Chapter 595 Training Day (Part 2)

The way for rough guys to build relationships is so simple. When Jack and a few bruised and bruised team members shared cold beers, they naturally talked about the windfall they got from the ogres and the impact they had on their lives. changes.

Even though SEAL Team 6 is a T1-level special forces force, it can be called the elite of the elite, but their income level is actually not high. Take Jason, the first-level master sergeant as an example, with all kinds of messy allowances and bonuses. Plus, it’s just over $100,000 a year.

Not to mention the team members under him, such as Clay, who has just shaken off his rookie status, and his annual income is about the same as Jack's when he left the LAPD two years ago.

The original gold had already been cashed in carefully, some was used to repay the housing loan, and some was deposited into the children's education fund.

To be honest, listening to these guys talking about these trivial matters, Jack really felt that these soldiers were just ordinary people, not cold-blooded killing machines.

As Jason said before, Jack's training subjects have just begun. After confirming through various trainings that he can adapt well to the underwater environment, the seals began to teach him how to use a respirator underwater.

Underwater rebreathers are generally divided into two types, open cycle underwater rebreathers and closed rebreathers. The exhaled gas of the former will be discharged into the water, forming the kind of puffing bubbles, which can only be used in deeper water. Underwater operations.

The latter does not release bubbles, and the exhaled gas will be collected back into the air tank. However, the diving depth of a closed respirator usually does not exceed 10 meters. It is only suitable for covertly approaching targets and is not suitable for underwater operations.

In addition, there are underwater navigation, how to use sign language to communicate underwater, and long and boring theoretical lessons.

At the same time, Jack also needs to learn blasting, both land combat blasting and underwater blasting, and is interspersed with training on the use and maintenance of various light weapons.

Time passed quickly. A month passed. Jason, who had been busy running between taking care of his seriously injured wife and assigning a training plan to Jack, was shocked to find that his plan book was almost torn up.

Real seal training is actually far more cruel than what Jack has experienced. What is it like to swim in full gear in water with less than 15 degrees Celsius? A group of several people carry a rubber boat and rush to the waves, and then complete it after paddling for several miles. Return to a certain target and carry the rubber boat back to the starting point.

There are also long-distance running trainings covered with sand all over the body, enduring the severe pain of the damaged skin coming into contact with the sea water, and risking crotch infection or even ulceration by crawling on the beach beaten by the waves, motionless in the cold sea breeze.

There is also the even more terrifying Hell Week, which lasts five days in total, with four meals a day, training and training with no rest time. During these five days, the total sleep time is less than 6 hours.

Jack didn't enjoy these terrible experiences, and of course there was no need for it. After all, Jason originally just wanted Jack to keep up with the rhythm of his team and not to lag behind in combat.

But soon this kid proved himself with actual actions. Not only was his physical fitness superior to everyone else, but he was also in no way inferior to his own team members in shooting, fighting, and CQB.

Although overall, Jack is still far from being a real special operations team member, but by teaching a skill like this, he can quickly get started within a few days, and quickly become proficient in learning ability at a level similar to theirs. , which is really surprising.

Jason was surprised to find that in just one month of training, Jack had already perfectly achieved his original expectations. There were still two months to go. In addition to continuing to let him participate in CQB drills to hone the tacit understanding between his team, He couldn't think of any new training plan.

Jason had a feeling that even if it took 8-9 months for Jack to undergo full SEAL training, he would eventually stand out and become the kind of top rookie that each team was competing for.

Fortunately, someone who was eager to learn quickly made a request that made Jason feel both embarrassed and relieved. It was not that he really wanted to receive full special operations training, but that he wanted to learn to skydive and fly an airplane.

Jack had gained a little this month. Not only had he learned professional diving skills, but he had also become proficient in driving small boats. As a result, he was no longer satisfied with amphibious special operations and turned his attention to the sky.

As a senior sergeant major, Jason still has some energy. Of course, this may also have something to do with Jack's call to Rosie.

After signing a series of life-and-death agreements, Jack was sent on a plane. Of course, he wasn't just stuffed with an parachute bag and dropped from the sky. Instead, he went to the Army Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia. Basic skydiving training.

It only took Jack three days to start from the basic high jumping platform, learn landing protection postures, understand theoretical knowledge, stack parachute bags, and finally climb to the high paratrooper training tower.

As a pretender who can use the heroic landing posture when jumping from a height of three to four meters, the paratrooper training tower with a height of tens of meters is obviously not enough to scare him.

A week later, he jumped out of a small propeller plane and completed the first "Sir, we have our feet on the ground!" (Hell's paratroopers are forever God!!!) for the first time in his life.

However, this was just the beginning. After several simple skydiving experiences, for two full weeks, in addition to basic physical training, he spent most of his time in the wind tunnel for skydiving training, learning how to adapt to the airflow and control in the air. attitude.

After overcoming the psychological barriers, ordinary skydiving is actually not too difficult except for some accidental risks. It has even become a sport that can be participated by 70 or 80-year-old women.

After all, the automatic parachute opening device is very mature. You just need to learn to use reasonable postures to land in different terrains. If it doesn't work, you can still use it with an expert to perform a tandem jump.

For Jack, simply experiencing parachuting or improving his skills to the level of an ordinary airborne soldier obviously does not meet his expectations. After all, in the country he is in now, it is nothing more than a matter of spending some money.

Anyone with some military knowledge has heard of the most common and dangerous HAHO (high jump, high open) and HALO (high jump, low open) in special operations operations.

Ordinary skydiving heights usually do not exceed 3,000 meters. You can jump directly wearing a shirt and shorts, as long as you don’t forget to carry a parachute.

Both of these skydiving methods are high-altitude skydiving (High Altitude) that is different from conventional skydiving. Depending on the mission requirements, the height is usually between 6,000 meters and 10,000 meters.

Different from a certain chicken game, when a person is really at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters above sea level, he will face three problems, namely hypoxia, hypothermia and decompression sickness.

The first two are well understood, but few people know about high-altitude decompression sickness. This is the same principle as decompression sickness caused by a sudden and rapid ascent in deep-sea diving. The dissolved nitrogen in the blood turns into bubbles again under low pressure. Blockage of blood vessels can lead to death in severe cases.

Therefore, in many film and television works, those who open the hatch and jump directly from an altitude of 10,000 meters are superheroes. Serious people are sitting on the transport plane honestly, just like Jack is now, wearing a cold-proof suit and an oxygen mask. Perform pre-drainage of nitrogen.

After breathing pure oxygen for 75 minutes, as the altitude climbed, the air pressure in the cabin became lower and lower. Then everyone began to fart uncontrollably, and the smell in the cabin became increasingly weird.

Fortunately, no one can hear it now. On the communication channel, the SEALs are making vulgar jokes to each other, laughing and joking as if they are about to participate in an ordinary outing.

As the sound of the motor came, the rear cabin door of the C130 slowly opened, forming a slope. The sound of the roaring wind almost covered up the roar of the aircraft's engine.

The early morning sunlight shone into the cabin through the thin atmosphere. Jack's adrenaline began to secrete slowly, and his whole body began to become nervous involuntarily.

I didn't skydive, I checked a lot of information, and I tried my best to make it feel real to everyone.

PS, Master Chief is a real man!