[header] How to survive marine boot camp [title] Learn to swim before boot camp if you don't know how. [step] You will most likely wash out of boot camp if you can't swim. Passing a swimming exam is a major part of getting through boot camp. 
Though they will send you through remedial training if you don't pass the first time, make it easier on yourself by learning to swim before camp. [substeps] Washing out means you fail your training and aren't advanced into the marines.