Talk:Rescue swimmer

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Additional Reading[edit]

Brotherhood of the Fin by Gerald Hoover, ISBN-13: 978-1587367441, June 2007--Billymac00 (talk) 02:53, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

US Merchant Mariners who are civilian-mariner employees of the Military Sealift Command, manning Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force ships, are also allowed to enter and complete the Surface Rescue Swimmer School in Jacksonville. US Merchant ships carrying embarked helicopters, must have two CivMar SRS's as part of their Ship's Force. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.70.179.152 (talk) 06:08, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fitness Standards[edit]

from 1, here are the minimum standards (USCG):

Exercise	Min. Standard
pushups	50
situps	60
pullups	5
chinups	5
500-yd crawl	<12 min
25-yd underwater	repeat 4X
buddy tow	200 yards

--Billymac00 (talk) 21:32, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merge?[edit]

Should Rescue swimming be merged here (Rescue swimmer)? 107.19.188.76 (talk) 11:55, 25 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Standard of language[edit]

Anyone else feel that this page is written in a very biased/overly adjective-filled manner? Passages such as these are rather weaselly:

> AST school in Elizabeth City, North Carolina is 24 grueling weeks long, and includes intense physical fitness, long hours of pool fitness and instruction, extreme water confidence drills, and classroom instruction

> This highly specialized position is extremely challenging

> the elite United States Coast Guard Aviation Survival Technician (AST)/ Helicopter Rescue Swimmers are called upon to respond in the most extreme rescue situations. High seas, medevacs, downed aviators, sinking vessels, and even hurricanes are just a few of the deadly scenarios that Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers are trained to handle.

> Pararescue is a notoriously rigorous CSAR . . . PJs are an elite special operations component . . . and are considered, along with Air Force combat controllers, among the most elite of the U.S. military's Special Operations forces . . . The PJs are often sought out for use by other branches of the military, because of their high-quality training and versatility

> introduced people to this small group of elite rescue workers.

> Along with covering the history and the demanding training rescue swimmers must complete, the specials also feature dramatic on-scene footage of several heroic rescues

> The rescue took place in extremely dangerous conditions in the North Atlantic, with the downed pilot being located in less than 15 minutes after his ditched entry into the ocean, in an area where the average time for locating a person in the water is four hours. Once located, he was extracted from the water in a flawless marine rescue.

> The water entry shock was reduced only by their succeeding in entering the water at an optimal entry angle despite the high wind and an unstable exit platform. This was attributed to their previous training and experience — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.111.185.76 (talk) 21:21, 5 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes - the entire article needs an upgrade. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mvittone (talk • contribs) 09:56, 29 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]