Special Operations candidates practice bobbing at SOCOM Athlete Hell Day

Camp Pendleton, CA: Special Warfare Introductory Pool Training: SOCOM Athlete students practice mask recovery and bobbing with hands and feet un-tied at the 13 APR Hell Day San Clemente event. Students had the honor of receiving instruction from Navy SARC/SOIDC, Recon Marines, and Air Force PJ at the Reconnaissance Training Co. Facilities located on Camp Pendleton, CA.

Students are taught this drill in a crawl-walk-run fashion to mitigate any risk, with supervising cadre at all times. These techniques are utilized in pre-SCUBA/Combat Dive Courses across the military branches to safely develop and train combat divers for water operations.

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[weaponizedmath]

As a swimmer in school and in military, this is alot better than training on land

[EazyEDC]

The second dude needs to save some lats for the rest of us

[SoloDolo-BlackMan]

I used to do this for fun in the deep end of my pool when i was a kid. I can still hold my breath for 2 min. It will only ever come in handy now if someone tries to drown me😂😅

[caballero]

I could never. Hats off to all the amazing people that do this.

[SweezyDaddy]

I absolutely love the peacefulness under water

[gamestothextreme]

First guy knows what he’s doing, gotta release a lil air to sink faster if you just hold your breath it takes longer to get down and up

[Wil]

The sound of being underwater is freakishly calming

[FreeCrashFlow]

It was 2008 and 25 of us showed up to Marine Combatant Dive to learn the SOCOM dive test was now a requirement…but we didn’t get a 9’ deep pool. The pool in Panama City was 12’ deep. Those three feet each way added up. Nevertheless, as I recall, with a week of prep everyone passed.

[deadfishfilms]

Growing up on an island and swimming your entire life makes this seem easy as hell

[laurawalker]

My son has been through this. God bless them all.

[gmoney]

I was in the ocean most my life since im from SoCal, when we did this it was extremely easy to me, but the people who are from inner states found it hard as heck, they were freaking out, but I’ve been under worse pressure when a wave takes me out when im surfing

[shroomzzz]

I live on a lake and spend hours swimming and floating during the summer. My friends and I use diaphragmatic breathing to 'swim' without moving arms, legs, hands, or feet. Its amazing what's possible when you overcome the natural instinct to panic. These guys are on a whole different level.

[Trickie-tfir]

Vids like this make me hold my breath.

[PneumaNoose]

I love the sound of a camera going underwater. Gives me the good kind of chills 🤤 Good job, fellas. Your country is proud of you ❤️🇺🇸

[theoriginalmonstermaker]

This has gotta be the most chill training possible for something called "hell day"

[mathieubdk]

Remarkable, fantastic self-control, courage, détermination, ...
I admirer you guys and thank you for your unic inspiration.

[shaomusic]

Nah this drill is next level. That breath you take once you get to the top isn’t enough

[lizardlickfan]

Wow the mental discipline and proper technique must me learned trusted and performed perfectly. Hats off to the drown proofing part.

[PB-drcq]

This is when all your video games experience goes out down the drain.. your coveting of the specwar lifestyle was based on lies you told yourself and believed in.. and reality sinks in.

[mattp.]

If you breath along, take a deep breath quickly at the top, and slowly release on the way down and part of the way up, you can do this without having to really "hold your breath." However, for a lot of people, I'd even say the majority of people, being under water tied up like this induces hardcore panic and they lose the ability to rationalize, causing any number of things, tachycardia, shallow breathing, and ultimately causes them to spaz and inhale water.