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When I was doing my SWC tour I remember the old farts always carrying on about it, but even then (late 90's) the statistics were about the same as they always were before. As for the training standards, the statistics speak for themselves. No matter what they did with the budget, instructor:student ratio, hours, etc, the same percentage were graduating successfully.
BUT when in SF did you NOT need to know how to swim? It's a basic survival skill. We had to swim in Panama, Haiti, even in Asscrackistan we swamped trucks fording rivers and had to swim. We swam ropes across streams to carry gear across...the list goes on.
To any new guys going through the course who don't know how to swim, you need to make it a big priority to learn or you will someday become a liability for your team, mark my words.
Also, it's hard enough getting 10 guys per company to pass pre-scuba when 100% could swim!
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