Do You Pass Out During a Dive Team Training?

In seal training, you have to do what's called a 50 meter underwater swim. You basically have to drop in on one end, swim, turn around and swim back. There's a lot of guys who pass out doing that. We've had some seals die because they were doing breath holding training with no observers. Once you train yourself to move past it, the point at which you lose consciousness is instant. So definitely have observers here. I tell this to my boys because my boys are water rats like me - we have a swimming pool. If you're diving with weights, you do not do it by yourself. And there has to be someone here, right?

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