OKINAWA, eJapane - Abadobi abangaphezu kuka-20 nabaseMarines bathola iziqu zabo zokuQinisa amanzi eMarine Combattor (Survival Water Survival (MCIWS) ku-Aquatic Center ngoJulayi 12-28.
Lapho sekuqedile izifundo ze-MCIWS, amalungu enkonzo aqinisekisiwe ukuphatha iziqu zokubhukuda.
Ngokusho kukaMarine Gunnery Sgt. UTim Sisson, umqondisi wokulondolozwa kwamanzi we-Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific, i-MCIWS yokudoba isitifiketi, ingenye yezimfanelo ezidume kakhulu zokubhukuda empini.
"Kwabikwa, futhi ngikholelwa ngokugcwele, ukuthi izifundo [ze-MCIWS] zihlelweni lwezifundo eziyisihlanu eziphakeme kakhulu emzimbeni we-Marine Corps," kusho uSisson.
"Lusuku olulula kuphela lube 'izolo,'" wavuma uLt. jg JD John, umfundi we-MCWIS kanye nesiphathimandla sokuxhumana se-3th Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment. "Usuku ngalunye luya kuba nzima nakakhulu."
Inselele iqala ngaphambi kokuba kuqale izifundo. Abafundi abalindeleke ukuba bafanele ukuPhepha kwamanzi bafanele futhi baqede ukuhlolwa kwangaphambili ngaphambi kokubonisa izinga labo lokufaneleka emanzini.
Ukuhlolwa kwangaphambi kokufaka kufaka phakathi imitha engama-500 ukugebha emaminithini angaphansi kwangu-13, imitha engama-25 ngaphansi kwamanzi ukugebha, kanye nesitini samamitha angu-50. I-trick tow idinga ukuthi umuntu athathe isitini se-10-pound emanzini ngenkathi ebhukuda ibanga elikhethiwe.
Abafundi abangamashumi amabili nesithupha badlula ukuhlolwa kwangaphambi kokuhlolwa futhi bangeniswa kule nkambo, nakuba bonke bengagcwalanga ukuqeqeshwa.
Isonto lokuqala le-course ligxile esimisweni sokubhukuda, ukubhukuda okuyisisekelo, namasu okulondoloza, kodwa ingxenye eyinkimbinkimbi yenkambo yayiqeqesha ngosuku lwesihlanu, ngokusho kukaSisson.
Kulolu suku, abafundi kudingeka badondoloze isisulu sokugwinya esilungisiwe esicindezelayo ngaphansi kwamanzi. Umfundi kufanele akhombise izicelo zokucindezela ukuze akhulule isisulu sokugwinya bese eshayela isisulu ekuphepha. Uma umfundi engadluli ukuhlolwa kwesicelo esiwusizo, baqabuleka ngamasu futhi bavumela elinye ithuba lokubonisa ubuchwepheshe ngaphambi kokushiya esikoleni.
Isonto lesibili le-MCIWS lizinikele ekufundiseni inkambo. Abafundi bafunda ukuvuselelwa kwe-cardiorespiratory nokuphefumula, izinhlobo ezengeziwe zokuhlengwa kwezigameko ezigcobayo futhi zafaka amakhono abawafunda phakathi nesonto lokuqala lekilasi. Kuhlanganisa ukukhulula isisulu esicindezelayo ngomthwalo owengeziwe wezimpahla zabo zokulwa.
Iviki lokugcina lalihlanganisa ukuhlolwa, kubandakanya ukubonisa ubuchwepheshe emanzini ngezandla noma izinyawo zabo eziboshwe ndawonye. Le nqubo iklanyelwe ukukhuthaza ukuzethemba kwabafundi nezindlela abazifundile phakathi nenkambo, kusho uSisson.
"Kubatshengisa ukuthi uma basebenzisa lezizinto eziyisisekelo esizifundisayo, bangaphumelela emanzini, ngisho noma beboshelwe," kusho uSisson.
Ukuze uphumelele futhi uthole i-MCIWS yokubhukuda, abafundi kumele banikeze inkulumo engamaminithi angu-20 emhlahlandlela wokubhukuda okhethweni lwabo, babonise ubuchwepheshe ngezindlela ezihlukene echibini, futhi benze imisebenzi ethile yokufakazela ikhono labo emanzini.
"Umgomo wami kwakuwukuphuma lapha ukuze ngiqeqeshe abaMarines nabaseMawoti ukuba balwe, ngakho-ke bangaphila ukulwa nelinye ilanga bese bebuyela ekhaya emindenini yabo," kusho uJohn.