All US Special Operators Train for Combat Diving, but Navy SEALs Take it to Another Level
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Water covers more than 70 percent of the earth, making maritime operations a must-have capability for any competent military.
Besides having the strongest Navy in the world, the U.S. military possesses potent maritime special-operations resources, with the majority of its special-operations units having some combat diving capability.
Marine Raiders and Reconnaissance Marines have different training pipelines but go through the same dive school in Panama City.
A Navy special amphibious reconnaissance corpsman, left, and a reconnaissance Marine in underwater gear during a Marine combat diving course in Okinawa, May 20, 2020 (U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Savannah Mesimer)