Oh man... this brings back some memories! I was attached to COMCRUDESGRU-8 in the late 80's, and most of the staff had to go through dunker training! We did a lot of jumping between ships when deployed via helo (cabling was another adventure on a pitching deck). Was terrifying the first time. We did 5 total dunks. First was everyone out whatever opening they could find, second was with blacked out visor out any exit, third was all out the same exit, fourth was out the same exit with the black visor... fifth time was just for fun lol!
Did this in p’Cola as an AF exchange Officer.... kept trying to tell them that in AF water survival if we got wet we failed the course.... they didn’t buy it
This was nerve-racking but also exciting at the same time. Everyone has assigned windows to exit out of. You have to do it numerous times experiencing each position inside the simulated helo. First time the nerves and adrenaline are going but you get used to it.