It’s not too bad, at least in boot camp, the pack is packed in a way where it floats cancelling out your body armor and rifle for Swim Qual III, and swimming with no pack with body armor and a rifle for Swim Qual II was surprisingly easy. The shit recon does is next level though.
At least they get to do that cool thing where they emerge from underwater and raise their rifle to their shoulder while a camera captures it in slo-mo like this.
You wanna know the kicker?
He’s a paratrooper. He jumped with that thing. His knees and back must be fucked for all eternity.
Just like all marines that have to swim with their equipment right to the position
It’s not too bad, at least in boot camp, the pack is packed in a way where it floats cancelling out your body armor and rifle for Swim Qual III, and swimming with no pack with body armor and a rifle for Swim Qual II was surprisingly easy. The shit recon does is next level though.
and also don’t ask towed artillery teams about leg day
At least they get to do that cool thing where they emerge from underwater and raise their rifle to their shoulder while a camera captures it in slo-mo like this.