I'm not in the SFQC so I comment carefully here, someone more in the know can confirm or deny.
I was advised by a number of different sources that on the list of "shit you need to have squared away", swimming and specifically the Combat Swim Stroke is WAAAYYY down the list and arguable not on it at all.
Sure, be able to swim 100m with gear on for the SFAS swim test, but anything after this is probably time spent on the wrong priority...? (not that I'm one to comment in this area...
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My understanding is that with the SFAS swim test 100m of doggy paddle would still pass; it is a safety check not a swimming proficiency test.
i.e. if you fall in water on a night movement during Selection, can you DX your Ruck and swim to safety with out panicking and drowning?).
This is why that have / had the 2 wks? swim school for those who DXed the swim test...
Better information welcome...
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