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[scubaski]

Are you able to pass this fitness test?

Eyesight 20/200 bilateral correctable to 20/25 with no color blindness

Perform a 500-yard swim using side- or breaststroke in 14 minutes or faster (10-minute rest)
Perform a minimum of 42 push-ups in 2 minutes (2-minute rest)
Perform a minimum of 50 sit-ups in 2 minutes (2-minute rest)
Perform a minimum of 6 dead-hang pull-ups: no time limit (10-minute rest)
Run 1.5 miles in 12 minutes 45 seconds or faster


If yes you may qualify for this job pending other requirements.

[scubaski]

The swim would be the hardest part for me and presently probably would not pass...

Post if you think you could pass and / or your weaknesses and take a guess at the fitness test job.

[uwfan]

I couldn't even get past the 20/200 eyesight!!!

My guess is something in the military.

[Jerrymxz]

I need a nap after reading the requirements!

[TexasDiver]

I'm too old for the Navy! Their loss!
http://www.navy.com/...ions/diver.html

Edited by TexasDiver, 19 May 2010 - 08:56 PM.

[Landlocked Dive Nut]

Did most of the physical stuff listed, way back in my Army days, which are loooooong behind me (no swim testing, though). No doubt at all that I could NOT do those sit-ups today, and I can only do the girly-type pushups now, whereas I used to do 50 male-type pushups back then!

Good thing I'm only out to dive for fun, and not to secure the USA against all enemies, both foreign and domestic.

Stan, you always amaze me with the stuff you dig up!

[peterbj7]

Don't know what 20/200 eyesight means. In Britain we talk of 20/20, but I don't know what that means either.

As to the rest, I would have passed easily up to about 3 years ago. No longer, after a shoulder injury.

[OregonDiverDan]

I think I could do all the fitness tests. Unfortunately I have colorblindness issues.

Definitely sounds like military or security force.

[ScubaHawk]

I got winded clicking on the mouse to open this window.... so I'd say no.

[ArtRunScuba]

Easy to do and without the rest periods, and I am 63 with near fatal car accidents, venomous bites in Asia, and major intestinal surgeries over the last thirteen years.

[uwfan]

Don't know what 20/200 eyesight means. In Britain we talk of 20/20, but I don't know what that means either.

As to the rest, I would have passed easily up to about 3 years ago. No longer, after a shoulder injury.

Peter 20/200 refers to someone seeing at 20 feet what others with normal vision see at 200 feet. I don't even know what my vision is without glasses, "somewhere around 20/600 or 20/800" was the last answer I got from my eye doctor when I asked several years ago. I can get my vision corrected to 20/30 or 20/20 which is what really matters. (20/30 would mean I see at 20 feet what someone with normal vision sees at 30 feet... good enough to not get me in an accident driving which is my biggest concern.)

[JustRuck]

I definately couldn't pass the swim currently while recovering from shoulder surgery. I have to do that many push ups and sit ups within a minute to pass the Air Force PT test. And the run time would only get me an 80% for my age. The slowest I can run and pass our run is 14 minutes. And that's even with the altitude adjustments.

Back in my glory days, when I first joined the service, and was in the best shape of my life, I tried to pass the test for Air Force Combat Controller/Pararescue. Me and one other guy destroyed the run time they had set, approximately 10:30 for 2 miles, and passed the push ups and sit ups, but we both nearly drowned during the swim. Hey, I was a runner and a cyclist. My only swimming came when I crashed while water skiing. LOL. They told both of us that if we would have made the swim, we were shoe ins to start the training. But they couldn't doctor the records that much.

[JustRuck]

I definately couldn't pass the swim currently while recovering from shoulder surgery. I have to do that many push ups and sit ups within a minute to pass the Air Force PT test. And the run time would only get me an 80% for my age. The slowest I can run and pass our run is 14 minutes. And that's even with the altitude adjustments.

Back in my glory days, when I first joined the service, and was in the best shape of my life, I tried to pass the test for Air Force Combat Controller/Pararescue. Me and one other guy destroyed the run time they had set, approximately 10:30 for 2 miles, and passed the push ups and sit ups, but we both nearly drowned during the swim. Hey, I was a runner and a cyclist. My only swimming came when I crashed while water skiing. LOL. They told both of us that if we would have made the swim, we were shoe ins to start the training. But they couldn't doctor the records that much.

I'm too old now anyway.

[shadragon]

20 years ago, yes. Now, nope. It is not the years, it is the mileage.

I know the answer, but will let Stan perplex you for a while.

[scubaski]

Here's all the requirements:

Qualifications
To be accepted by the Navy Dive and Salvage Training Command (NDSTC), located in Panama City, Fla., you can enlist no later than your 30th birthday. You can apply for the Navy Challenge contract for Divers in the Delayed Entry Program at any time during your first enlistment.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Eyesight 20/200 bilateral correctable to 20/25 with no color blindness
Males and females are eligible
Must be a U.S. citizen and eligible for security clearance
You will also need to pass a Physical Screening Test. This will require you to:

Perform a 500-yard swim using side- or breaststroke in 14 minutes or faster (10-minute rest)
Perform a minimum of 42 push-ups in 2 minutes (2-minute rest)
Perform a minimum of 50 sit-ups in 2 minutes (2-minute rest)
Perform a minimum of 6 dead-hang pull-ups: no time limit (10-minute rest)
Run 1.5 miles in 12 minutes 45 seconds or faster

and the link

http://www.navy.com/...;adSize=300x250

TexasDiver had it 1st!!!

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