Your technical training will provide you with the opportunity for hands-on practice of the lessons learned in the classroom. Here you will learn the skills of a Sailor. You will learn to handle and shoot the M9 service pistol and M870 shotgun properly. You will learn basic seamanship, basic water survival skills, basic shipboard damage control, firefighting and anti-terrorism.

Marlinspike
Basic Seamanship Phase

"I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." -- John Paul Jones

One of the most physically challenging and motivating events in your training calendar is Basic Seamanship. You will start with the basics of line handling and shipboard watch standing. Don't relax, your training will move quickly. By the end of the third day you will be tested on getting the USS MARLINSPIKE (simulated training ship) underway and back to port safely as a team. Successful completion of this vigorous training will put you one step closer to the final hurdle "Battle Stations."

Are you Sea Worthy?

Firefighting
". . .Fire! Class Alpha Fire in compartment 2-90-1-L, mess decks!. . ."

When fire breaks out onboard ship there is no calling 911. You can't leave and wait for the fire department to show up. Every Sailor onboard the ship is a firefighter and must know what to do when an emergency happens.

Firefighting is one of the most important phases of your training at RTC. We will teach you to respond as a team so that you can return from sea alive. The firefighting phase will consist of 5 days of classroom lectures and hands-on fire team training. You will learn about basic shipboard damage control, how to combat flooding, how to make casualty reports like the one listed above, the chemistry of fire, and how fire is extinguished. We will teach you to protect yourself and your shipmates against the hazards of fire, smoke, and a chemical weapon attack. By the end of training, you will man a hose as a team and give orders at the scene to put out the fire rapidly and safely. Are you ready to test your courage?

Water Survival

RTC's Water Survival Division will provide you with basic Survival-at-Sea techniques, including lifeboat organization, survival kit contents and usage, and the 3rd class swim qualification. Your training will ensure that you can stay afloat and stay alive without the use of a personal floatation device in open water long enough to be rescued if you were to fall overboard. This includes swimming 50-yards, a 5-minute prone float, and clothing inflation.

Water Survival Instructors are certified experts in swim instruction, in-water rescue, life guarding, and CPR. Every Sailor graduating RTC must be a qualified swimmer.

Weapons Training

Your weapons training will consist of marksmanship fundamentals, M9 service pistol and M870 shotgun characteristics, clearing barrel procedures, and weapons safety practices for successful completion of the Navy Handgun Qualification Course and M870 shotgun familiarization. In addition, you will receive basic Anti-Terrorism / Force Protection training. You will be going into harm's way. We will give you the skills you need to protect your ship, your shipmate, and yourself.

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