Gunnery Sgt. Brandon Soetaert, the chief instructor trainer for Marine Corps Instructor Course of Water Survival with Expeditionary Warfare Training Group, Pacific, executes push-ups with students of MCICWS at the base pool aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Dec 1, 2015. MCICWS is a course for noncommissioned officers and higher to become water survival instructors, whose purpose is to make sure Marines are safe during basic swim qualification. “It’s a very physically demanding course but it’s at a level where it needs to be,” said Soetaert, a Kansas City, Mo, native. “It’s going to weed out som

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Gunnery Sgt. Brandon Soetaert, the chief instructor trainer for Marine Corps Instructor Course of Water Survival with Expeditionary Warfare Training Group, Pacific, executes push-ups with students of MCICWS at the base pool aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Dec 1, 2015. MCICWS is a course for noncommissioned officers and higher to become water survival instructors, whose purpose is to make sure Marines are safe during basic swim qualification. “It’s a very physically demanding course but it’s at a level where it needs to be,” said Soetaert, a Kansas City, Mo, native. “It’s going to weed out some of the weak individuals.” ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Zachary Orr)

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