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MCRP 7-20B.5 Marine Corps Water Survival

MCRP 7-20B.5

Marine Corps Water Survival

Marine Corps · MCRP · Oct 2021 · 122 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. On Thanksgiving eve, 23 November 1995, the USS America made its way through the Arabian Sea. Twenty-year-old, Marine Lance Corporal (LCpl) Zachary Mayo was unable to sleep and, wanting some fresh air, made his way onto an open-air platform near the aircraft hangar bay, which was three levels below the sleeping quarters.

DesignationMCRP 7-20B.5

EditionOct 2021

StatusActive

Pages122

FunctionFieldcraft Survival

CollectionCurrent Doctrine

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. TECOM (C466) 29 October 2021 ERRATUM to MCRP 8-10B.6 MARINE COR

References 3

MCRP 3-40A.9Not in the Vault
MCRP 8-10B.7Not in the Vault