Gunnery Sgt. Brandon Soetaert, the chief instructor trainer for the Marine Corps Instructor Course of Water Survival with Expeditionary Warfare Training Group, Pacific and a Kansas City, Mo., native, instructs Cpl. Makiy Tamcke, a rifleman with 3rd Regiment, 3rd Marine Division and a Polson, Mont., native as he steps off the 15 foot diving at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Dec. 1, 2015. MCICWS is a course for noncommissioned officers and higher to become water survival instructors, whose purpose is to make sure Marines are safe during swim qualification. - Gunnery Sgt. Brandon Soetaert, the chief instructor trainer for the Marine Corps Instructor Course of Water Survival with Expeditionary Warfare Training Group, Pacific and a Kansas City, Mo., native, instructs Cpl. Makiy Tamcke, a rifleman with 3rd Regiment, 3rd Marine Division and a Polson, Mont., native as he steps off the 15 foot diving at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Dec. 1, 2015. MCICWS is a course for noncommissioned officers and higher to become water survival instructors, whose purpose is to make sure Marines are safe during swim qualification.
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