Mile swim for prior aircrew???

[craftingraptor]

No, it was the fact that I didn't keep my elbow tight enough on the jump and tore my rotator cuff in the process.

Wow, that must have hurt. That's incredible though. 10ft did that much damage? Ouch, man.

 

[IRfly]

My class leader in API was a prior SEAL Senior Chief. He did all the swimming evolutions. (And kept a straight face when told by one of the pool instructors, "Sir, if you don't fix that form on your sidestroke, you'll never make it.")

 

[sickboy]

Wow, that must have hurt. That's incredible though. 10ft did that much damage? Ouch, man.

Surprised me too. Flight doc said it happens to aircrew guys four or five times a year.

 

[wlawr005]

My class leader in API was a prior SEAL Senior Chief. He did all the swimming evolutions. (And kept a straight face when told by one of the pool instructors, "Sir, if you don't fix that form on your sidestroke, you'll never make it.")

That dude must have made Senior Chief pretty quick if he was still young enough to fly.

 

[Boomhower]

No, it was the fact that I didn't keep my elbow tight enough on the jump and tore my rotator cuff in the process.

Well, I guess I look like an asshole. Sorry for calling you out. I'm amazed that a 10 foot fall into water could do that. Hell, that's lower than the high dive at the Country Club and little kids jump off of that all the time. Must've been a weird angle or something.

I always took issue with the way they made us jump in. I never like the whole "you MUST hold your nose" thing. I've never held my nose while jumping into water in my life. I doubt I would have if I had to jump off of a carrier and I probably would have paid for it. Luckily, I never had the need to try it out.

 

[wlawr005]

"They" say that the reason for holding your nose is to keep water from blowing out your sinuses/eyeballs/whatever after falling 75 feet. I don't know if it would really happen or not, but I've always held my nose in case

 

[IRfly]

That dude must have made Senior Chief pretty quick if he was still young enough to fly.

Nah, he was a doc. After his time as a SEAL he went to med school. Technically, I guess he shouldn't have been our class leader, not being a line officer and all, but nobody was going to tell him that.

 

[SynixMan]

Thought it was just "Most Senior"? Senior Chief turned O-3 Flight Doc probably counts as that.

 

[Moc1Sig]

Thought it was just "Most Senior"? Senior Chief turned O-3 Flight Doc probably counts as that.

Hmm, I though it was make the coastie class lead, only time they would ever be in charge of anyone.

 

[PropStop]

We had a flight doc leading our class since he was an O-3. Nobody even brought up the line vs non-line thing - and he wasn't even an intimidating prior SEAL.

I was still in OCS mode during API, I would do anything anyone with some semblance of authority told me to do.

 

[IRfly]

<shrug> Nobody cared much about it at the time. Even less so now.

 

[parrothead08]

Hmm, I though it was make the coastie class lead, only time they would ever be in charge of anyone.

What?

 

[twobecrazy]

What?

I can't speak for him but I'm pretty sure Moc1Sig said it as just a bit of good ribbing.

 

[BusyBee604]

Ahem...

Hmm, I though it was make the coastie class lead, only time they would ever be in charge of anyone.

Let's take advantage of the smilies, everyone seems to be so damn touchy 'round here lately...life's too short!:icon_cat:
BzB:sleep_125

 

[twobecrazy]

Let's take advantage of the smilies, everyone seems to be so damn touchy 'round here lately...life's too short!:icon_cat:
BzB:sleep_125

I guess this is supposed to be a kinder gentler AW?... Lets hope not!