Army ROTC - Combat Water Survival Test (CWST) - Marquette University

[Coilingtechcom]

Yea the music was interesting

[excurrahee]

LOL they don't even have LBE on, and they are in tennis shoes.

[ichernichenko]

so I have a question what exactly is this training for why are they jumping off into the water?

[excurrahee]

@ichernichenko You ever cross a stream in a rubber boat at 2AM with a weapon and 40 pounds of battle rattle?

[ichernichenko]

@excurrahee okay thanks I get the Idea now...I was kinda confused because they really werent in full gear so I didnt get the point of the exercise, thanks for clearing that up.

[excurrahee]

@ichernichenko They should have more gear on. I don't know if they are practicing or have lowered the standards since my day.

[BlackRoseSoldier1]

I thought you didnt need to learn to swim in the army?!

[HUSTLEBANE]

@BlackRoseSoldier1 i gues rangers do

[batmanairborne]

hahah this is gay

[steviewonder2207]

to bad you all failed

[NeedWarForPeace]

the only hard part of this is the ranger swim

[Daydragon1234]

is this hard? my friend told me that there is one where they drownd u and u have to take it and in while they revive u?

[NeedWarForPeace]

@Daydragon1234 nope. thats too hardcore for rotc

[daspoon456]

@Daydragon1234 what? lol no. they dont drown you. 

[Daydragon1234]

@daspoon456 lol dont they do as combat training to see if you can take out the ememey if they ever were to attack u into the water?

[daspoon456]

@Daydragon1234 im confused, i dont think so. lol

[Daydragon1234]

@daspoon456 cus my friends here in ohio. are in young marines lol. and they talked about it. lol but it looks cool. im not a good swimmer im okay but im not super good like these pros :)

[MrPolskaDuma]

I heard they don't do this anymore. They just do the one at Victory Pond.

[MrEric7825]

no boots???

[aplayaz2000]

does the gun screw up if its in the water since ur holding it up while swimming

[th4Guy77]

@aplayaz2000 it depends, how much water is in the rifle, where it is in the rifle, otherwise, it might jam up. soldiers use condoms or nylon ot plastic to keep water out. and we prefer rifle not gun XD

[aplayaz2000]

@th4Guy77 wouldnt it be easier to just use a water resistant rifle instead of having to swim with one hand.. ?

[th4Guy77]

@aplayaz2000 the military has them, but it can have a trade off like rande . plus its expensive, but theyre working on it. theyll still have to learn this tho

[aplayaz2000]

@th4Guy77 yea true

[Ismanuel]

I remember on my first jump from the platform the rifle slipped from my hands when i hit the water lol.

[catherinekaderavek]

awesome job - as usual -- jon!