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Originally Posted by Flat Six
4+ stars now
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I wish I could make it 10.
The combat swim schools in all the services are the hardest mentally, even the wimpy pilot swim quals and dunkers I had to go through, of all the schools IMHO. Water makes hard men soft.
The ability to relax when you can't get air, to reference yourself in water and find the peace of mind to think your way to a solution underwater is unusual and why the drop out rate in the really hard water courses is so high.
Even the best swimmers panic when they are denied access to the surface, to the comfort of air.
Your young nephew is to be congratulated. I would have drowned.