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MCRP 3-02C Marine Combat Water Survival

MCRP 3-02C

Marine Combat Water Survival

Marine Corps · MCRP · Jan 2003 · 145 pages

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Throughout history, water has posed special challenges to Marines and Sailors during times of both peace and war. Therefore, the inherent dangers associated with waterborne operations demand that Marines and Sailors receive proper water survival training. Combat units that are confident in their ability to work in and around water can use the water to their advantage in combat, and history is filled with examples of how the proper preparation or training for survival in water reduced or averted disaster. USS Indianapolis On Sunday, 29 July 29 1945, the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis (the Indy) was en route to the Philippine Sea. Shortly before midnight (about 39 hours out of port), the Indy, running blacked out and unescorted, was rocked by two explosions on her starboard side. With communications smashed, the ship could not signal its distress and sank within 15 minutes.

DesignationMCRP 3-02C

EditionJan 2003

StatusSuperseded

Pages145

FunctionFieldcraft Survival

CollectionRecent Archive