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As
a Special Forces unit, Paskal's personnel
must be mentally and physically agile. Every
new trainees are required to undergo 3 months
of basic commando training at RMN Lumut
Naval Base and then, they will be sent to
SWTC (Special Warfare Training Centre),
Sungai Udang to experience basic parachuting
and diving. Those who passed the grueling
training process, will continue to withstand
the Advanced First Class training. Paskal's
personnel are given specialize courses in
several fields such as medical, communications,
explosives and electrical / mechanical repairing.
They are also required to pass a physical
test once for every three months. Among
the test conducted:
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7.8km
running in 24 minutes (below 24 years
of age)
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1.5km
swimming not more than 25 minutes (in
swimming pool)
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6.4km
sea swimming with full combat load in
under 120 minutes
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Free
style swimming for 1.5km under 31 minutes
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Swimming
with hands and feet tighten together
for about 75m
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Diving
without breathing apparatus for about
50m in depth
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Paskal is strongly
influenced by the tactics and organization
of British Special Boat Section (SBS). Paskal
usually trains with GGK as well as US Navy's
SEAL, Indonesian Navy's KOPASKA and, of
course - SBS. One of the 'problems' that
Paskal is facing right now are the very
low passing rate of it's trainees. This
is particularly because the selection process
is so tough, that the passing rate was supposedly
5 - 10% only. As an example, from 100 personnel
who undergo the basic commando training,
only about 10 of them are qualified and
selected to join Paskal.

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