Instructors help children build confidence in aquatic skills and lay down a secure foundation for water safety and personal fitness. The program offers private swimming lessons as well as classes for ...

Tactical Air Control Party Airmen competing in Lightning Challenge 2022 swim during a 1,500-meter timed event Nov. 3, 2022, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. (Katherine Spessa/Air Force) If ...

On Friday, Nov. 10, the Cornell Water Competency Graduation Requirement was updated according to “more modern water safety competency based on industry standards.” The new test requires students to ...

Basic Underwater Demolition/SEALs students swim 100 meters with bound hands and feet as part of their first-phase swimming test. The test is used as a tool to examine how comfortable each student ...

Every year in the United States, an estimated 4,000 children die from unintentional drowning. May is Water Safety Month, an annual awareness campaign aimed at educating people on how to stay safe in ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- In a groundbreaking effort to close the water safety gap and equip children with a vital life skill, a new public-private partnership is launching a free swim instruction ...

HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. — Hundreds of Houston County School District second graders are getting their feet wet and learning a crucial life skill – swimming. The American Red Cross said drowning is the ...