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The Path of a Rescue Swimmer
Started by Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours). Last reply by Swimmermom May 28, 2019. 53 Replies 33 Likes
My Rescue Swimmer is at RTC...PIR 11/9/18
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Comment by nancynature on August 30, 2013 at 10:22am
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Great stories Melissa and Lydia!
When my son was in BC he said they hardly did any swimming which really frustrated him! He had so many SWCC guys in his division that when they would get to swim it was only the strokes the SWCC guys needed to learn. This particular division had extremely strong-headed recruits and didn't play well together so most of their pt was the 'card-type'. In fact my Sailor said they rarely had ‘regular’ pt! They did eventually work together as a team so much so that they set a new record in Marlin Spike. They almost won the Hall of Fame but one not-so- tough recruit decided to mouth off at the RDC after they completed their BS21and so were docked points and loss the Honor by only 100ths of a point. Like I said before, there were some strong-headed recruits!
Proudmama - some days I have no idea! lol
Awesome news Jaxietwo! Wednesdays were the days I stalked our mailman!
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Comment by Melissa on August 30, 2013 at 1:35am
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Whew - took me a while to catch up! You ladies have been busy with the talking. Yeah for letters! Isn't it great to hear from them and know that they are doing okay without you. It's what we raised them to do, but still....it is good to know.
My son had mentioned during his bc days that the 800 division spent anywhere from 2-4 hours a day in the pool, over and above the regular training that they do. So if you have a child in 800 chances are really good that he is just too darned tired to call and write often! No news really is good news, so hang in there.
I have to share a boot camp story too - near the end of boot camp the RDC asked a question of my son's division; in an aside to another recruit my son made a silly comment, then that recruit repeated the comment to the RDC out loud - which got the division in trouble. When asked, my son agreed that he had in fact made the comment and he apologized, but of course, he had some extra PT coming - as did the other recruit who repeated the comment. So there were newish recruits pt'ing in the gym where the RDC takes my son and the other recruit for their punishment pt. The RDC's have a card with workout routines on them - they typically do one side of the card only. So they get to doing their pt and one of the newish recruits makes a comment about how the SpecOp boys think they are so special - not a good idea! - and the RDC "invites" the recruits to join the 800 boys in their workout, which they do. So they complete one side of the card and the newish boys are whipped, and the RDC turns the card over and the two 800 boys, who are barely winded, keep going. When invited to continue the workout with the 'special' 800 boys, the new recruits decline saying "no way - those guys are animals, I'm getting out of here!"
Anywho - the point of that is that the 800 boys work very hard, and the RDC's keep them focused on the training and becoming a team; even moreso than the regular recruits because there may come a time in the 800 guys life where someone's life in in their hands and they have to be able to rely on the guy next to him - 100%, no questions, ever. Air Rescue's motto is "So Others May Live" - and they live it. So a lot of the time there are fewer phone calls and fewer letters from the 800 boys. This is a good thing - it means they are focused.
Hang in there Moms - bc is really not that long and your little boy is changing, for the better.
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Comment by Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours) on August 29, 2013 at 4:46pm
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OH sorry jodi I meant proud... with all the children... =)
yea, apparently they watch the PIR sites and the spec sites... but no harm.. after I found this out I use to sing their praises !! hahahahaha so if they saw anything from me it was all about how great they are (which really they are!!)
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Comment by Jodi-alumni Ship 4 on August 29, 2013 at 1:05pm
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Wrong mom, Lydia. I don't have 6 unless you count all the ones my sons had live with us over the years. (Well, maybe it was 5 that we have helped raise but I didn't have them! ). That was a cute story about the RDC. Someone did mention somewhere about how the RDC's check this website so I am always so afraid I'll say something I shouldn't and get my son in trouble.
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Comment by proudmama on August 29, 2013 at 11:59am
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Lydia! Yikes! Oh no! Thanks for the reminder!
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Jodi hahahahahah color wheel... gosh I forgot you have 6... how ever do you manage to not lose your mind!!! =)
jaxie.... yippie awesome!!!! sounds like he is with a great group of Recruits and they will do awesome all the way! I can't wait to hear some stories!!! hehehe OH I HAVE ANOTHER ONE for yall...........
Okay so one day on N4M on my PIR group site.. I was asking the other moms if anyone know anything about the train system there near the GL base.. well, suddenly I get this friend request from someone... I just thought it was a mom answering me through a message..... so I accepted the request.... HAHAHAHa well guess who it was........????????? My son RDCs YIKES... I did not know until later when my son called..... here is what happened..... so this person sent me this awesome message and a site to go on to check out the train and so forth and so on... this was like a week to PIR time.. I thanked them... well, the next day that person had unfriended me.... so my son calls me and tells me... hey mom.... my RDCs really love your N4M MYPage photos especially the one of you and your motorcycle... cause they have Harleys and love to ride..... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH They called my B into their office and showed him my Page... they laughed and laughed knowing that I had NO idea it was them.... so ladies.... remember, you are being watched on those sites as they are totally public... and we careful who you friend!!!!! hahahaha I worked out fine, they loved it but still...... eerie
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Congrats on getting 4 letters. If you didn't send your son with phone cards, make sure to send some now. My son's division got to call home several times and towards the end of bc he was able to call more often so you want to make sure your son has minutes left on a phone card to make those calls!
proudmama, I'm not good at them because I just don't have that creative streak. Show me something and I can copy it but to think it up on my own, no way! I'm not even good at what colors go well with other colors. I really need a color wheel haha.
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Comment by jaxietwo on August 29, 2013 at 8:45am
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Well my mailman came through with four letters yesterday - see what stalking can do! My boy is doing well - thriving in fact - who is this kid? I have stories to tell ala Lydia - not now but in a couple of years - o'lord! He definately has division envy so if any of your guys are in 819 he said they are pretty much perfect - straight edge group of guys - he also said that division has the toughest RDC - may be a correlation there! About two-thirds of his divison has jelled so they are almost there. So happy I finally have heard from him!
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Heartstrings and Travelsalot- best wishes as your sons continue down the pipeline~!
Lydia- FANTASTIC ! So glad that your son has done well with each step of his Navy Career! I'm sharing your joy!!
NancyN- One wedding down... and one to go! How do you keep up??
Jodi- I'm terrible at scrapbooks... could it be because I have 6 kids and 3 grand kids?? haha
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nancy... congrats on your daughter and her wedding!!!!!!
HI Heart... he is moving on down that pipeline! And he will be fine in SERE...
Jaxie.... hahahah our poor mailmen hahahahahaha... they know me well from 4 years ago BC letters and now Care packages... they are like family!
Travels... awesome.. they just want to get into what they are trained to do!! very exciting for them!! not so much for us mammas!! It is AWESOME that you and Heart are in this together... just like our mammas whose kids are in BC together... it really helps to have that connection!!!!
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