Would you do the PJ minimum standard test for fun?

Let me repeat the title of this blog post:
Would you do the PJ (Air Force Reserve's elite pararescue jumpers) minimum standard test for fun?

Maybe I should not use the word fun, but rather "just because?"

This workout was the 26.2 Crossfit WOD on 12/16. Coach Allie is training one of his members, Josh, an aspiring PJ, to pass the test.

Here it is:
(AMRAP= as many reps as possible)

AMRAP in 1 minute pullups 8min/20max
Rest 1 minute
AMRAP in 2 minutes Situps 55min/100max
Rest 1 minute
AMRAP in 2 min pushups 45min/100max
Rest1min
AMRAP in 2 min flutterkicks 45 min/75max
Rest 10 min
3mile run in in less than 22minutes.
Rest 15 min
Swim 25 meters underwater
return on the surface
Rest 1 min
Swim 25M underwater
return on the surface
Rest 3 minutes
1500M swim (with fins) within 28-minute time limit

Post reps for each exercise and times to comments. Pull ups are dead hang, Push ups fail if you rest on the ground, Flutterkicks fail if your feet hit the ground.

Ok, so what do you think? Crazy, right? At least for anyone not interesting in becoming a PJ.

The plan is to do this workout on Friday, Christmas Eve day, my first day of vacation from work. I will not "pass" this test or come close. Only men are allowed into the PJs and thus the test is designed for men. I certainly cannot run 3 miles in 22 minutes. The rest will be a challenge, too, I think the greatest coming in not touching the ground in the 2 minutes of pushups-- the "rest" position being with arms extended in the up position.

But if I rest on the ground or my feet touch the ground in flutter kicks, I will not lose my job, or have to retake the rest. I am not an aspiring PJ.

But there's some honor in putting forth the effort to see what it is like.

For those who know me, you'll know the swim portion will be the easiest. Each weekend, I train with my father as coach doing a ton of breath control. We do underwater lengths combined with hard swimming all the time. We train our brains to understand and deal with the feeling of "I am out of breath and I have to breathe...now!" Or as he says, "I feel ok, I don't feel ok, I think I'm going to die!"

My father says it's not so much that we are "out of oxygen," but that we are filled with CO2. So, we breath out forcefully to create a vacuum for air to be sucked back into the lungs... the opposite of hyper ventilating. It also works to level off the heartbeat back down, in preparation to go again.

I rested from the gym today and yesterday in preparation for this workout. Weather should be good. Pool closes at 2. Just need to rest and fuel up properly. What a better way to spend Xmas eve day and first day of my vacation?