Marine and Navy “Ropers” (Students) in Recon Training Assessment Program (RTAP) class 2-22 conducting a deep end training card involving recovering bricks from the pool bottom and trading them off between each other while treading water. Just one of many exercises that fill their day in the pool and hills surrounding @recontrainingcompany there in Camp Pendleton. @recontrainingcompany @marine_combatant_diver_course @2d_recon_bn @1st_recon_battalion @3rd_recon_bn @4threconbn @3rd.force.recon @dee

A new Marine Combatant Dive Instructor undergoing his “onboarding process” at Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center in Panama City FL. Multiple other instructors pummel him subsurface as he must maintain his cool to work through the myriad of issues they cause to his rig. If he is expected to train students in this phase, he must be able to take far more punishment than the students endure… @combat.diver.foundation @recontrainingcompany @marine_combatant_diver_course @1st_recon_battalion @2d_

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