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Old 07-16-2022, 08:26   #3
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Originally Posted by JimP View Post

Remember .....

I remember well.

I have mentioned in the past that my class lost 2 amazing warriors on the last day of our FTX for the old SUCBA course, Aug 15, 1969 (Combat Divers Course).

I remember the postmortem inquiry board. I was the "Team Leader" so I had a lot of explaining to do. In our case, I do not know the final "verdict", but it appeared that it was a combination of small errors that turned catastrophic.

And yes, I agree the course has to get that close to disaster to validate the teaching points. :[

This leads me to think this proposal by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) is counterproductive,, YMMV
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