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>Helen, > >This sounds very strange to me. Why, if these guys are trained >special forces divers, would they be taking a dive course at a local >shop? Several (do they all?) training agencies have a "military >diver" program, where someone who was trained as a military diver can >get a C-Card without having to jump through all of the hoops a >regular diver would. > >I know at least PADI, NAUI, YMCA do. > >Ken Helen, I'm afraid I have to agree with Ken. The people we train to "break things for a living" (Navy SEALS) train at the Navy Special Warfare Center in Coronado, Calif. Regular dive training takes place in Panama City Florida. I know PADI trains the second year midshipmen at Annapolis in Basic OW (possibly AOW) but those folks are *FAR* from being spec-op forces at that point in their education. The reality is that the sorts of things that SEALS have to practice (like submarine lock-out drills) can only be done in a military environment. I'm afraid that you've probably run into the myriad of "SPEC-OP" (special operations) wannabe's. When you think about the sorts of things that such folks have to do and practice, it makes no sense to involve the civilian agencies or shops. I can understand why some people would like to associate themselves with our SEALS. These guys are *GOOD*! The pity is that most of what they do, we do not and can not ever know about. (Believe it or not there have been medals awarded to these folks where the citation that spells out the circumstances how the medal was earned was classified!) You simply don't practice this stuff at the local quarry with the guys from the shop. Robb W ==================================== CDR Robert B. Wolov, MC, (FS), USNR Department of Orthopedic Pathology Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Washington, DC 20306-6000 wolov@hi*.co* (preferred) wolov@em*.af*.os*.mi* -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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