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Over the 12-year span of my swimming career, I faithfully trusted my coaches when they told me competitive swimming would take me places. At six-years-old, I dreamed of competing in the Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal, and seeing my face on the cover of a Wheaties box. However, at six-years-old, I never envisioned the mental and physical roller coaster that would define my future in the sport. I would experience numerous mental blocks and physical plateaus; I would sometimes go months and even years without achieving a best time; and I would win very few races, especially for the amount of effort I put into my nine practices each week. In high school, I grew frustrated, I doubted both my coaches and myself, and I contemplated quitting more times than I can count. But I kept swimming, hoping that each stroke and each lap would lead to the success that I sought to achieve. Then in 2014, undoubtedly the most frustrating year of my swimming career, I realized that swimming was so much more than just an extracurricular activity for me. It had become a lifestyle that streamlined me into the person I am today: dedicated, driven, and loyally interdependent.

Imagine taking one step into a chlorine-filled arena. The humid air rushes onto your skin. An immense smile spreads across your face. This is because you know everything is about to change. In less than 24 hours you will be holding a glistening gold medal in your hand, standing up on the podium while the Star Spangled Banner blares for the whole world to hear and tears will stream down your face. Taking one look back at your coach, Teri McKeever, you realize if it wasn’t for her you would not be here. Graciously, you run up, swing your arms around her body, and embrace her in a powerful hug that says it all. Swimming is a very intense sport and consumes every second of a swimmer’s free time. However, putting in hundreds

When I first joined the North Attleboro Swim Team my freshman year of high school, I did not know what to expect. Prior to joining, I had never swam on a team before so it was a whole new experience to me. As the first week of swim started, I was apprehensive if I wanted to continue since I was not on the same caliber as my other teammates were. The practices were brutal but extremely rewarding, as I strived to prove myself and to my coaches. As my freshman season was under way, a couple of upperclassmen took

During the spring of 2015, I missed all of the time cuts to make Speedo Sectionals, forcing me to compete in a much slower meet at the end of the season. There are few things I have experienced that are more crushing than trying my hardest and falling short of my goal. Despite the heavy disappointment, I used the opportunity to harden my resolve and use my strengths to my greatest advantage. Along with my coach’s help, I used my ability to think strategically and hone my technique through focus on the smallest details from how I would approach a swim mentally to how I would warm up. My coach had many important and useful suggestions and lessons from his past experience that required me to be an active learner that could apply his information.

As the sun rose, we saw that the water flow washed most of our driveway away. However, that was a small price to pay, as our house had not suffered any flood damage. Upon further research, we discovered that the single fatality of the storm died just two to three minutes from our house after she drove into the flooding and was submerged in her car. When sharing this story, I hope the reader realizes that having the right preparations for natural disasters can mean the difference between safety and thousands of dollars in damage. Without my dad’s smart thinking, my house would have been flooded with multiple inches of water, or even

SFC Burns' vast technical knowledge has aided the brigade efforts during the preparation stages for the execution of a real-world contingency Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations at Camp Buehring. Additionally,

Once Hurricane Katrina made landfall, multiple levees protecting New Orleans unexpectedly failed causing approximately 80 percent of New Orleans to become flooded (History, 2009). The United States Coast Guard, FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue task force, and other responders were deployed to save the lives of those who were unable to

There are several positive advancements that have been realized in fire emergency response over time. Benchmarking on the current status, the Houston Fire Department is likely to evolve in three key areas. First, technological advancement. At the moment, Project Ethan has brought a revolution in emergency response service. Project Ethan has been rolled out across the firehouses in the city. Project Ethan is a solution where people used video chats to communicate with medical doctors on emergencies and receive emergency care services. At the moment, referrals are made between 10am and 6pm on weekdays. From the trends seen with this product, many people are adopting this technology. As a matter of fact, there is a

While Ordnance safety and firefighting standards are the norm today, it took many fatal events, culminating in the loss of 134 lives onboard the USS Forrestal for these changes to become a priority. Every Navy leader should understand the importance of the origins surrounding Ordnance safety and firefighting standards because it prevents future loss of lives and ensure junior Sailors have the resources to fight the ship when needed. This paper will cover the events that lead to improved Ordnance safety standards, standardized firefighting equipment, and firefighting training following two major mishaps culminating in the loss of 134 lives onboard the USS Forrestal in 1967.

In the past three years our team has been given the opportunity to attend this dive in-service training and it has been very beneficial for our unit and the department. The training consists of diving emergencies/CPR practicums and oxygen administration. The swim proficiency test consists of a 400-meter swim, 50 meter under water swim, and dry suit certifications. T.W.R.A. Dive Instructor Allen Pyburn discusses dive tables and performs dive table practicals.

I have been a volunteer surf lifesaving patrol member for over 4 years. During this time, I have been awarded my Bronze Medallion and gained certification in First Aid, Spinal Management, Silver Medallion Basic Beach Management and Advanced Resuscitation Techniques. I have also taken on the leadership role of being Spinal Management Captain within my patrol, and am training to become a Patrol Captain. My experience in surf lifesaving has built my teamwork skills, through my involvement in multiple rescues. Whilst performing first aid I have learnt the importance of delegation of duties such as calling the ambulance, filling in the injury forms, performing a body check, and transporting the patient. Every rescue relies on all members of the

At Emory, I feel that I could most accurately be described as a student-athlete. Academic success takes priority while I’m at Emory, but swimming is a close second. Spending hours daily in the pool, I have become a part of a tight-knit collection of academically and athletically prosperous students. Struggling through difficult sets and disappointing races together makes celebrating success even sweeter. We lean on each other for strength when we feel as if we don’t have enough individually. This team is comprised of caring individuals who work together to make the whole better than the individuals. From this community I have become a better team player and now I can add to the uplifting environment by drawing upon some of my innate qualities that make me a good teammate: I am supportive, dedicated, patient, kind, and hardworking. One of the unique characteristics of the swim team is that we don’t only work on creating a great community within the team, but we try to spread that excitement and desire for success to other communities. The swim team makes great contributions the Emory community by hosting Special Olympics every week at our pool and making appearances at many events such as sporting events and freshman move

I wanted to take the opportunity and convey my gratitude regarding the level of support received during the events leading up to and execution of WOBC Phase II Class 16-002 ALE to this point. The RCTD support staff, both in the stealth room and BMC, have been first class in every aspect. Their ability to adapt to mission requirement makes a challenging exercise seamless and allows us to focus our attention on training the Army's newest aviators. However limited that ability may be (myself and Mr. Oaks' ability), I believe with the help of your staff we were able to achieve a realistic, meaningful, and relevant environment for our class to learn. This level of professionally supported training sets the conditions necessary for these aviators

At the beginning of the semester, the health behaviour change I started pursuing is to swim regularly. My goal of engage in this exercise is to acquire and grasp at least one swimming style by the end of this semester, and the outcome I expect to obtain from it is the improvement of physical fitness. Swimming is a strength-consuming aerobic exercise that brings a variety benefits to one’s physiological and psychological states. Scholarly research has indicated that swimming contributes to weight loss and acceleration of illness recovery (Yuan et al., 2016). Also, it can improve emotional state, physical mobility and functional capacity, all of which can lead to a better quality of life (Karapolat et al., 2009). Leg-arm coordination and neural plasticity were both found to be correlated with long-term swimming behaviour. For aerobic exercises in general, it enhances pulmonary functions and cognitive functions.

More so, the abbreviations and acronyms section brings together all the short forms in need in any search and rescue operation. On the other hand, the glossary section has the definitions of all the terms available in the manual. These two sections present the key to the understanding and following of the manual by anyone involved in the search and rescue operation. Most importantly, the first time operators benefit from the manual use in identifying their roles, search and rescue courses. Finally, these sections give the manual ease and clarity in the usage (IMO & ICAO, 2008).