Navy Skills for Life - Water Survival Training - Clothing Inflation

[@AdventureTravelTwins]

I'm glad it worked but I did it in a different way. First put a knot in each leg inflate the jeans and squeeze the waist between your legs then put it under your t-shirt. Lay on your back and float with both hands free that will give you the ability to navigate in the waves and to wave with both arms. Makes it easier to get spotted and it's a better isolation in cold water. Then breath out under the t-shirt that will help also to keep the upper body warm.

[@dancharleton]

I think it's flying under everyone's radar that you are "that German guy"! Kudos for staying composed under pressure. What a story to tell.

[@AdventureTravelTwins]

@@dancharleton not for everyone you spotted me. I knew most important in such a situation is to stay calm and don't get panic.

[@JadeCordova]

Thanks for sharing! I also learned your way (individual leg knots) when we were taught basic fully-clothed underwater safety when I was a junior counselor for summer camp some decades ago. We trained wearing jeans and long sleeves in the pool and how to inflate them (overhead technique mostly) and also to breathe under clothes for warm air. Never thought I'll ever apply it, but you did! Awesome!

[@abcdefg7878]

Thanks for the tip. You’ll probably not see this reply that I’m sending but if you do could you please make a video or some kind of tutorial so it will be easier to understand. Thanks!

[@ErManu10]

I don't understand. How you keep the waist part closed so that air doesn't escape? Is there any video where I could see it? Thank you

[@svemirka113]

Just read some German tourist used this method which he saw somewhere until rescue team find him after 3 hrs.

[@raviolooo3841]

Same!

[@bilfa98]

luckily he didn't wear ripped jeans or he would be dead now. :) fashion kills

[@yhc9351]

+1

[@thatdopekidjon9701]

I’m here because of that too lol

[@officialmissfj6574]

thats why im here coz i read his article today on facebook

[@BiGGCaiN24]

Learned this in the Navy in 2001. Very legit life saving technique

[@EL-pz5rp]

Tested and approved by the German man who fell overboard.

[@EL-pz5rp]

www.foxnews.com/world/man-survives-hours-lost-at-sea-off-new-zealand-after-turning-jeans-into-flotation-device

[@birb2197]

Oh thats cool

[@renatekabanova7874]

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[@XhuwagKangEpal]

As a future BPE (PE educator). we need to teach student on swimming, and Im glad this thing help me a lot in my lesson plan, THANKS!

[@Hotshotter3000]

That is an extremely useful tip. I had no idea you could do that.

[@richardturner6981]

This is good to know. My father was in the Navy in WW2 and he told me about this.

[@jimisland7664]

"Yes, you will look absolutely ridiculous, but you will live with that shame. Live!"

[@manishmaharjan2986]

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[@nonchablunt]

this lifehack just saved a german guy's life! it does work.

[@hquwx6027]

This actually fye as hell this will most likely save your life

[@Stridonjerome]

Who else is here because of the German guy?

[@kellylo9229]

john korleone me 😂

[@robertgibbs7387]

As a 12 year old I was trained to do this at the local swimming pool in england in 1968 ! Except it was with pyjama trousers instead of jeans !

[@1L1E1N1A]

Gott sei Dank leben beide. Ich kenne seinen Bruder Helge von Boot, er kommt aus Oldenburg /Olb. Deutschland.

[@Hebdomad7]

ja

[@officialmissfj6574]

meee

[@jwanmlli6653]

A life saving technique, thanks!

[@americasnavy]

HOOYAH!

[@M4G4M4N]

Save the boots if you've got a feeling it could be days or weeks before rescue as you'll need them for walking, making beef jerky, for thread, making traps, fires, flesh light, trading and most importantly if you have ammo you can make a homemade bird/buck shot 12 guage

[@spinvalve]

I learnt this technique in swim school when i was 10yo and never forgot it. Instructor told us kids to come wearing our pajamas that day so we inflated PJ pants. It was fun and memorable.

[@sebrenaz911]

They taught us in coveralls. We used the slap method.

[@Tadaia]

HA I remember this from navy training in 1984. It actually works.

[@Rose-zi9ve]

Your video is presented very well. Thank you for sharing.

[@asdf0747]

this is absolutely crucial. a lot of people dont know how to swim and this method will help poeple from drowning. at least 3-4k people die from drowning in USA each year. This means, at least 20x the people dying from it dont know how to swim. I think this method should be taught in every middle school at the very least.

[@esedda6219]

What type of material is best for pants floating device?

[@indigouno]

Thanks for sharing👌

[@sHiNoB16]

Thanks a lot guys.

[@3dartistguy]

thats COOL!> when I went to boot camp in 2002, we had to put on wet coveralls and jump in the pool and force air into the opening.

[@vanderslagmulders]

Thanks. Best instructions by far on how to do this!

[@brianboswell4659]

The technique I was shown involved inflating the jacket using a splash method. After that, you just continue to prone float.

[@franciscogalvan6281]

Will this work with denim jeans? Or do you have to wear a specific type of fabric pant

[@bilfa98]

this video and the german tourist taught us never to wear ripped jeans unless you want to die

[@USAcit]

Yes good advice

[@ThatCarGuy1983]

Or button fly

[@veredaleware145]

Brings back boot camp days DC2 for life

[@karensanchez4593]

wow this is actually a really good survival tip thanks.

[@Teleios15013]

This is so cool and clever

[@aminedest9929]

thanks for sharing !

[@talkaboutwacky]

I remember reading about two people on a cruise falling over the side drunkenly at night but fortunately one was a Navy veteran who remembered his training and did this and it saved them both. Ironically though the two of them were engaging in a tryst as both were with their spouses on the cruise and it was the investigation (reviewing security cameras) that exposed their affair, lol

[@joseville]

What type of fabric does this work with?

[@aitotskieyamada6843]

real survivors methods, instincts of survival

[@xiaobingas]

0:27 教官右手的褲腳要在內側，左手的褲腳在外側，然後結環拉緊。其效果是有很大區別。

[@chrisg1499]

细心的家伙儿

[@lifeguardlloyd]

Excellent! Is there a way to down load the video to show off-line?

[@americasnavy]

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[@3d1stp3rs0n]

so important!

[@mwitbrot]

Where can one get those rubber trousers?

[@zacharybird810]

Could you explain how to remove the boots.

[@joeperez-marchese1213]

Hold your breath, reach down for a few seconds at a time and untie the laces enough until you can kick off each boot using your heels.

[@lelaki88]

How do you secure the waist so you can have your hands free?

[@AA-bz3og]

Maybe clamp it between your legs

[@b_f_d_d]

its an old method but it works

[@gissie391]

We learnt his at school doing silver survival swimming.

[@s014001]

如果穿的是短褲或是沒長褲怎麼辦?

[@joan9569]

We were taught this in lifeguard school.

[@Alwayseshines]

Are all methods required

[@huaichien]

How do you then tie the hip end of the trousers?

[@apealeal3973]

You don't

[@eroticnarwhal2648]

Just saw that German guy that used this tactic, does anyone know if you have to re-inflate the pants every once in a while? I’d assume the air would leak out over time.

[@AdventureTravelTwins]

Yes you need to reinflate it after a while.

[@WookieeMonster]

When we wore bell-bottom dungarees, we didn't need to remove our boots; the pants fit over them.

[@ThatCarGuy1983]

Only as far as the bottom don't they get narrower towards the thigh/waist

[@camabron1]

But you have to grab onto the other end constantly.

[@harchitb]

better than having to swim

[@handarule]

Yeahhh I'm gonna take that over treading water

[@anniesowu4723]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@tea692]

Yooo that’s awesome

[@GhettoWagon]

31 soiled their pants when watching this video.

[@jdghost7590]

We got to learn this in bootcamp haha

[@Mohammed-bd7ql]

Lesson: Never wear ripped jeans around the sea.

[@aominefortune1676]

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[@lorenfok1097]

A cruise crew member who fell over board lasted about 24 hours in open water before he was found. I wander if he used this technique cause I don't think it's possible to tread for 24 hours lol

[@texascpa]

I believe it was only 4 hours.

[@WiLismyname]

My friends ma called me to tell me he's missing (I got in contact with him, it's ok) and I offhandedly mentioned how I ran away and almost drowned in a river and she sent me this This is so weird

[@pcstar123]

Need to wear pants that are airtight before going into the water :)

[@adbossfirst2329]

Qui est la grâce a john shepp🤗👇👇

[@291281]

👖👌

[@AnimeeARTs]

I first saw this in anime Barakamon lol

[@veikkakarvonen831]

Why don't they teach this?? Not even a video tutorial in a classroom

[@TheHakeReport]

Geeeeniuuuuus

[@dnd_9028]

Peer reviewed by 30 yr old german tourist for 3 hrs

[@diggadigga265]

Xd i cant even open my eyes ender water. And mostly i ll forget this trick. Give up is the only way.

[@shahrokhshamloo3431]

If I had the skill to take off my pants in the water, I would not drown

[@pollyfoofoo8703]

Damnit would be the day i wore a skirt

[@k.s.3748]

This assumes your pants are tightly woven twill or waterproof in the first place.

[@thirdactwarrior317]

Most trousers will work. Jeans, cotton khakis, wool, etc. It wouldn't work with any kind of knit, but who wears those?

[@Stridonjerome]

He also says keep blowing are inside to keep the Inflated

[@michaelvalbuena7308]

I hope i am not going to that ever in my life

[@mr.wseguy7803]

Pants do not hold air this only helps people who just happen to have on windbreaker pants lol

[@thirdactwarrior317]

Not true. I learned this technique in the Navy in the very pool in the video and I used cotton khaki pants. The fact that the fabric is saturated with water causes a surface tension that holds in the air. The trousers will deflate as the fabric dries out and you have to repeat the process.

[@michaellim4165]

Nope, your wrong. Used this technique in basic Army training. The wet pants will hold in the air locking it from scraping. However, you will still have to maintain it by dosing it with water to keep it from drying out. Of course you would have to occasionally blow air into it. It's much, much better than treading water. Try it if you dont believe me.

[@mr.wseguy7803]

@@michaellim4165 uh...mine didnt work and im getting tired of swimming....and i think i got crabs. You are incorrect but the person who commented the exact same thing made a good point lol

[@Stridonjerome]

The German guy was saved after 3.5 hours in sea after falling off a boat so it's probably working

[@mr.wseguy7803]

@@Stridonjerome i just tried it in the pool my jeans do not hold air at all lol as i have stated Dont people read comments anymore?