I'm Special Boat Operator, Chief Chris Favata.
I was born and raised in Buffalo, New York.
Decided to join the Navy. Main reason for joining the Navy
was to do something special get in this Naval Special Warfare.
Whether it be the SEAL teams or the boat teams.
SWCC is an acronym, SWCC, and it stands for
Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman.
Our primary job is an insert/extract platform for special operations
forces and Navy SEALs. We're there to bring them in and get 'em out.
Bullets start flying, then we'll be there to send them back
the opposite way and get our guys out safe.
Most like being a SWCC because I can be out on the water,
we're protecting the waterways for the United States
and other countries. Ultimately, keeping this country safe.
We do direct action missions, special reconnaissance missions,
insert/extractions of Navy SEALS and special operations forces.
"Wolfpack, this is witch doctor requesting an immediate
hot extract. Taking on heavy effective enemy fire
from about three o'clock position."
The most important part is staying clandestine on the water,
and getting the teams in that we are inserting under the cover of
darkness, quiet and undetected.
Probably the coolest thing I've ever done as a SWCC is controlling
multiple, different types of aircraft, calling in air strikes,
dropping bombs, shooting guns and driving boats.
There's nothing like it.
Our riverine team down in Mississippi operates a Special Operations
Craft Riverine. It's our primary riverine boat. There's nothing like
being out on a SOC-R. It's kinda like a roller coaster ride.
Having the controls to stop on a dime. It's a pretty exciting,
exciting job. With the SOC-R brings a multitude of different
types of weapons, Gow mini guns ? 50 caliber machine guns.
Shooting the 50 cal is a pretty intense.
There's nothing like it in the world.
I think the things you need to do to prepare yourself for our training,
you definitely need to start running, you don't have to run many miles
each day, two to three miles a day. Probably the biggest thing is
getting in the water and getting comfortable in the water.
There's a lot of evolutions in SWCC training that revolve
around the water. If you're not comfortable in the water,
you're just not going to make it.
At the SWCC school on Coronado, California they'll throw everything at ya.
It's ah pretty intense in the beginning, you're definitely put in a
lot of situations that the average person doesn't have to go through.
You definitely have to adapt and overcome.
When I'm not spending it with my wife and my two dogs,
I'm usually back out on the water in my kayak.
Anything that I can just chill, sit back, relax and get a workout doing it,
you know, that's what I like.
I've been all over the world since I joined the Navy, Korea,
the Philippines, Germany, France, Nigeria, Columbia,
just about every continent. I wouldn't change it for anything.
The kind of person that ah that would be cut out for this this
job this community, is definitely a driven person, someone with
a lot of integrity, and someone that's a team player.
I think those are some of the things you definitely need to have
if you want to be part of this community.
You just need to get with your local recruiter and they'll send you
in the right direction and get you with a SWCC motivator.
Hopefully pass the PST and become one of us.
I hope I was able to answer the majority of the questions that
you had on either the Navy or the SWCC community.
If not, be sure to go to navy.com to find out any other information
that you may need.