How much swimming in pararescue

Grabbing on to the sides of the pool for any reason other than to turn will be considered s failure. Stopping at anytime will be considered a failure for that evaluation. Failing to meet the required time of will be counted as a failure overall. Pull-ups 1 minute - Students perform pull-ups wearing PT gear.

This exercise is executed on a pull-up bar or other horizontal bar. The individual grasps the bar with the palms away from the face, shoulder width apart. This is a two-count exercise. Count one; pull the body upward until the chin is level and over the bar. There will be no excess movement of your feet, bicycling, or using your chin to pull yourself over the bar.

The legs are allowed to bend, but must not be kicked or manipulated to aid in upward movement. Hands must remain in contact with the bar at all times or the next repetition will not count. All you have left is your mind. You have a split-second to decide: do you want to be a PJ more than you want to breathe? Instincts locked deep in your brain suddenly rush to the surface and you must. Or stay calm, focus on the mission and keep going. As the stress goes up, you learn to focus on an internal dialogue to keep your heart rate down and anxiety in check.

In a word: Relax. When your fingers go number tying a knot, you can panic. Or can relax. When an instructor pushes you to the bottom of the pool and stands on your head, what can you do? You can quit. Or you can relax. But through 60 years of missions, PJs believe their common thread for success is the mental calm and toughness learned in the The Pool at Indoc. If a Pararescueman is assigned to a special tactics team he will receive additional training along with Air Force Combat Controllers in Advanced Skills Training.

Almost two years long, it's among the longest special operations training courses in the world. It also has one of the highest training attrition rates in the entire U.

To call the training challenging is to underestimate the physical and mental toughness experience. You are then, one of the most highly trained special operators and combat medics anywhere. It consists of intense calisthenics, middle- and long-distance running, swimming and, most importantly, water-confidence training. Becoming an expert diver happens here. Building upon what they learned during the pre-dive course, PJs undergo extensive combat dive training so they can render medical aid whenever, wherever.

During airborne training, they learn basic parachuting and prepare for static line jump operations. In addition to being certified paramedics, PJs are also advanced skydivers. This is where they take that next step by building on the training they received at airborne school. Special Warfare Airmen conduct missions in some of the most extreme and hostile places on the planet. This is where they receive survival, evasion, resistance and escape training that will likely one day save their lives.

The primary job of a PJ is to provide medical aid to downed personnel.