 SWIC is a community of elite operators trained in the operation of state-of-the-art combat and craft, weaponry, and special tactics. We use our speed, stealth, and firepower against high-value targets anywhere in the world. As a SWIC, you will learn the skills to be an expert in heavy weapons, navigation, engineering, and communications. As well as US Coast Guard licensing, accreditation, master mariner training, and maritime engineering. We're looking for teammates with strong character, mental and physical fortitude, and leadership potential that can still think critically while being bold, wet, and uncomfortable. SWIC School is designed to test every candidate. It starts with basic crewman selection to test their fortitude and physical abilities. And then it goes into basic crewman training where we train students on special tactics of naval special warfare. Then it finalizes in crewman qualification training where they culminate and come together as a team in order to prepare them for the special boat teams. For me, the tour was one of the hardest things that I had ever been through. I was tested to my max and it was something that at times I didn't know if I was going to come out the other end. Just going through that couple of days with no sleep, no real meals that you're actually going through and eating, it definitely challenges your mind as well as your body and the only thing you can do is rely on the left and the right of you. You can't get through the tour just as an individual. You have to work as a team and then you get to the point where you're winning as a group because you don't want to let each other down. I think that's really what it's all about. In this pipeline, you are expected to learn all different sorts of skills. Getting behind a gun, shooting it at a range on a trailer and then moving to a boat. That's a big difference. Driving a boat for the first time, that was exhilarating. You have all the control, you have all the power right in your hand. Along with weapons, you need to be the master of everything that we do. Navigate, shoot, move and communicate. Graduation was a big deal. My family was extremely proud seeing the select few that made it through. They were very proud. I was very proud and I still am. The year and a half up to the appointment, working with new detachment and creating a little family. My first appointment was basically the culmination of everything I learned in SWIC training. I was prepared, I was ready. It was what I signed up for. SWIC is a very tight community. We're looking for teammates that will be there for each other, on and off the water, regardless of the situation. The ocean is a very unforgiving environment. We need somebody that's going to push through mentally and physically for their teammates anytime, anywhere. Throughout training, we've given all of the graduates the tools and foundation to be elite Naval Special Warfare operators. Now it's time for them to embark on their new, exciting journey to be an operator at the special boat teams. There's no better time to be a SWIC. Challenge yourself. Earn your spot in the best job in the Navy.