Brian Landry to Appear on Discovery Channel's 'Surviving the Cut'

ORONO, Maine -- Brian Landry, (Yorktown, Va.) a junior on the University of Maine men's swimming team, will appear Wednesday night at 10 p.m. on the Discovery Channel's 'Surviving the Cut'.

Landry took part in the Special Forces Underwater Combat Divers Courses over the summer. The course is geared toward training Special Forces and Army Rangers to become combat divers. Landry was chosen as one of 24 to go for a tryout. He spent two weeks at the United States Military Academy at West Point. From this course, 12 were selected to go on to the actual courses in Key West, Fla. for six weeks. Atotal of 56 took part in the schooling. Landry was trained in a variety of fields including physical training in and out of the pool, running underwater lengths of the pool up to 50 meters and underwater harassment. The tactical portion of the course followed which consisted of beach infiltrations, zodiac boat work, and jumping out of helicopters (helocasting).

Landry was one of 33 to make it through the vigerous training and graduate from the course.

Tune in to the Discovery Channel at 10 p.m. on Wednesday night to see Landry in action at the Special Forces Underwater Combat Diving School.

To see a preview of this weeks episode click here.



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