OH MY AWESOMENESS!!! I could not have had a better time. This was so cool to see all the swim school stuff and all the other stuff on base.
We first started off with driving by the helicopter/mechanic training school. I couldn't resist getting my picture taken with the helicopter blades. So cool.
Second stop was the Swimmer school building. Gabe was so cool to show us all these cool places on base and to answer all my questions. He first got us into the building and showed us a class room where the candidates learn stuff. It looked just like a normal class room, but I thought it was super cool. It even had name tags of the people who were still in the program. I think their were like 6 names. They start with as many as 24 people and graduated only a few. Sometimes no people make it to the end, other times only one. I think up to five or six people is the highest they graduate. It is a super tough program and the elite of the Coast Guard.
From the class room we went to the swimming pool training area. Before we went in there we saw the mannequin with the swimmer gear and of course I needed a pictures with him.
When we got into the swimming pool area I was shocked with how huge it was. Two huge pools with a walk way down the middle. Huge flags on each end of the pool.
On the wall they have the names of all the people who have completed the program and Gabe showed me where his name is and let me take his picture. He really was so nice to indulge me in my geekiness. Did I mention it was super cool there!
After he showed us his name, so cool, he showed us the work out room. It is a huge gym with work out equipment and then a door to the outside. Outside they have tons of stuff for them to work out on and do different drills. It was really cool. In the gym they have a bell that they can ring if they are quitting the program. Gabe told us that they have another bell somewhere else, but we didn't get to see it. We forgot about it until it was too late. But it was fun to see at least one of the bells. My mom rang it. She said you can't quit something you never started. She is so silly.
Jacob and Benji really like the gym and playing on the exercise equipment. It was pretty funny watching Benji do the adult sized equipment. I chose not to try any of it and make a fool of myself. I am sure I was silly enough without making it worse.
After the gym we went into the room where they work on the water rafts. They have a big work bench and tools. Everything they would need to learn all about the rafts and how to work them. They also have things (posters/banners) on the walls from past graduating classes that are a memento of their class. That was really cool to see the different things that each class did. After that room Gabe showed us more in the big double pool room.
Second stop was the Swimmer school building. Gabe was so cool to show us all these cool places on base and to answer all my questions. He first got us into the building and showed us a class room where the candidates learn stuff. It looked just like a normal class room, but I thought it was super cool. It even had name tags of the people who were still in the program. I think their were like 6 names. They start with as many as 24 people and graduated only a few. Sometimes no people make it to the end, other times only one. I think up to five or six people is the highest they graduate. It is a super tough program and the elite of the Coast Guard.
From the class room we went to the swimming pool training area. Before we went in there we saw the mannequin with the swimmer gear and of course I needed a pictures with him.
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