The last few days here have been awesome. Last Thursday we learned about the life rafts, and practiced getting in and out of them. Friday, we did the helo dunker. That turned out to be a lot of fun. Everyone was pretty nervous before our first rude, but we all stayed calm and had no problem. That was the key...just relaxing and going through the steps. Yesterday, Monday, we practiced getting out of our parachute harness if going down over the water. Today, though, was by far the best day. We spent all morning doing PLF's (parachute landing falls) and the virtual reality parachute steering sim. That was pretty cool. Then, we jumped on a boat, and they dropped us in the bay for help ops. API actually has not conducted helo ops for a few months because the helo squadrons have been transitioning o a new platform. I got to be the first in the water and first to be hoisted. It was very cool. The helo got nice and low, and the lifted us just out of the water. Then they put us right back in. However, I do not have a big need to do it again, that meaning I would have just bailed out of my aircraft. 

Anyways, tomorrow is parasailing out in Alabama. That should be a great time. Then, it is off to Corpus for primary on Friday.