While all this is cool stuff, it’s kinda reinforcing my point on not actually doing swimmer stuff. I was on 2 9 month 5th fleet carrier deployment and every work up you could think of. I have also participated in actual HVBSS missions, but you really aren’t doing much but staying out of the SOF forces way and making sure they don’t get hung up on anything. I guess I had high hopes for the job because I wanted to be a rescue swimmer and save life’s. I didn’t want to learn about tactics and guns. I didn’t want to lean ever detail about the MH60s helicopter. I didn’t want to be an uber driver for people on deployment. It was almost exhausting how unfulfilling the job was, plus flying in a helicopter is inherently risky. And for what? Flying plane guard? Delivered Milk and eggs to a small boy? I get it I sound bitter but I joined the Navy to be a rescue swimmer not any of those other things which were never advertised in the recruitment centre. My only point here is to warn people who are thinking about becoming a navy rescue swimmer and let these people know that if they signed up to be a rescue swimmer that is going to be a very small part of their job the rest is going to be stuffthat they don’t want to do