Marine Recruits Swim Qualification - Parris Island 2018
U.S. Marine Corps recruits with
Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, and Oscar
Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, complete their swim
qualification on Parris Island, South Carolina in May 2018.
Swim qualification includes a 25-meter swim, leaping into
the water from a tower, treading water and quickly shedding
combat equipment while underwater. U.S. Marine Corps Staff
Sgt. Robert Perez, a Marine Combat Instructor of Water
Survival, Support Battalion, also discusses the importance
of water survival skills.
U.S. Marine Corps video by
Cpl. Jordan Canney Lance Cpl. Aglahe Garcia
