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eight feet deep in the deep end?

What if your nose plug didn't work?

What if another swimmer

had cut into your lane?

For the love of God,

you could have been killed.

Your schedule says that you will

perform a PT test this morning.

That will not be necessary.

Water is where

you've been called to serve.

Water is where you will be tested.

This will serve

in place of your PT in-test.

This is a golno-go exercise.

You will tread water for one hour.

You touch the wall, you fail.

You touch the bottom, you fail.

You fail and you go home.

Senior, this school operates

on a two-challenge rule.

You can't throw them out

on their first day.

If you cannot survive

in a warm pool of water,

then you have no business being here.

Does this class understand?

Yes, Senior Chief!

Oorah, Class 5506.

Now, who here can tell me

the rescue swimmer's motto?

"So others may live," Senior Chief!

Oh, I feel safer already.

You willing to sacrifice your life

so others may live, Goldfish?

Yes, I am, Senior Chief.

You will have to earn that right.

I want all of you to think about that.

There's going to come a time

when you reach the point of exhaustion

and you wanna give up.

Question is, will you?

There are three letters

that will set you free.

DOR. Drop on Request.

Look at that.

Waste of time.

- You all right?

- Hey. Come on, stay up.

Somebody help him out.

Hey, he's going under, man!

Help him out.

Come on!

- Help him out.

- Help him out!

Guys, relax, man!

Come on.

Come on, man.

You're dismissed.

- I cramped up.

- You're gone.

Let's go, Lyons,

out of the water. Hurry up.

- Let's go.

- Let's go.

On your feet.

muscle does not float.

Petty Officer Watson,

pull them out of the pool.

Aye, aye, Senior Chief.

Let's go, people, out of the water.

Hurry up! Let's move, people!

Hurry up! Hurry up!

Class leader, right here.

I thought you said you were willing

to sacrifice your life for another.

I am, Senior Chief.

Then why didn't you

save your teammate

when he reached out for you?

I wasn't aware we were working

as a team, Senior Chief.

That's the only way we work,

swim champ.

Aye, aye, Senior Chief.

A**hole.

- Come again?

- You heard me.

Hey, hey, hey! Ease up! Ease up!

- It's not worth it.

- Come on.

Good news, Lyons. I think there's

an opening on my buoy tender.

I'll put in a word for you, huh?

I'm really gonna miss that guy.

- Hey, man, what are you doing?

- Got your bunk back.

- Captain.

- Ben. Come in.

You work fast.

Lyons,

he was one of our top candidates.

Sometimes you gotta shoot a hostage.

Look, we all know

that you're a legend and all,

but our program

has been proven to work.

There's a gap between training and

what really happens out there, Cujo.

- Oh, really?

- That's right.

My intention is to narrow that gap.

Now, if someone has a problem

with that idea,

I'd like to hear about it.

Is this how it's gonna be, sir?

Yes, it is.

- Permission to be dismissed, sir?

- Granted.

Let's go. Let's go.

Keep it together. Look tight!

Keep it together. Let's go. Let's move.

You've got three minutes

to get this gear on. All of it.

Set! Go!

Let's go.

Are you ready?

Come on, rescue swimmer!

Don't quit on me.

Do you hear me?

Do you hear me?

Pop tall! Pop tall! Pop tall!

If you make a mistake, just fess up to it.

Take your licks and we'll press on.

Everybody now is gonna pay

for your potty mouth.

- Down. Up.

- One!

Down.

- Up.

- Three!

Down. Up.

Five! Six!

- Forward.

- Seven!

Are you crazy?

I'm the commander! Get up!

- Oorah!

- Get down! Get down!

Oorah!

Go.

Oorah.

Oorah.

Oorah!

Can you die from chlorine poisoning?

I can't feel my legs. I'm serious.

I don't know about you guys,

but I feel good.

This Randall guy, he's operating

on some whole other cylinder.

What is it, two weeks, and he's failed

almost half the class already?

He's a legend.

They say he's got

something like 200 saves.

I heard it was 300.

Who cares what his number is?

If he's such a stud,

what's he doing here?

How we feeling, boys?

Hey, Z, where you going?

My sister's best friend

is getting married,

and they're having

a big reception downtown.

I promised her I'd go.

Wait, you said wedding reception?

- Congratulations.

- Thanks.

Hi.

- Congratulations.

- Hi.

Nice to meet you.

Yes, Kodiak, Alaska.

The number for Helen Randall.

Okay, try Helen Freeman.

You betcha.

Hi, you've reached

Helen. Leave a message.

Helen, it's Ben.

Jesus, that was weird.

Haven't had to use your maiden name

since we were kids.

Helen, if you're there, just pick up.

We need to talk.

Please.

All right. All right.

To those who have fallen,

to those who have survived Phase 1.

- Cheers.

- Cheers.

- Oorah, oorah, oorah.

- Guys, this is great.

And to our gal Lindsey.

You can rescue me anytime.

- Did he just say that?

- You did not just say that.

- Did he just say that?

- You did not just say that.

You know what, Doran?

You, I think I might actually let drown.

Oh!

Hey, Senior Chief.

Ben, she's hot tonight.

This place has not changed.

- From Kodiak, Alaska...

- Don't.

... Senior Chief Ben Randall

is in the house,

big as day and still alive.

I must owe somebody money.

- You're terrible.

- Oh, Ben.

I heard a rumor you were gonna be

teaching here in town.

If that ain't the karmic wheel spinning,

I don't know what is.

Well. To the prodigal's return.

- Where's your better half?

- She decided to stay home.

- Oh.

- Work stuff.

Yeah. Winter in Kodiak.

Let me see. Winter in Louisiana.

- All right, stop. Stop.

- "She decided to stay home."

Well, it's a good thing

we got a full bottle and half the night.

Yes, we do.

Check it out. She's staring at you.

That girl right there

is not staring at me.

Did you just point at her?

- Did she see you point?

- I don't know.

All right, now you gotta go talk to her.

You gotta go make a move.

- Yeah.

- I can't.

I just don't feel comfortable right now

talking to women.

You're telling me

you wanna jump out of helicopters

- for a living...

- You're talking to me.

...but you can't go talk to a girl?

- That's exactly what I was telling you.

- You're smooth.

All right, look,

I'm gonna help you out here.

I'll show you how it's done.

Pick out the hottest girl in here.

I'll take her home.

- Oh, gosh.

- Okay.

- Here he go, now.

- No, how about I will find the girl?

All right.

- Okey-doke.

- Who you thinking?

Make sure she's hot.

- Where you looking?

- Okay.

At the bar. Two o'clock.

- Yes.

- That's a good one.

There's no way in hell

she's talking to you.

- That one?

- Yeah, that one.

Hundred bucks says

she shuts you down

in less than a minute.

Boom.

- That looks like a bet to me, Jake.

- That's a bet.

All right. All right.

Hundred bucks says I close

in less than a minute.

Oh, absolutely.

- Hats off, man.

- Tick-tock. Tick-tock. Tick-tock.

Clock starts when I talk to her.

That's fine.

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