Pity he never served on Navy boats, he would have been heaved over the
side.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

IIRC he has told a story in the past, either on this NG or one of the
others, of being throw over board. He claims that's how men like him were
taught how to swim.

Problem is he wasn't smart enough to realize, they weren't trying to teach
him how to swim.