I’m Special Boat Operator Chief Chris Favata.
I was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. I decided to join the Navy. The 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 stands for Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewmen. Our primary job is an insert extract platform for special operations forces and Navy SEALs.
We’re there to to bring them in and get them out.
If bullets start flying, then going to be there to send them back the opposite away 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.
Most important part is staying clandestine on the waters 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 aircrafts, calling in air strikes, dropping bombs, shooting guns and driving boats.
There's nothing like it.
A riverine team down in Mississippi operates Special Operations Craft Riverine. It’s our primary riverine boat.
There's nothing like being out on a SUCR. It's kind of like a roller coaster ride.
Having the controls to stop on a dime, it's a pretty exciting exciting job.
With the SUCR brings a multitude of different types of weapons; Gal miniguns, 50 caliber machine guns. Shooting the 50 cal is a pretty intense. There’s nothing like it in the world.
I think the things that 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, you know 2 to 3 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 on the water and if you're not comfortable water you just not going to make it.
At the SWCC school in Coronado, California, they’ll throw everything at you. It's it's pretty intense in the beginning.
You’re definitely put in a lot of situations that the average person doesn't have to go through, and you definitely have to adapt and overcome.
When I’m not spending it with my wife my two dogs, I’m usually back out on the water in my kayak. Anything that that I can, you know, chill.
I sit back, relax and and get a workout doing it. That's 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 would be cut out for this, this community is definitely a driven person some with a lot of integrity and someone that's a team player.
Those are some of the things that you we definitely to have you are you want to be a part of this community.
You just need to get with your local recruiter and they lost in the right direction to get with a out SWCC motivator.
Hopefully you pass the PST and become one of us.
I hope I was able to answer the majority of questions that you had on either the Navy or SWCC community. If not, be sure to go to Navy.com to find out any other information that you may need.