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I hope no one is put off by my sharp wit. In reality Sdiver probably gave the best answer to RL's question. I am also a PADI instructor. Constant awareness of one's surroundings is essential.

On the military side many of the exercises we talk of were just that exercises.Several qualified divers who return for requal and/or refressher training could not complete the 2000 M swims.

SF isn't all about kicking doors and launching bullets. There are many uses for SCUBA, especially in the CA?PSYOPS field.

Just kidding Peregrino, although today is the first time I heard the term "tactical peek". I left the army before there was a CDQC.

I'm not sure, I should GOOGLR it, but I think the Q Boat was used to transport, launch and recover the LCSE (Landing Craft Swimmer Reciovery).

Ar one time there were two UW subs in the Pacific. They had a big bulge in the bow and were capable of launching entire team at one yime. Most infilsare by LRB (little rubber boat).

RL check your reading and you will find that most, I think all, UDT operations in WWII wer by surface swimmers. One very tedious operation was the hydrographic survey. Soil samples were collected from the beach and the depth was measured at frequent points using a plumb line. The collect data was charted giving an accurate profile of a beach.

BTW: I just saw a movie titled "Open Water". It is about a couple who was left in the middle of the ocean because the dive master screwed up the head count. I thought it was fairly well done.