When I was in dirty sailor boot camp at the end of 2001, we got to watch “Men of Honor” in the barracks on Christmas.
5 weeks in and we still had some recruits who had not passed the swim test.
During the Swim Call scene, out of nowhere and totally deadpan, one of our instructors said, “He’s Black. He’s swimming.”
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E Pluribus OTAP - June 10, 2021 at 01:06PM
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5 weeks in and we still had some recruits who had not passed the swim test.
During the Swim Call scene, out of nowhere and totally deadpan, one of our instructors said, “He’s Black. He’s swimming.”
??
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