Swim qual you will jump off of the tower into the pool and then must swim to the other end (50 yards I believe) using any one or combinations of the following strokes WITH PROPER FORM: American Crawl, Breast Stroke, Side Stroke, Elementary Backstroke (You can switch between as often as you want and use any of them you want to. If you fail to use proper form, you will be warned and required to complete the swim using the elementary backstroke). After the swim you will get out of the pool and await the next event. You will then climb back in the pool and you will all be required to do a 5 minute prone float (dead mans float). You must keep your face in the water only lifting your head to breathe. If you are taking too long of breaths you will be warned to put your head down. If you do not put your head down you will be told to exit the pool. You also must keep your body in a horizontal position, if you are too vertical in the pool, you will be warned and the second time you will be told to exit the pool. After the prone float you will get out of the pool and put on a set of (soaking wet) coveralls. You will then get back in the pool and you will do a manual coverall inflation by prone floating and slapping water into the open coveralls then clutching them closed to seal the air inside. If you fail any portion of the qual you will get one chance to retry that portion. If you still fail you will go to swimming lessons where you get to retake the test every day until week 6 of training. You must pass the test BEFORE this point.
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