Dear Gang,
What I’m about to share with you could result in my being arrested or banished from the Military, but I feel that it must be brought out. The U.S. Navy endorses water torture, and has been practicing it for many years. All this is fully funded by the United States Congress with oversight permissions granted by the Senate. It goes way past both parties, and happens every day of the week in our very own country! This water torture isn’t practiced outside of our borders, but right on at least three major installations across the United States. If word of this ever got out to the ACLU there would be all sorts of hell to pay.
Here is how it works. The Navy subjects a person to extreme pressure changes in a large hyperbaric chamber. They take the “prisoner” up around twenty-five thousand feet of altitude without oxygen, which causes him to be light-headed, followed by possible gray-outs, and a euphoric feeling that is enhanced by tingling in their fingertips. The worst part is being overcome by their bodily odiferous odors. See as the pressure increases, the oxygen in the body expands and there are only two ways out, burping it up or out the other end. As the cabin pressure rises, so does the amount of gas that escapes from the body. To put it mildly, if they were to light a match in there, it would cause a giant explosion. Same would happen if your jet airliner were to lose a window and you experienced a rapid decompression, just hope you didn’t eat Mexican the night before!
After they do this to the “prisoners,” they take them over to a large pool complex where they employ various controlled drowning techniques. They tie vast amounts of equipment to their body. This guarantees they will sink in the deep end of this giant pool. Navy personnel are located all around the pool area, watching as they drag the “prisoners” through the water attached to some ropes overhead. If a “prisoner” were to drown in the water, they can retrieve him in a heartbeat, administer CPR and chuck him/her back into the pool.
They have varied ways to drown the “prisoner” in the large pool. While treading water, they spray them in the face with powerful water cannons, causing loss of vision, disorientation and choking on copious amounts of chlorinated water in the mouth. This may last about two hours. The “prisoner” is broken down, very tired and almost out of hope. When this point arrives, they strap the “prisoner” to a seat inside a large barrel shaped device with the other “prisoners” who are suspended about four feet in the air, and then drop them into the deep end of the pool. The device they are strapped into then snap rolls 180°, causing the “prisoner” to be upside down, blindfolded with blackout goggles on, and almost three feet under the surface.
This is what the “prisoner” experience as his/her heart beats faster, anticipating the sound of the release mechanism. A loud “zing” as the cables slide, followed by the plunge into the water, causing a water injector to the brain as the pool water rushes up the nose, where it lodges in the sinus cavities. They are then expected to release themselves to reach the surface of the pool, while being weighted down with 20 pounds of equipment. The second time around being dunked into the pool, the “prisoner” is resigned to the fact that the next round may be his last trip, and will readily admit to killing President Kennedy although they weren’t even born yet.
The Navy is authorized to do this procedure up to six times to achieve the desired and maximum effects. If they deem, they can call this person back to do it again and again. Where is the press on this? Why aren’t the folks clamoring around a bonfire, telling the Government to put an end to this torture? I’ll tell you why. Because the “prisoners” volunteer for this assignment every four years of their careers as Aircrews in the US Military forces. What I have just described is the Water Survival Course that we, as Pilots, Crew Chiefs and Navigators, must undergo in order to keep our ratings. Now, I’m here to tell you that sitting in a cell, while your captors play loud rock music is nothing compared to this, and if I was in charge of the “Al Killya” scumbags down in Cuba, I’d have them strapped to a helo dunker and dropped into a pool everyday until they admitted their wrongs.
While the training I described sounds harsh, (it is) there are many men and women alive today because of the excellent instruction given by the Navy divers. So hats off to them for teaching us how to survive a crash in the ocean and make it back home to our families! This was the best training I’ve ever had. To think–all you guys thought I was just goofing around in Pensacola, Florida, drinking beer and chasing fish–shame on you.
Semper Fi,
Taco 
The SandGram 
September 23, 2006 at 2:11 am
Damn, I bet the water shoved up the nostrils HURTS.
September 23, 2006 at 2:27 am
Taco, Taco, Taco – that sun really did it’s job on you didn’t it?
KIDDING, of course!
I got dizzy and thought about admitting to killing people (which I’ve NEVER done or plan to do) just reading this. Kudos to you for surviving this training and thanks for sharing this with us.
Need bail money – call me! 🙂
September 23, 2006 at 4:57 am
good stuff bro. Lets go fishing again soon!
September 23, 2006 at 5:47 am
I believe the second picture. My junior high school PE teacher made us do alot of the same stuff. Thats why I kept going to the back of the line before it was my turn.Just got busted once-very traumatic.Hats off to the Navy divers. And here I thought NavyWife, Dad, and second cuz were going to disown you. I would’ve written you in the brig, too.
I have to type in opreec. (Oh, pr_ck with Spanish accent)When are you going to do something about this situation?
September 23, 2006 at 11:20 am
Absolute torture! Is it still called ACST (Air Crew Survival Training)?
How dare they prepare young men and women for a helo crash! How dare they preach survivability! Sheesh.
September 23, 2006 at 1:38 pm
Sounds fun! I wonder if they do any of that stuff up here in Lejeune. It’d be cool to try it out.
September 23, 2006 at 2:15 pm
Hey Cpl M, if you go Aircrew, you can enjoy all this up at Cherry point, just don’t go MV-22 just yet… let them come out with the B and C model first…
S/F
Taco
ps Karen, do you REALLY think I would part with Secrets… ha!!ha!!
September 23, 2006 at 5:52 pm
They should apologize for that torture immediately!
Poor Taco…
On a serious note – Navy divers rock! It must be a pure torture to become SF, Ranger, or Navy SEAL too.
elbxk – kind of torture involving twisting elbows into X ?
September 23, 2006 at 6:30 pm
So, how was the fishing? You KNOW we’re only gonna believe some of the story:) Especially with pics to back us up.
The training is awesome though. Can’t figure out why the ACLU isn’t there to defend you!
September 24, 2006 at 4:31 am
Major Taco, Why say Ha!! to me? I was only going to write to you in the brig and sympathize with your relatives. Leta was going to provide bail money:)
September 24, 2006 at 4:45 pm
P.S. Major, How did you know it wasn’t going to be hate mail for divulging Navy secrets? After all, my Dad was a Navy baker when he served. He got to make the Admiral’s birthday cake,too. He had stories about what the cooks did to the chili after a night of drinking (was that torture?). We found a grass skirt in the attic years later that he had trouble explaining to Mom and Grandma.Divulging Navy secrets, Indeed!Ha!!
September 25, 2006 at 2:34 pm
…. which is one of the many reasons I would never make it as an aviator.
I am deathly afraid of several things:
1. dying in a fire (I used to have terrible nightmares about dying in a blazing car crash)
2. torture
3. drowning
See? I would never make it. I applaud all of you who can.
September 25, 2006 at 6:23 pm
let those terroist go through basic marine boot camp traing,then they will not be thosed covered head towel heads wearing those towels over their heads. they are cowards.
September 26, 2006 at 1:56 am
I wasn’t about to hold my breath on this one Taco and here it turns out to be true!! I guess it’s true when they say “That which doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.” Can’t be a crusty ole’ Marine by gittin’ yer butt pampered all day!
Ya know big bro jim, if we did this to the terrorists, (or sent them to boot camp) why, it would be considered torture!!!! Sheesh! Haven’t you heard? We must be kind and gentle! *rolling eyes*
September 26, 2006 at 8:25 pm
Since everybody else in Washington is leaking classified info, I’m jumping on the bandwagon, too!
What Taco failed to mention was the super-top-secret aqua project involving ACLU lawyers. See, the lawyers are all naturally born strong swimmers and could be utilized to make sure the “prisoner students” were not having their civil rights violated during the difficult training exercises. It was hoped that the ACLU would be happy that they were being consulted and asked to participate and that no one from that organization would turn around and sue the Navy.
Unfortunately, when the first batch of “prisoners” was dumped into the tank with the swimming lawyers, the inate aggresive attack instinct of the pack surged to the fore. The feeding frenzy lasted no more than 30 seconds, far too short a time for the shocked Navy instructors to react and save the poor, innocent “prisoners”. Thus ended the project.
September 26, 2006 at 8:33 pm
Lynn,
You’re more than just a “gunnutt”… you’re a NUT, in general!
LMAO
September 26, 2006 at 10:26 pm
Welcome back GN! I see you’re well rested:)
September 27, 2006 at 3:01 am
I don’t know about being ‘rested’, but I can make up some goofy comments when someone as talented as Taco writes a really funny post.
October 13, 2006 at 5:09 am
You are a liar.
I was an instructor in Pensacola. I still hold the NEC of 9502 and 9510. I am a Warrant Officer in the ARMY and train my fellow rated and NONrated crew members. The training is tough, but easily accomplished with determination. ALL PILOTS AND CREWMEMBERS IN THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS. COMPLETE THIS TRAINING.
You are a shame.
~Kenny
kenny77797 at yahoo
October 30, 2006 at 7:15 pm
Satire, what can I say??? Thanks for the comment Kenny, Glad you like to read. Hope the WHOLE posting made sense to you…
S/f
Taco
October 30, 2006 at 10:29 pm
My kids call that “Mom washing our hair.” or at least they act like it.