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We trained in the surf with rubber boats learning how to launch them in high surf and to return in the high surf. We also participated in ‘endurance swimming’ and survival training’--we were dropped off a couple miles off shore--at night --in teams of two--with our weapons and our gear in a ‘water proof’ bag--and --using our compass--swam to a pre arranged location on the beach. These surf training days were uncomfortable--we were cold, covered with sand and yet we trained hard--running in the sand--sleeping when we could --wrapped in our ponchos to curb the chills.
Part of our training regimen took us to the Bridgeport Mountain Warfare Training
Center--in the Sierra Nevada Mountains--this training was also rigorous and 21