Image shows ROTC students at the University of Texas at Arlington participating in water survival and confidence test. 100 military science students went through exercises at UTA outdoor pool. Blindfolded cadets with uniforms and web gear walked off a 15 foot high platform. Then they swim 15 meters with web gear and weapons then abandon the gear for a 50 meter swim while clothed. Lastly, they climb a 40 ft tower for the slide for life where they rappel or slide with a rope across a 100 meter pool. Unidentified student, is shown swimming in web gear and gun in UTA swimming pool. Published in Fort Worth Star Telegram evening edition April 29, 1981.
Item: ROTC Water Survival and Confidence Test
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. ROTC Water Survival and Confidence Test. (1981). Retrieved from https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/img/20158813Chicago/Turabian
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Original image part of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Identifier: AR406-6-7489
Identifier: 20158813
Title: ROTC Water Survival and Confidence Test
Creator: Hoefer, Jerry W. (Photographer)
Description: Image shows ROTC students at the University of Texas at Arlington participating in water survival and confidence test. 100 military science students went through exercises at UTA outdoor pool. Blindfolded cadets with uniforms and web gear walked off a 15 foot high platform. Then they swim 15 meters with web gear and weapons then abandon the gear for a 50 meter swim while clothed. Lastly, they climb a 40 ft tower for the slide for life where they rappel or slide with a rope across a 100 meter pool. Unidentified student, is shown swimming in web gear and gun in UTA swimming pool. Published in Fort Worth Star Telegram evening edition April 29, 1981.
Date Created: 1981-04-29
Coverage: 1980s
Category: Educational Institutions, University of Texas at Arlington
Subject Term: Military organizations, Colleges & universities, Cadets
Address: United States
Collection: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Language: None
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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Title: ROTC Water Survival and Confidence Test
Creator: Hoefer, Jerry W. (Photographer)
Description: Image shows ROTC students at the University of Texas at Arlington participating in water survival and confidence test. 100 military science students went through exercises at UTA outdoor pool. Blindfolded cadets with uniforms and web gear walked off a 15 foot high platform. Then they swim 15 meters with web gear and weapons then abandon the gear for a 50 meter swim while clothed. Lastly, they climb a 40 ft tower for the slide for life where they rappel or slide with a rope across a 100 meter pool. Unidentified student, is shown swimming in web gear and gun in UTA swimming pool. Published in Fort Worth Star Telegram evening edition April 29, 1981.
Date Created: 1981-04-29
Coverage: 1980s
Category: Educational Institutions, University of Texas at Arlington
Subject Term: Military organizations, Colleges & universities, Cadets
Address: United States
Collection: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Language: None
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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