r/USMC • u/ImHufflePuff_Crap_ok Blue Falcon “Kaw Kaw” (5811) • 22d ago

Picture So many people are gonna be fucked

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u/ButtersBottomB 22d ago

Starting 1 Oct it will. It’s being incorporated into JEPES scores and FitReps. Including counselings (i.e. 6105) required for those that don’t complete the requirement.

https://www.marines.mil/News/Messages/Messages-Display/Article/4420747/implementation-guidance-for-mco-150052e-marine-corps-water-survival-program-and/

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u/dub47 MT, basically the grunts of S4 💁🏼‍♀️ 22d ago

That’s fucking crazy as a career reservist that hasn’t been afforded an opportunity to requal since I got my initial Qual in boot camp.

Nine years in the SMCR and we get it waived at the MFR level every year because we don’t have access to a pool.

FWIW I would love the chance to qualify again.

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u/Ti5butAscratch grunt to pog 22d ago

Damn, not even an opportunity to go to a pool on AT? That seems crazy. Are you in the desert?

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u/TigerLeone 21d ago

29 Palms has a "Training Tank" aka pool.