buds you old misery dropped on your fucking head! You will know wtf that is if your for real. You gotta show respect before receiving it. If you are in the best shape on the base there forrest what good is it if ur dumb as shit. I would have been more impressed if you was a cook that got out early with asthma but gave your best. Mans heart and character is not measured in secs.
thetunicakid 1 year ago
GMM3 Lingenfelter reporting. Class 89060.
The best of the best.
I was a seamonster!
shutupandfight67 1 year ago
somebody probaly already answered this question but whats this song called and whose it by?
chevy94ful 1 year ago
what song is this? We just sang this for an Air Force going away party and Ive no clue who sings it but I love it! Good luck at Basic Brianne!
leslie12180420 1 year ago
I need some help/advice. I desperately want to be a rescue swimmer in the Navy. I havn't talked to a recruiter yet but I do have a meeting schedueled in a couple days. I just want to know how I can go about becoming a rescue swimmer. I would really appreciate the advice. Please comment somebody, anybody
FireRescue096 1 year ago
@FireRescue096 first things first you gotta get through all the Red Tape i.e paper work, after thta you have to go to MEPS and take your physical and pass it, after that you will be asked to pick yuor job, SpecWar is almost always available so after you would pick your job you would have to pass that job specific physical if it's something like Seals SWCC or AIRR, for examples.
ReverantFaun 1 year ago
@ReverantFaun So I tell my recruiter that I want to be a Rescue Swimmer and he will hook me up with the paper work, then I go to MEPS where I have a physical done or whatnot and then I will be listed as a Rescue Swimmer? What if they deney me and say I can't be one. It would devestate me. I have my heart set on it
FireRescue096 1 year ago
@FireRescue096 Don't quote me but after you og to MEPS you would need to pass the PST and get a decent enough score. I know I origionally wanted to be a Navy Diver and I talked to a guy at the Jacksonville MEPS station who told me they will take your score and put it in a pool of other candidates then they will take the top 10 from the pool eveyr month and put them into the program. like I said don't quote me but that is what I've been told.
ReverantFaun 1 year ago
@ReverantFaun That means your chances of actually being a Rescue Swimmer is slim to none lol
FireRescue096 1 year ago
@ReverantFaun It's been long time ago when I went through so it is most likely different now. I signed up and got my A school first. ATAN after A school in millington which is no longer there. During avionics school I went to a career counsler and vol to go to aircrew school in pensacola. Took offer of becoming a flight attendant with a DC 9 squardron yuck but hey its flying. I had to take a swim and pt test to qualify and just like basic pass fail period. During aircrew vol 4 RSS then AT3 HCS4.
thetunicakid 1 year ago
@ReverantFaun I cant wait to go to MEPS....i have 30 pounds to lose for Navy weight and have to get my braces off so ill be in the DEP for a while when I can enlist...my recruiter wont let me enlist until I make weight that way I only have to go to MEPS one time....I want air rescue swimmer, but im so scared my ASVAB wont be high enough :(
leslie12180420 1 year ago
@leslie12180420
You can do it, if you really want it, it will happen! what kind of score do you have to get?
sdopfel 1 year ago
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pmoschet 1 year ago
sound off....i probably trained you guys 95-2002
lawschoolpro 1 year ago
i am about to go to the navy........ contacting a recruiter ..........if anybody can help get any more info on this navy air rescue swiimer .... i know enough to get around but any info much needed"so others may live"
NCKINGS1 1 year ago
can women be rescue swimmers?
orenghigh 1 year ago 10
@orenghigh lol yes they can
joeclifton89 1 year ago
@orenghigh Yes, women can be rescue swimmers.
anfedorov 1 year ago
@orenghigh See the 13th video down on the navy video site: navy(com)/navy/about/gallery/videos.html (but replace (com) with ".com")
anfedorov 1 year ago
@orenghigh Yes.
APV369 1 year ago
@orenghigh Yes, see: youtube.com/watch?v=NqsIVOL51Fo
anfedorov 1 year ago
@orenghigh yes they can :) im training to be one now!
xovrose 1 year ago
@orenghigh Of course, as long as she can do the same thing the guys can! The only things women can't do are front line. Spec war, but spec ops are open to anyone who can make it though it
JRodriguez5364 1 year ago
@orenghigh yes men and women
cocokola1 1 year ago
@orenghigh When I was in rescue swimmer school in '96 I think 5 women tried but failed to finish. I was only surface rescue though, so I don't know what the requirements are for the airman rescue swimmer. The last girl to try was in the class before me. She passed everything but didn't want to do the open water swim in the St Thomas River in Jacksonville, FL. She was afraid of gators. Too bad she was at the top of her class.
gr3hughes 1 year ago
@orenghigh When I was in rescue swimmer school in '96 I think 5 women tried but failed to finish. I was only surface rescue though, so I don't know what the requirements are for the airman rescue swimmer. The last girl to try was in the class before me. She passed everything but didn't want to do the open water swim in the St Thomas River in Jacksonville, FL. She was afraid of gators. Too bad she was at the top of her class.
gr3hughes 1 year ago
@orenghigh
Yupp!
wtfnicolew 1 year ago
@orenghigh
yes
vr4evo 1 year ago
@orenghigh yes
Theineptt 1 year ago
@orenghigh no its only males
TroutMan1231 1 year ago
@TroutMan1231 Wrong, Women can be rescue swimmers.
LegoBen 1 year ago
@TroutMan1231 wrong.
SublimeSyr 1 year ago
@orenghigh sure can
SublimeSyr 1 year ago
@orenghigh Yes
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protectandserv 1 year ago
@orenghigh yes
theyounglinggig 11 months ago
yeah i plan on becoming one once i turn 18 so i can join 2 more weeks left til my birthday =)
GlamGrl26 11 months ago
@orenghigh yes they can babay!! - girl rescue swimmer
stayseesdeserts 10 months ago
@orenghigh yes they can
ashleyMASSACRE1 9 months ago
@orenghigh yes but held to the same standards as men....
nikk6785 9 months ago
@orenghigh yes they can, I know a few...women can even be EODs.
Duerala 8 months ago
.. wth "SO others may live" ------------ was stolen from USAF Special Operations PJs which their motto is "These Things We Do... That Others May Live"
bronco590 1 year ago
@bronco590
Navy rescue swimmers were around long before PJs. As long as we have people like these doing our nation's work, does it really matter what the motto is?
APV369 1 year ago
@APV369 i agree we are all on the same team guys
applecri5p 1 year ago
I got two questions. 1. Do these guys do combat as well with swimming and saving lives? 2. Has there ever been a shark attack on the Search and Rescue guys and do you ever worry about sharks or anything else under you in the water? Thanks.
WaternSpirit 1 year ago
Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) work with special forces around the world in (obviously) combat situations. Your helo is equipped with weapons like a .50 cal machine gun. And as far as sharks, they are generally not vicious animals unless provoked or during a feeding frenzy. We know not to jump into something like that, but when you're sent to save a life, you don't think about what may lie beneath those waves. All that matters is that life that you are there to save.
So Others May Live
JRodriguez5364 1 year ago
i can do the fallowing:
500 meter swim-breaststroke-11minutes:31 seconds
46 push ups-military style- less than 2 minutes
58 sit up- less than 2 minutes
6-7 pull-ups---- no timing
1 1/2 mile run 9minutes:33 seconds
today i sam 1000 meters(one thousand) breast stroke in 23minutes:24 seconds
now what do i need on my contract this june? doing the delay entry program.
brandonberg1 1 year ago
Change your stroke. Use American Crawl (Free-style). You won't use breast any time other than for your second class swim qual and in NACCS. Try to get your sit ups a bit higher. Low 80s and up is good for starts. Also, get comfortable doing push ups, regular width, wide arm and tricep. Emphasis on perfection for everything. Talk to your mentor while you're in DEP. He should be able to help you out with anything else, and have motivation. Be able to push yourself, don't rely on others
JRodriguez5364 1 year ago
Is there a big emphesis on mathematical intelligence to being a rescue swimmer?
loogmoog 1 year ago
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what are the vision requirements?
21ROYIK21 1 year ago
what are the vision requirements?
21ROYIK21 1 year ago
@21ROYIK21 i was talking to a recruiter, and he said it has to be "correctable to 20/20" i askedhim if contact lenses were okay, and he said as long as i can see 20/20
1micmack1 1 year ago
I am surely thinking of going into this rate but the thing I am worrying the most about is if I fail or get cut from the pipeline, do you go straight to MP, keep going to that school 'till you pass, or do you go to another A school for another rate? Info would be greatly appreciated!
myphysics 1 year ago
Do rescue swimmers get deployed on carriers more, less or the same as everyone?
loogmoog 1 year ago
depends on what helo platform u choose, either foxtrot romeo bravos or sierras
Smokey1401 1 year ago
do they ever go in combat?
GBNj25GB 1 year ago
@GBNj25GB Probably not, we have Pararescue Jumpers (PJ's from the Air Force) for that.
TimV010 1 year ago
@FrankComedy1 what are the two test? Thanks for the info. When do you head out for boot camp? I really don't swim with fins should I get a pair to get use to the difference if so what kind? How much swimming should I do a week?
CoolJty 2 years ago
I just enlisted in the navy with the rating of AWO (rescue swimmer). To answer your question cooljty, the training is extremely difficult from what I've heard. I was speaking to a rescue swimmer the other day and he said it was the most challenging yet most rewarding thing he's done in his entire life. There are two preliminary physical agility tests that you MUST pass prior to signing your contract for this rating.
God bless all the former and current swimmers out there.
HOORAH!
FrankComedy1 2 years ago
talk to ur recruiter immediately, AWO's are not rescue swimmers they are p-3 dry guys who ever told u that awo's are is an idiot, you want to be aircrew wet, that's either aws, or awr
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Smokey1401 1 year ago
Very interested in becoming a AIRR. How do I prepare for the training? Do they go through the same basic training as normal recruits?
CoolJty 2 years ago
@CoolJty very, very difficult. I just enlisted for this rating. They go through basic, and then an additional year and a half of training. aircrewman candidate training school, rescue swimmer school, SERE training, and then squadron training. I suggest joining the "crossfit" program at your local gym. It'll whip you into shape. And be capable of swimming a 500 in under 11 minutes and a 1 1/2 mile run in under 10.
FrankComedy1 2 years ago
im leaving for it in 2 weeks but yeah.. heres how it went for me.. i went and signed my contract for airr, and then you have to take a monthly pst where you swim 500 yards pushups, situps, pullups, and then run a mile 1/2. and then youll go to bootcamp in great lakes illinois, then you will go to pensacola florida for your airr job training which last anywhere from 6 to 9 months and then youll get stationed somewhere.
keg2 1 year ago
coast guard or navy?? cant decide
brittyfighterpilot 2 years ago
im in the same situation. my bother is in the cg, and it seems really hard to be a rescue swimmer, so i think i may go navy
1micmack1 2 years ago
go cg if u wanna be a rescue swimmer trust me been in over 3 yrs as one and cg has alot more fun
Smokey1401 1 year ago
@Smokey1401 but dont u have to wait on a list in the cg? because my brother went to the cg to be a rescue swimmer, bit now he thinks he will never be one. the navy doesnt have a list
1micmack1 1 year ago
navy for sure.. coast guard isnt bad but its considered part of homeland security and doesnt get all the benefits, etc as navy does. plus if you like to travel go navy because coast guard stays in the states
keg2 1 year ago
been in for five years as an AO...going to cross rate to AW soon..aviation is the way to go
weskate247 2 years ago
i wanna do this so bad i leave in two weeks
g2dap1 2 years ago
Good luck, just look at it one day at a time and push through. Don't let anyone talk you out of what you want to do, tell you you can't do it or tell you how bad your life will be. I wouldn't be happy doing anything else.
JRodriguez5364 2 years ago
"So Others May Live" Ooyah! Shipping out next month!
lovemy0312 2 years ago
i feel sorry for you, have fun going through the training pipeline, truly have fun haha
Smokey1401 2 years ago
Actually after talking with my recruiter I've decided to go Corpsman. FMF, FMTB. Oohrah!
lovemy0312 2 years ago
Oh and one last think,
I may come off as an asshole, but I orginally wanted to go to BUD/s. I was told to go RSS because this "duty" would have got me into shape. My chain of command didn't support me because we were under-manned. I had to either get out and get an education, or reenlist to make myself eligiable to put in a package. Had someone told me about all the shit jobs and waste of time not even given the opportunity for BUD/s, I wouldn't have joined.
Knowing is key.
Rescueswimmer85 2 years ago
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CELIBERICO 2 years ago
Staff Sergeant,
if your defining "duty" as one who cleans toilets, chock and chains aircrafts, cleans grease, washes aircrafts, and checks oil levels on an a particular model then yes you are "honorable".
You need to understand that the majority of people (including everyone that I met) dispised those jobs (or duties and you call them) and that I would help out anyone that I could join the military as long as they understand that full burden of what they are getting themselves into.
Rescueswimmer85 2 years ago
no you get fucked and sent out to the fleet.
Rescueswimmer85 2 years ago
no. you receive a "duty" and a responsibility to live up to the expectations that others depend upon you to.
SSgt Butch D.
CountryBoy2576 2 years ago
So what happens to those that don't make it through RSS...Do they just stay as Aircrewmen or what?
OneLos1 2 years ago
I'll let Instructor Rogers and Roberts know how easy you think it is. JK.
I'm a San Diego SRSS instructor, I went to Rescue Swimmer Instructor School with those two.
Some people have a really hard time with SAR School. A lot of people are simply not aquatically adaptable, or just have a harder time with it. Mask fins and snorkel followed by SP&C (mostly underwater swims) makes the most students spell Doritos.
What week are you in? I was in P-cola for Dec 7-9 and watched a class SP&C
buckster7777 2 years ago
who is this? is this BM2 Drew???
perkinlr 2 years ago
Did your class give the chum bucket to the proctor? I think I know who this is...Perkins.
buckster7777 2 years ago
i am a lifeguard , 17, thinking about USCG . i could use any kind of insight on how to be recruited , anything would help , thanks
mrpuertoboy 2 years ago
Just go and see a recruiter, dude. Get yourself in shape first though, you are going to get your butt kicked no matter how fit you think you are.
Good luck.
buckster7777 2 years ago
You must be in JAX. They are a bit gun-shy because of Merecki.
buckster7777 2 years ago
Do prospective rescue swimmers train seperately from other recruits in Basic?
OneLos1 2 years ago
Well, they don't train separately but they do have more specialized training called build up. All the SAR/ SWCC/ SEAL/ EOD candidates will attend build up.
PURECHA0S 2 years ago
How many woman are in this field? My daughter wrote me a letter from bootcamp that she was training for the test. She is only 105 pounds but was a gymnast and strong beyond belief for her size. I hope she makes it.. I'm curious if they approached her on it because she knew nothing about it when she left. She did about double all the pushups and situps required for her bootcamp test.
corncake38 2 years ago
Right now I think we only have two females training to be rescue swimmers. It's not easy work. She needs to be extremely comfortable in the water and ready to push herself further than she thought she could. She may have had an interest in it before leaving for bootcamp, but a lot of recruiters won't push special programs like SAR unless it's brought up, especially with females. Just tell your daughter to push herself as hard as she can and never give up.
JRodriguez5364 2 years ago
You'l first go to p-cola and youl be thear for about a year or more going through aircrew, swimmer school than AW school than depending on your grades youl pick which platform you want HS, HSL, OR HSM. Then once you pick youl go to VA, JAXS FL, OR SAN DIEGO CA for anouther year and then SEAR school and then finally to your first squad if you pass all of that.
MrSARdude87 2 years ago
Thanks, for the info.
Navy20090401 2 years ago
I joined in April as an AW. i leave for basic Feb 8th 2010. i wana be a rescue swimmer.
Does annybody know if training is in P-cola or Nas Jax. I've heard both?
Navy20090401 2 years ago