Whidbey doesn’t have one? If not, can’t go use the one at Fairchild?
PacNW "Bomb Cyclone" 2024
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Whidbey doesn’t have one? If not, can’t go use the one at Fairchild?
///AMG
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Yes, they do. But I'm not trying to get drowned as hard as they drown you here. Was kinda neat as a 20-something midshipman, or even as a late 30's LCDR, but CDR ///AMG doesn't need to be flailing that hard in 50 lbs of misfitting gear anymore, for his last ever ride
Lemoore does it differently?Yes, they do. But I'm not trying to get drowned as hard as they drown you here. Was kinda neat as a 20-something midshipman, or even as a late 30's LCDR, but CDR ///AMG doesn't need to be flailing that hard in 50 lbs of gear anymore, for his last ever ride
///AMG
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Yeah their pool flow is somewhat different. Both places you have to do the manual inflation of your LPU under duress. In Whidbey they do it at the end of a 100m full gear survival swim, while in Lemoore they do it at the conclusion of your second (blindfolded) helo dunker dive. I don't know which one is actually better, but I found the latter to be less breathless. They do all of the same events, it is just organized slightly differently. I don't think there is actually a real difference, I just wanted to smell cow farts and tour endless farmlands
Interesting. I’d always thought they were all the same within the same service’s various locations..
///AMG
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That is generally correct. You complete all the same events, they are just apparently in a slightly different order depending on location. In CA, you still do the 100m gear swim, but at the end it is just over. In WA, you do the two dunker rides but they are just over after that. I think there were a couple other small differences, but it is very much nuance. Either way, I've now done it for the last time
Wardogg
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Whidbey was my last ride. Lol