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Station Marines run through drills designed to teach them how to save the life of a drowning victim during a three-week Marine Combat Instructor of Water Survival course at the IronWorks Gym pool here Nov. 4. Marines are both physically and mentally tested through various written and physically demanding exams. - Station Marines run through drills designed to teach them how to save the life of a drowning victim during a three-week Marine Combat Instructor of Water Survival course at the IronWorks Gym pool here Nov. 4. Marines are both physically and mentally tested through various written and physically demanding exams.

Marines get back to roots, hit pool for water combat

There are many sayings used to describe U.S. Marines. Marines are a force in readiness. Every Marine is a rifleman first. One that some people feel is overlooked in today’s desert and mountain warfare is Marines are amphibious by nature. In keeping true with that saying, six station Marines are taking part in a three-week, 15 training day, Marine

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