Originally posted by one-niner:
gee didn't the SSM tell the cadets, if u want to fail, u better faint face down and don't regain conciousiness ?? that will be the safest bet
actually its quite difficult to do that, unless u really totally concuss.
otherwise if you know its coming, its likely that you will, almost reflexively, knee down or bend down or something to that effect.
and more often than not, once you move the slightest bit, you will be totally conscious again, and that's when you will attempt to break your fall with whatever is in your hands, almost reflexively again.