WEBVTT 00:07.960 --> 00:10.903 - Today's class was the AMP-IT instructors course. 00:15.020 --> 00:17.380 We have several Marines and sailors 00:17.380 --> 00:19.440 that came for us to make them instructors 00:19.440 --> 00:20.640 so they can take this training 00:20.640 --> 00:21.510 back to their units. 00:21.510 --> 00:23.360 And they'll actually be able to develop 00:23.360 --> 00:24.980 workouts in the water, 00:24.980 --> 00:27.810 assist Marines in getting more comfortable in the water 00:27.810 --> 00:29.920 as well as teaching them swim techniques 00:29.920 --> 00:31.810 and swim strokes so that they can be 00:31.810 --> 00:33.310 more comfortable in the water. 00:40.970 --> 00:42.380 So AMP-IT came out 00:42.380 --> 00:44.110 as a partner for HITT. 00:44.110 --> 00:46.290 So it's kinda like the aquatic partner 00:46.290 --> 00:49.080 for the high intensity tactical training. 00:49.080 --> 00:51.210 It was developed to 00:51.210 --> 00:54.590 provide an alternate means of training 00:54.590 --> 00:57.800 and working out to land based exercises. 00:57.800 --> 00:59.100 Where we're jumping in the water, 00:59.100 --> 01:00.320 we're dragging packs, 01:00.320 --> 01:02.140 we're swimming with rifles 01:02.140 --> 01:03.640 and we're doing all these challenging things 01:03.640 --> 01:05.760 without the pounding of the ground 01:05.760 --> 01:07.470 that most Marines are used to 01:07.470 --> 01:09.800 when they get taken out by their OIC. 01:09.800 --> 01:12.150 It also allows Marines who, 01:12.150 --> 01:13.850 it's not mainly for this but, 01:13.850 --> 01:15.370 it allows Marines who 01:15.370 --> 01:17.770 may have lower extremity injuries 01:17.770 --> 01:19.460 or limited range of motion. 01:19.460 --> 01:21.420 They usually don't PT with their units. 01:21.420 --> 01:23.700 It allows them to join them in the PT sessions 01:23.700 --> 01:24.900 that they do for AMP-IT. 01:29.530 --> 01:30.960 Becoming an AMP-IT instructor 01:30.960 --> 01:32.600 has made me a lot more comfortable in the water, 01:32.600 --> 01:34.070 a better swimmer. 01:34.070 --> 01:35.110 It's given me the tools 01:35.110 --> 01:36.790 to be able to explain things to Marines 01:36.790 --> 01:39.613 as to why you need to learn this. 01:40.710 --> 01:42.850 The other thing that people benefit from, 01:42.850 --> 01:43.880 not only the instructors, 01:43.880 --> 01:45.740 but whoever they train, 01:45.740 --> 01:48.600 is that it develops their survival strokes 01:48.600 --> 01:50.710 and it assists them in getting better 01:50.710 --> 01:52.173 in their swim qualification. 01:53.320 --> 01:54.750 As you know, we're amphibious 01:54.750 --> 01:56.930 and we have to qualify in the water. 01:56.930 --> 01:58.940 As you've seen today, 01:58.940 --> 02:00.670 we have rope climbs, 02:00.670 --> 02:04.670 we also have gymnastic rings that we use. 02:04.670 --> 02:05.610 We use sandbags, 02:05.610 --> 02:07.810 we use ammo cans. 02:07.810 --> 02:11.060 We do the pack drags and the gear drags 02:11.060 --> 02:12.930 just like you do in swim qual. 02:12.930 --> 02:14.430 We do all sorts of things. 02:14.430 --> 02:17.473 And we teach how to swim. 02:18.440 --> 02:20.010 So what this does is 02:20.010 --> 02:21.410 it allows Marines and sailors 02:21.410 --> 02:23.840 to look our for their Marines and sailors 02:23.840 --> 02:25.530 by getting em in the water, 02:25.530 --> 02:26.950 teaching them how to swim 02:26.950 --> 02:29.820 and allowing them to learn better stroke mechanics 02:29.820 --> 02:31.430 so they can pass the swim qual. 02:31.430 --> 02:33.010 There's classes that are already scheduled 02:33.010 --> 02:33.860 throughout the year. 02:33.860 --> 02:36.560 If they contact the aquatics office 02:36.560 --> 02:38.060 they can get all the information. 02:38.060 --> 02:39.860 There's a packet that needs to be filled out 02:39.860 --> 02:41.140 and signed off by their command 02:41.140 --> 02:43.210 because it's a four day course 02:43.210 --> 02:45.460 which is basically an all day thing everyday. 02:46.460 --> 02:48.260 - The more I do instructive courses 02:48.260 --> 02:50.970 the more I see that AMP-IT unit training go 02:50.970 --> 02:51.810 up the roof. 02:51.810 --> 02:53.740 - Come join, come to a class 02:53.740 --> 02:55.833 and come see what it's all about.