Members of the US Marine Corps are drowning while swimming at sea due to an inadequate focus on water survival during the branch’s training, the Marine Corps Times reported on Thursday.
Three Marines have drowned so far in 2022 – two while recreationally swimming and another during training in Hawaii, according to the Naval Safety Center. A total of 39 American troops have died off the coast of Okinawa in particular since 2000, the report also said.
"Especially in Okinawa, Japan, you know, Marines have a little alcohol in their system, and they want to touch the water… And then no one sees them again," Marine Corps water survival instructor Sgt. Kenneth Wilson is quoted as saying in the report. "So [Marines] learn enough to survive in a controlled environment. But what happens when you really hit the real thing?"
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