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U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242 participated in water survival training at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 8, 2024. VMFA-242 participated in winter water survival training as part of their annual back in the saddle program to keep pilots and aircrew proficient in water survival training. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Angelina Sara)

The Aviation Survival Training Center on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, provides students safe, effective, and mission essential water survivability training. The training is broken down into classroom lectures and practical application focusing on how to survive during a water based mishap. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Jacob Bertram and Lance Cpl. Michael Neuenhoff)

Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa command element and ground combat element trained in open-water survival at Naval Station Rota, Spain, July 25-26, 2017. The training consisted of water familiarization, rappelling into a life raft and disengaging from a downed aircraft while underwater, that was coupled with inclement weather to both disorient and familiarize the Marines with the potential hazards associated with a downed aircraft. SPMAGTF-CR-AF deployed to conduct limited crisis response and theater security operations in Europe and North Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by SSgt. Kenneth K. Trotter Jr.)

Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa command element and ground combat element trained in open-water survival at Naval Station Rota, Spain, July 25, 2017. The training consisted of water familiarization, rappelling into a life raft and disengaging from a downed aircraft while underwater, that was coupled with inclement weather to both disorient and familiarize the Marines with the potential hazards associated with a downed aircraft. SPMAGTF-CR-AF deployed to conduct limited crisis response and theater security operations in Europe and North Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by SSgt. Kenneth K. Trotter Jr.)

U.S. Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Crisis Response – Africa conduct water survival training at Naval Station Rota, Spain, Feb. 15-16, 2017. The Spanish Aeronaval Survival and Emergency Training allowed Marines to experience water survival training the Spanish infantry undergo to become certified, which included Shallow Water Egress Training and Helicopter Underwater Escape Training. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Jessika Braden)

The Aviation Water Survival Training Center aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., trains service members to survive when an aircraft goes down in water.