All in good fun.
RichH
RichH
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Sinking to the bottom would be drowning if you stopped reading there, however there is more to the sentence that would likely prevent drowning. To clarify, while in the Navy I was taught the method I previously described. I used this description to answer the OP's question since I assumed he would take his test in a pool. I will certainly apologize for my inaccurate description.
RichH
They did, in boot camp in 1971. It was more a test to see how one handles oneself in a stressful situation. I never said this was now.
RichH
so the Navy teaches drownproofing now by pushing off the bottom?
As a survival skill what good is that? Chances are if you are in shallow enough water to hit the bottom on your descent, you could probably just swim to shore.
The only place that I know of that the Navy does that training now is as part of BUDS. The prospective SEALs do it while their hands and feet are tied.
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sorry, I injected the 'now' by mistake.
Irrespective of that, it seems like no bottom would be more stressful, so I guess they were going easy on you.