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Anonymous
Recon or Force Recon? I'm guessing you basically want to be billy badass. 7502 usmc here, you need to fucking bulk. Infantry, you're gonna be carrying a lot of gear, and the heavier you are the easier time you'll have of it. Granted, the PFT is such that it's geared for the lighter motherfuckers to be better at it (obviously it's easier for 120 lbs soaking wet to run <18 min 3 mi than someone who's 205, same with pullups, etc.), but the CFT is getting worked on pretty heavily, it'll be put into action soon.
Basically you wanna bulk bulk bulk. you're not going to be buff bronze and bitchin, you got a small frame, but you can still be a loud and vicious animal.
to answer your question, they'll teach you all you need to know for swimming at SOI or wherever the fuck you're going to go. I suggest lifting 3-4 days a week, eating a fuckton, and running heavy twice a week, stepping up your running regimen about 3 months prior to any sort of basic. If you're going enlisted, seriously DON'T FUCKING WORRY ABOUT PHYSICAL FITNESS. Unless you're a Pile, you're actually going to be in worse shape OUT of boot than you were going in. The same cannot be said of officer training however, which necessitates the question: officer or enlisted. This will change the requisite training program.
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