'Why are you quitting?' Special Operations Candidates conduct pre-dive training

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[ArmySpecialForcesRecruiting]

This instructor is a Combat Diver who has completed much harder training than this. The training being conducted here is basic preparation for courses such as Combat Dive school and BUD/S second phase. If you can't survive a flooded Aqualung Atlantis dive mask and some hydration from the hose, you'll never survive the training that comes after this.

[JncIDT]

“Why are you quitting the exercise”
This line is gonna stay in my head for a while

[pedrell_vanalcocero]

"Do not throw up on my pool deck" is the most gentle yet demanding sentence ever uttered

[tylerwebb]

That man had the calmest yell I’ve ever heard

[ethanharvill]

Got a lot of respect for the guy actually showing how its done and not just expecting people to do shit he couldn't do himself

[stevenhargett]

“EMBRACE THE SUCK AND GET COMFORTABLE BEING UNCOMFORTABLE” is the phrase for the day.

[oaklyhilton]

“ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?” … “I cannot see you.”

[ThePeanutMann]

“Embrace the suck and get comfortable being uncomfortable” That’s some high quality advice

[janine]

It’s funnier when you imagine he’s genuinely confused when he asks “why are you quitting the exercise?”

[pentapwcca]

This is the calmest also aggressive supportive instructor i've heard ever.

[Biggest_Mike]

“Don’t think I forgot about you” is the scariest thing one can hear from a coach

[polepino]

Honestly, never been in the military, but being in workplaces where people are firm in the heat of things I totally appreciate this instructors approach. He's not berating the candidates like their idiots, he's being instructive. Yeah he's yelling but I can tell he's coming from a place of instruction and bringing the heat that the situation calls for. I've def been situations where the instruction comes from a selfish place for their own good not for the good of the team/crew etc and it doesn't foster anything other than resentment for most.

[ZamySenpai]

Got mad respect for the dude actually showing how its done and not just expecting people to do shit he couldn't do himself.

[theyhxtejack]

"get comfortable being uncomfortable" lowkey a good lesson ngl

[scooterhill]

"Get comfortable being uncomfortable" best training line I've heard in years!

[Tony]

It hurts, it sucks, embrace the suck, and get comfortable with being uncomfortable 💯💯

[dfdemt]

“Embrace the suck” and “get comfortable being uncomfortable”. Can’t tell you how many times I heard those two phrases. It’s still burned into my brain 20 years later.

[livelaughloverobzombie]

“DO NOT THROW UP ON MY POOL DECK!”

The instructor said calmly.

[sloth]

“DO NOT THROW UP ON MY POOL DECK”
“i cannot see you”

had me dying 💀

[ickatabg]

I’m gonna start using the “why are you quitting the exercise” line with my two toddlers 😂