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  Can a Combat Controller Swim? *Update* In this article, I discuss how the PJ and CCT pipelines were different.  They have recently changed how the pipeline is arranged for CCT, and for the PJs, the old style 10 week indoctrination is going away. They are moving to a more standardized training pipeline, which I'm glad to see, and Combat Controllers, Pararescue, and S/R ( Combat Weather) are all going to train together for four weeks in an event called the Assessment and Selection ,or A & R  course. Gone are the days of a vague idea of what to expect in the CCT pipeline. Now candidates will have to pass this selection course to move on to training in their respective pipelines.   From what I've gathered so far, the course doesn't give the physical graduate standards for the course.  They want to move away from a good operator being disqualified for missing the standard by one pull up, or 20 seconds on a fin swim.   This doesn't mean the selection will be any easier;

*Update* In this article, I discuss how the PJ and CCT pipelines  were  different.  They have recently changed how the pipeline is arranged for CCT, and for the PJs, the old style 10 week indoctrination is going away. They are moving to a more standardized training pipeline, which I'm glad to see, and Combat Controllers, Pararescue, and S/R ( Special Recon) are all going to train together for four weeks in an event called the Assessment and Selection ,or A & R , course. Gone are the days of a vague idea of what to expect in the CCT pipeline, and now candidates will have to pass this selection course to move on to training in their respective pipelines.   From what I've gathered so far, the course doesn't give the physical graduate standards for the course.  They want to move away from a good operator being disqualified for missing the standard by one pull up, or 20 seconds on a fin swim.   This doesn't mean the selection will be any easier; it just seems they are tr

  Combat Controller or Navy SEAL? For anyone interested in joining the military and becoming a special operator, there's a lot of choices out there.  The only solid information I could find with tons of books, movies, documentaries, and online information, was the Navy SEALs. You may be wanting to be an elite warrior, but don't know which branch to join. You can easily find out exactly what to expect at BUD/s.  Although it's hard to see every detail, all three phases are described from numerous sources. There's even a lot of information on the pass/fail requirements for course, and which tasks only require completion.  There's tons of information from former Navy SEALs that tell great stories about training, giving deep insights to the experience beyond the course description.  It wasn't until I walked into the Air Force recruiting office that I gave Combat Control a serious look.   But the reality was,  Combat Control (CCT) looked a little soft from just readin

  I was going to enter the Air Force at 24 years old and begin basic training  It was later than most, and I felt like the old guy. Waiting until 24 to join the Air Force, further supports my thoughts on being held back growing up.  I was late to everything.  I had a steep earning curve when I moved out of the house and another huge mountain in the military. I felt like an accident victim when I moved out on my own, having to re learn everything as an adult.  I still felt trapped living 45 minutes away from my parents. My father had little to no boundaries when I was growing up.  It was okay for him to listen to our phone calls ( through another phone on the landline or from another room) or to ask way too many details about places or people we wanted to hang out with outside of the house.  This applied to my entire family.  My mother did not have a life of her own, neither did my brother or sister. We didn't have doors on our rooms or bathrooms for a long time.  When I was younger

 I had no regrets of walking out on the Navy before I'd even turned 20. I wasn't ready. I did what everyone else did after high school, and my parents said, " I needed to get something going". So I signed up for  college .   There were a few people I knew joining the military right after high school, but they were not known for being popular or "cool".  They already spoke to recruiters about their jobs and were ready to ship off after graduation. All I could think about were the SEALs, what they were doing, and what type of guys were going through BUD/s while I finished up my Senior year of high school. I went to MTSU about 45 minutes away from my home in Lebanon, Tennessee, to see what college life was like away from the micro management of my parents, but I still lived at home and commuted.   I was unsure about being on my own and never really thought for myself, but I was desperate to get away I began to realize being at home around my father was not goin

I can remember vividly when the spark ignited to become a special operator. I'd never even heard of a Navy SEAL until I was in high school, and until I found out who they were, I had little interest in joining the military. This is not surprising, I never heard of Kurt Cobain until   a year after his death in 1994.  I later fell in love with  Nirvana.  Many years later, I discovered all their music.  I listened to it like it was fresh and new. My childhood was very sheltered.  With an overbearing father who watched his children's every move, and a mother refused to step in, even though she knew what was going on. I was stuck listening to Elton John and Whitney Houston. This is great music, but how did I miss the  Nirvana  explosion ? I guess looking back, I have Jesse Ventura   and one of   my co workers to thank for my burning desire to become a Combat Controller. I used to work with a guy, who is probably still in the Army, that lived and breathed the military.  It was litera