I'm going into the Navy to be a Rescue Swimmer, but my recruiter is confusing me as to how it works. As far as I understand, I go to bootcamp, then Naval Aircrewman Candidate School, then A school for rescue swimmers. Is this correct?
2007-08-12 10:31:07 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Don't sign until you fully understand the sequence. You might end up chipping paint off the side of a destoyer in harbor for two years.
2007-08-12 10:36:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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Naval Aviation Rescue Swimmer?
I'm going into the Navy to be a Rescue Swimmer, but my recruiter is confusing me as to how it works. As far as I understand, I go to bootcamp, then Naval Aircrewman Candidate School, then A school for rescue swimmers. Is this correct?
2015-08-07 07:54:14 · answer #2 · answered by Reilly 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I went to Aircrew school in 2002 (C-130 Loadmaster).
I was in school side by side with the rescue swimmers. Upon aircrew graduation, they stayed in the same exact place in Pensacola and went to the rescue school after that. The rescue school instructors had them (rescue swimmers) already identified and were working on them from the beginning of aircrew school and getting to know them. If I can add some advice: A lot of people on medical hold because they got hurt - take extra, extra care and DO NOT get hurt/injured in school as this will painfully delay you. Some people hid their injuries - some severe and made it through somehow. They wanted to get the heck out of there that bad, you will see when you go. I was surprised to see a few females in RS also, some could out PT me anyday. One RS instructor pointed out the plaque of his graduating class from long ago, only he and 2 other people were alive out of his class due to the job being dangerous. (dont know if it was a "sea story" or not).
It should go: boot camp-naccs-rescue swimmer school. After that Im not sure for you AW guys. Millington closed down for A school, most aviation A schools are located in pensacola now.
2007-08-12 15:45:31 · answer #3 · answered by eetrapnoel 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Its difficult because you swim all day every day. WIth your kind of swimming its in quick bursts for short periods of time. When you go to NACCS and then Rescue Swimmer school, you will become a fish. Will being on the swim team help you? Of course, you will probably do better than most, but it will still be tough.
2016-03-16 05:36:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay... unless things have changed since 1999, MOST Naval Rescue Swimmers are AW's (Aviation Warfare System's Operators) from the HSL and HS helicopter communities.
The AW Rate is ALSO the ONLY rate that is guaranteed Aircrew status (you have to BE aircrew to BE an AW).
When I went thru in 1985 with a guaranteed AW A-School contract (and for those up until 1999): you went to boot-camp, then to NACCS, then to RSS (Rescue Swimmer School) if you were selected. After that you went to NAS Millington, Tennessee for AW A-School. Then on to the replacement-training squadron for your aircraft / Fleet.
When I went in 1985 (and thru 1995), ALL AW's were ELIGIBLE for selection as Swimmers... I wanted to go to P-3C Orion's in California (home), but swam TOO well in NACCS and was "selected" to attend SAR/RSS School. And if WE failed RSS, we weren't guaranteed our A-School anymore.
SERIOUSLY, check with your Recruiter for the CURRENT "pipe-line", and GOOD LUCK.
Welcome Aboard "Shipmate" !
2007-08-12 11:09:57 · answer #5 · answered by mariner31 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You do know more Rescue Swimmers wash out in training than they wash out in Seals training.
Good luck
2007-08-12 11:20:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋