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coast of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba</figcaption></figure> <p>The US employs <a href="/wiki/Underwater_diving" title="Underwater diving">divers</a> in several branches of the armed forces, including the <a href="/wiki/US_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="US Navy">navy</a>, <a href="/wiki/US_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="US Army">army</a>, <a href="/wiki/US_Marines" class="mw-redirect" title="US Marines">marines</a>, <a href="/wiki/US_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="US Air Force">air force</a> and <a href="/wiki/US_Coastguard" class="mw-redirect" title="US Coastguard">coast guard</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_States_Navy">United States Navy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_military_divers&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: United States Navy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mobile_Diving_and_Salvage_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit">Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit</a><sup id="cite_ref-eodgru1.navy.mil_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eodgru1.navy.mil-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Special_Warfare_Center" title="Naval Special Warfare Center">Naval Special Warfare Center</a> trains the SEALs and some of the combat swimmers for the other U.S. military branches.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Combat_Demolition_Units" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Combat Demolition Units">Naval Combat Demolition Units</a>, the first Seabee naval demolitions teams that were incorporated into the UDT’s.</li> <li>Naval Special Clearance Team (NSCT) consisting of SEALs, <a href="/wiki/Special_Warfare_Combatant-craft_Crewmen" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen">SWCC</a>, and EOD.<sup id="cite_ref-eodgru1.navy.mil_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eodgru1.navy.mil-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_EOD" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Navy EOD">Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal</a> (EOD) technicians.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underwater_Construction_Teams" title="Underwater Construction Teams">Underwater Construction Teams</a> (UCT) – <a href="/wiki/Seabees" class="mw-redirect" title="Seabees">Seabees</a> trained as Underwater Construction Technicians. primarily utilizing Scuba and <a href="/wiki/Surface_supplied_diving" class="mw-redirect" title="Surface supplied diving">surface supplied diving</a> equipment. Additionally trained in precise demolitions.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underwater_Demolition_Team" title="Underwater Demolition Team">Underwater Demolition Teams</a> (UDT's) – The first Seabee swimmers that transitioned post WWII to scuba frogmen that transitioned Vietnam to become the Navy SEALs.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Diver" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Navy Diver">United States Navy Divers</a> (non-combat divers) – ship husbandry, underwater construction, harbor clearing (except for explosive ordnance), salvage and other "underwater work".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_SEALs" title="United States Navy SEALs">United States Navy SEALs</a> – All trained as Combat Swimmers/Divers. The primary dive teams of the SEALs called SDV Teams use <a href="/wiki/SEAL_Delivery_Vehicle" title="SEAL Delivery Vehicle">SEAL Delivery Vehicle</a> to carry out advanced combat dive missions.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_States_Army">United States Army</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_military_divers&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: United States Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Some <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a> <a href="/wiki/75th_Ranger_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="75th Ranger Regiment (United States)">Rangers</a> attend the Special Forces Combat Diver Qualification Course.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Some <a href="/wiki/Delta_Force" title="Delta Force">Delta Force</a> operators have completed the Special Forces Combat Diver Qualification Course.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_engineer_diver" title="Army engineer diver">Army Engineer Divers</a> of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" title="United States Army Corps of Engineers">Corps of Engineers</a> – Trained in <a href="/wiki/Underwater_construction" title="Underwater construction">underwater construction</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marine_salvage" title="Marine salvage">salvage</a>, demolitions, hydrographic survey, <a href="/wiki/Hyperbaric_chamber" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyperbaric chamber">hyperbaric chamber</a> operation, beach and river reconnaissance, bridge reconnaissance, <a href="/wiki/Underwater_cutting_and_welding" title="Underwater cutting and welding">underwater cutting and welding</a>, side scan sonar operations,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="how are divers involved in side-scan sonar operations? (March 2017)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> mine and countermine operations, search and recovery operations and ships husbandry operations. Army divers use both surface-supplied equipment and scuba to perform their missions.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Special_Forces_(United_States_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Forces (United States Army)">Special Forces</a> (Green Berets) maintain a robust combat diving capability. One Operational Detachment-Alpha (ODA) per Special Forces Company is trained and equipped to conduct open and closed circuit sub-surface maritime infiltration operations. Special Forces combat divers, along with many <a href="/wiki/Combat_swimmer" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat swimmer">combat divers</a> from other services, attend the Special Forces Combat Diver Qualification Course, which is held at the Special Forces Underwater Operations School, <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Key_West" title="Naval Air Station Key West">Naval Air Station Key West</a>, <a href="/wiki/Key_West,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Key West, Florida">Key West, Florida</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_States_Marine_Corps">United States Marine Corps</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_military_divers&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: United States Marine Corps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">USMC</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Combatant_Diver_Course" title="United States Marine Corps Combatant Diver Course">Combatant Diver Course</a> is located at the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Support_Activity_Panama_City#Tenant_Commands" title="Naval Support Activity Panama City">Navy Diving and Salvage Training Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naval_Support_Activity_Panama_City" title="Naval Support Activity Panama City">Naval Support Activity Panama City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Panama_City,_Florida" title="Panama City, Florida">Panama City, Florida</a>. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Forces_Special_Operations_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command">Marine Special Operations Battalions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Force_Reconnaissance" title="United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance">Marine Force Reconnaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Reconnaissance_Battalions" title="United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Battalions">Marine Reconnaissance Battalions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maritime_Special_Purpose_Force" title="Maritime Special Purpose Force">Maritime Special Purpose Force</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_States_Coast_Guard">United States Coast Guard</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_military_divers&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: United States Coast Guard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Currently, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">United States Coast Guard</a> Regional Dive Locker Teams are assigned to <a href="/wiki/Deployable_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Deployable Operations Group">Deployable Specialized Forces</a>, full-time diving capability for three primary missions: Ports and Waterways Coastal Security (PWCS); Aids to Navigation (ATON); and ship husbandry and repair in remote polar regions. At these units, divers perform a variety of missions, from buoy tending to science support in the polar regions and security diving operations in ports around the country. The Units are located at the following: <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_Virginia" title="Portsmouth, Virginia">Portsmouth, Virginia</a> Regional Dive Locker East (RDLE), Regional Dive Locker West (RDLW) is located in <a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego, California</a> and Regional Dive locker Pacific (RDLP) which is located in <a href="/wiki/Honolulu,_Hawaii" class="mw-redirect" title="Honolulu, Hawaii">Honolulu, Hawaii</a>. Divers attached to <a href="/wiki/Maritime_Safety_and_Security_Team" title="Maritime Safety and Security Team">Maritime Safety and Security Teams</a>, have the unique capability of <a href="/wiki/Anti-frogman_techniques" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-frogman techniques">detecting and, if necessary, stopping or arresting submerged divers</a>, using the <a href="/wiki/Underwater_Port_Security_System" title="Underwater Port Security System">Underwater Port Security System</a>. It is the only <a href="/wiki/Special_operations" title="Special operations">special operations</a> group that can arrest submerged divers. </p><p>According to Record Group 226 at the <a href="/wiki/National_Archive" class="mw-redirect" title="National Archive">National Archive</a> over 45 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">United States Coast Guard</a> men were attached to the <a href="/wiki/OSS_Maritime_Unit" title="OSS Maritime Unit">Office of Strategic Services Maritime Unit</a> <a href="/wiki/Operational_Swimmer_Groups" class="mw-redirect" title="Operational Swimmer Groups">Operational Swimmer Groups</a> (OSG). All OSGs had Coast Guard men, and several CG men were attached to UDT 10 in the Pacific after training with the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Strategic_Services" title="Office of Strategic Services">OSS</a> MU. LT John P. Booth (USCG) was Commanding Officer in the field of OSG 1. He was attached to <a href="/wiki/OSS_Detachment_101" title="OSS Detachment 101">OSS Detachment 101</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=OSS_Detachment_404&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="OSS Detachment 404 (page does not exist)">OSS Detachment 404</a> in the China and Burma and India war area where he and his team conducted <a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance" title="Reconnaissance">reconnaissance</a> and <a href="/wiki/Infiltration_tactics" title="Infiltration tactics">infiltration</a> by sea, scouted enemy shoreline, and participated in combat swimmer and covert operations. These OSS <a href="/wiki/Frogman" title="Frogman">Frogmen</a> pioneered the use of unassisted diving techniques to include the <a href="/wiki/Lambertsen" class="mw-redirect" title="Lambertsen">Lambertsen</a> Unit (allowing men to swim underwater for up to 3 hours), <a href="/wiki/Swimfin" title="Swimfin">swimfins</a> and the underwater <a href="/wiki/Compass" title="Compass">compass</a>. These men also experimented with underwater delivery systems referred to as the "<a href="/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty_(canoe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sleeping Beauty (canoe)">Sleeping Beauty</a>". Several of these Coast Guard/OSS Frogmen, including LT Booth, were awarded the Bronze Star for their "service with the Office of Strategic Services" by the Commanding General CBI. Although it is widely thought<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (October 2010)">by whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> that the Navy UDT's were the first Frogmen, in fact it was the combined efforts of the OSS Frogmen (Operational/Combat Swimmers), USN Scouts & Raiders, and NCDUs/UDTs, that laid the foundation for what would later become the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy_SEALS" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy SEALS">U.S. Navy SEALS</a>. The first OSS Frogman, according to the Naval Special Warfare Foundation was USN Petty Officer John Spence who trained at OSS Maritime Unit AREA D on the <a href="/wiki/Potomac_River" title="Potomac River">Potomac River</a> with USN LT <a href="/wiki/Jack_Hendrick_Taylor" title="Jack Hendrick Taylor">Jack Taylor</a>, who is widely considered the first SEAL. Over half of the OSS Frogmen / Combat swimmers were in fact Coast Guard men sought out for their advanced swimming, diving, and boat handing skills.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of July 2008 qualified Coast Guard officers and enlisted petty officers are permitted to volunteer for Navy SEAL training. 21 May 2010 two Coast Guard officers graduated <a href="/wiki/BUD/S" class="mw-redirect" title="BUD/S">BUD/S</a> class 277 and moved on to further Naval Special Warfare Training; ultimately to join active Navy SEAL teams. RADM Gary Bonelli, Deputy Commander of the Naval Special Warfare Command stated to the USCG Web journal the following: </p><p>"Naval Special Warfare is proud to team with the nation's first U.S. Coast Guard officers qualified as U.S. Navy SEALs...During the past fourteen months, they have proven their mettle and have truly earned the right to be called our teammates. Cooperation among all services is a critical component of the National Maritime Strategy. Today's graduation is just one more example of the many integral ties that bind our maritime services. Congratulations to SQT Class 277!"<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_States_Air_Force">United States Air Force</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_military_divers&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: United States Air Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Pararescue" title="United States Air Force Pararescue">Pararescue</a> (PJ), <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Combat_Control_Team" title="United States Air Force Combat Control Team">Combat Control</a> (CCT) and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Special_Reconnaissance" title="United States Air Force Special Reconnaissance">Special Reconnaissance</a> (SR) formerly Special Operations Weather Technician or Team (SOWT) personnel of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">USAF</a> are trained in both open and closed-circuit diving. They attend the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Combat_Dive_Course" title="United States Air Force Combat Dive Course">Air Force Combat Dive Course</a> during their training.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Some <a href="/wiki/US_Air_Force_Tactical_Air_Control_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="US Air Force Tactical Air Control Party">Air Force Tactical Air Control Party</a> (TACP) members are scuba or Combat Diver qualified. Together with PJ/CCT personnel are able to operate as members of Special Forces ODAs (see above) and Navy SEAL teams on diving operations, on missions requiring subsurface infiltration, and in other waterborne operations.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Survival,_Evasion,_Resistance_and_Escape" title="Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape">Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape</a> (SERE) Specialists assigned to the SV84 Underwater Egress course have the opportunity to attend basic Navy diver training.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_military_divers&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uniform_Service_Diver_Insignia_(United_States)" title="Uniform Service Diver Insignia (United States)">Uniform Service Diver Insignia (United 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