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
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) Marines swim through the Marine Corps Instructor Course of Water Survival 151201-M-ZO893-725
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