 They will run obstacle courses, complete team ropes course challenges, learn basic sailing at the Jacobs Rock Seamanship and Sailing center, and do daily calisthenics, while also learning Coast Guard History, their chain of command, and various other bits of information (collectively known as "indoc").Over the course of the summer, the Swabs are tested repeatedly on indoc through written and oral tests to prepare them for the Boards Indoctrination Exam the following spring, the final test of all the indoc learned over the whole year.Swab Summer is run by the 'cadre', rising 2nd Class (2/c) cadets (Cadets entering their Junior year) who themselves had just experienced Swab Summer two years prior.