Underwater Diving And Salvage Operations

This cluster features U.S. Navy divers engaged in various underwater operations, including training exercises and recovery missions in diverse aquatic environments.

CONSTANTA, Romania (July 24, 2019) Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8 conduct training utilizing a Shark Marine sonar to locate simulated mines during exercise Eurasian Partnership Mine Counter Measure 2019 in Constanta, Romania, July 24, 2019. Eurasian Partnership Mine Counter Measure Dive 2019 is a multinational maritime exercise held in Constanta, Romania, that is designed to improve operational and tactical interoperability among participating units.

051119-N-9851B-016. Base: Naval Hospital, Yokosuka Country: Japan (JPN)

U.S. Navy Divers with Mobile Diving Salvage Unit Company 1-6 are lifted into the water to conduct dive operations, near the Solomon Islands, Nov. 19, 2022. MDSU Company 1-6 is working with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) to recover missing Americans near the Solomon Islands. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S personnel to their families and the nation.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jackson Fagan with the Utah Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion, jumps in the water ready to swim back to the main island as part of the mystery event during the Region VII Best Warrior Competition on the island of Guam, May 26, 2022. This annual competition featured the best noncommissioned officer and Soldier from eight different states and territories including Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. Testing competitors skills and knowledge and pushing them to their limits, the competition graded each participant in key areas such as basic Soldier skills, marksmanship under stress, land-navigation, and physical fitness.

RIO DE JANEIRO - A U.S. Navy diver, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 (MDSU-2) enters water to conduct diving operations during UNITAS LXIII, Sept. 19, 2022. UNITAS is the worlds longest-running maritime exercise. Hosted this year by Brazil, it brings together multinational forces from Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Namibia, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, Uruguay, and the United States conducting operations in and off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The exercise trains forces to conduct joint maritime operations through the execution of anti-surface, anti-submarine, anti-air, amphibious and electronic warfare operations that enhance warfighting proficiency and increase interoperability among participating naval and marine forces.

110713-N-GO535-307PENSACOLA, Fla. (July 13, 2011) An aviation rescue swimmer candidate at the U.S. Navy Aviation Rescue Swimmer School at Naval Air Station Pensacola, executes a buddy tow on another rescue swimmer candidate during swimming proficiency and conditioning training. The 5-week course trains Sailors to execute search and rescue operations from rotary wing aircraft.

AQABA, JORDAN - A U.S. Sailor assigned to Commander Task Group (CTG) 56.1 begins a dive as part of Exercise Eager Lion 22 at the Royal Jordanian Naval Base, Jordan September 4, 2022. Eager Lion 22 is a multilateral exercise hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise, and improve interoperability among partner nations, and considered the capstone of a broader U.S. military relationship with the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). Jordan is one of U.S. Central Commands (USCENTCOM) strongest and most reliable partners in the Levant sub-region.

CONSTANTA, Romania (July 24, 2019) Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8 conduct training utilizing a Shark Marine sonar to locate simulated mines during exercise Eurasian Partnership Mine Counter Measure 2019 in Constanta, Romania, July 24, 2019. Eurasian Partnership Mine Counter Measure Dive 2019 is a multinational maritime exercise held in Constanta, Romania, that is designed to improve operational and tactical interoperability among participating units.

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Oct. 10, 2012) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 2nd Class Piotr Dlugolecki, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 1, dives with a MK 16 re-breather and underwater imaging system. EODMU 1 is assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1, which provides mine countermeasure, EOD, salvage diving, counter terrorism, and force protection for the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. Americas Sailors are Warfighters, a fast and flexible force deployed worldwide. Join the conversation on social media using #warfighting.

The winch operator aboard MH-47E Chinook helicopter from Company "B", 2nd Battalion 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Ft Campbell, Kentucky, prepares to lift an aircrew member from the 128th Air Refueling Wing during water rescue exercise on Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In the water a safety instructor monitors and verifies that the crewmember is safely strapped to the penetrator. The event is part of exercise WHITETAIL 2001. Subject Operation/Series: WHITETAIL 2001 Base: Lake Michigan State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ANG/AMC

120419-N-IZ904-188BAHRAIN (April 19, 2012) Navy Diver 2nd Class Devon Headley, assigned to Mobile Diving Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2, conducts dive operations off the coast of Bahrain. MDSU-2 is deployed with Commander, Task Group 56.1, which provides mine counter-measures, explosive ordnance disposal, salvage-diving, counterterrorism, and force protection for the U.S. 5th Fleet.

US Marine Corps STAFF Sergeant Erik Fryman from Echo Company Fourth Marine Reconnaissance Battalion, Anchorage, Alaska, dressed in diving gear, swims in the cold waters of Ketchikan, Alaska, during Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 2001. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE 2001 Country: United States Of America (USA)

Swedish Marine Menig 1 Karl-Johan Rydén, 4th Boat Training Company, 2d Swedish Marine Battalion, participates in a man overboard demonstration from a Swedish Combat Boat 90, during exercise Archipelago Endeavor 2022 (AE22) at Berga Naval Base, Sweden, September 4, 2022. AE22 is an integrated field training exercise that increases operational capability and enhances strategic cooperation between the U.S. Marines and Swedish forces.

DN-ST-88-03279. Base: Nav Ordnance Station Indian Head State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Panamanian team member Helocasts during the water and land course of the Fuerzas Comando 2022 competition into the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras on June 20, 2022. The overall competition promotes military-to-military relationships, increases mission readiness, and improves regional security.

221024-A-JJ498-1194 ARABIAN GULF (Oct 24, 2022) Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 3rd Class Chas Jackson, Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 1st class Aaron Stagg, and Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Angelina Hadley, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26, conduct a search and rescue exercise, Oct. 24, in the Arabian Gulf. HSC-26 trains pilots and aircrewmen to employ the MH-60S Sea Hawk worldwide in a variety of missions, including fleet logistics support, search and rescue, medical evacuation, special warfare support, anti-surface warfare, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

111206-N-RI884-236 PEARL HARBOR (Dec. 6, 2011) National Park Service divers participate in a ceremony at the USS Utah Memorial during which Pearl Harbor survivor and USS Utah crewmember Lee Soucy (1919-2010) was interred within the ship's remains. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the 1941 attacks on Pearl Harbor.

A Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape student from the 492nd Special Operations Wing leaps into the waters near Eglin Air Force Base, Florida Aug. 16. The Airmen completed their water survival portion of SERE training with the help of the 413th Flight Test Squadrons UH-1 Hueys hoist system. The UH-1 lifted each student out of the water hoisting them to the bottom of the aircraft and back down. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

220506-N-DO281-3067 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 6, 2022) Operations Specialist 2nd Class Donovan Smith, a search and rescue swimmer, swims in the Atlantic Ocean during a man overboard drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), May 6, 2022. Paul Ignatius is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S., Allied and partner interest in Europe and Africa.

240127-N-LR905-2275LITTLE FALLS, Minn. (Jan. 27, 2024) - A U.S. Navy Diver assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 ice dives in simulated arctic waters as part of Snow Crab Exercise 24-1. SNOWCRABEX is an annual exercise designed to test and evaluate U.S. Navy EOD and Navy Divers capabilities and equipment in a simulated arctic environment and improve combat effectiveness. Navy EOD and Navy Divers are part of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Force (NECF), enabling the U.S. Navy Fleet by clearing and protecting the battlespace.

Navy divers pass their gear over the side of an inflatable boat after performing underwater maintenance on the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS NEVADA (SSBN 733) at Long Beach Naval Shipyard. Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

While STAFF SGT. Kevin Schwandt, a combat camera videographer watches, a pair of Royal Thai Navy special forces troops jump into the water from a boat during the joint Thai-U.S. training exercise Cobra Gold '92. They are participating in a simulated mine attack on a ship at the Sattahip Royal Thai Navy Base. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '92 Country: Gulf Of Thailand

011016-N-0715P-004. Base: Crowley 450-10 Barge

Sailors from the guided missile destroyer USS ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG 51) ride in a 24-foot rigid-hull inflatable boat. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

S65-51653 (29 Aug. 1965) --- Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles Conrad Jr. exit their spacecraft after splashdown of the Gemini-5 spacecraft. They are photographed boarding a life raft with the help of Navy divers.

NASAs SpaceX Crew-6 Splashdown. Fast boats and a jet ski with members of the SpaceX support team is seen after being deployed from the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN in the Atlantic Ocean as the recovery team prepares for the landing of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft with NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren "Woody" Hoburg, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev aboard, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023, off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida. Bowen, Hoburg, Alneyadi, and Fedyaev are returning after nearly six-months days in space as part of Expedition 69 aboard the International Space Station.

On the third day of preparations for recovery of Orion after its splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, U.S. Navy Divers prepare to embark from the well deck of the USS Anchorage in a rigid hull Zodiac boat about 600 miles off the coast of Baja, California. NASA, Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy personnel are preparing for recovery of the crew module, forward bay cover and parachutes on its return from space and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is leading the recovery efforts.

970617-N-3149V-004. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Major Command Shown: HER MAJESTY'S CANADIAN SERVICE

220615-N-PI330-1080 LIEPAJA, Latvia (June 15, 2022) Explosive Ordnance Disposal 2nd Class Dan Livesay, left, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal 1st Class Timothy Rice, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 12 (EODMU 12), prepare for a dive to dispose of undetonated ordnance, June 15, 2022 in Liepaja, Latvia. EODMU 12 is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., Allied, and Partner interests.

061002-N-9708H-002. Complete Scene Caption: U.S. Navy Steel Worker 3rd Class (DV) Jesse Hamblin, from Underwater Construction Team 1, inspects his oxygen tank before a dive at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., on Oct. 2, 2006. He and other Sailors assisted in the delivery of the replica ship DISCOVERY to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ship RFA FORT ROSALIE (A385). DISCOVERY is being transported to the United Kingdom where it will be the center-piece of a major tour promoting the 400th anniversary of the settlement in Jamestown, Va. A"fly-boat"of the British East India Company, DISCOVERY was the smallest of three ships that took part in the voyage from London to the new colony of Virginia, leading to the founding of Jamestown in 1607. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Zach Hernandez) (Released) Base: Naval Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-93-05931. Base: Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

220615-N-PI330-1175 LIEPAJA, Latvia (June 15, 2022) Senior Chief Explosive Ordnance Disposal Matthew Kuttenkuler, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 12 (EODMU 12), places a detonator on placed charges, June 15, 2022 in Liepaja, Latvia. EODMU 12 is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., Allied, and Partner interests.

050728-N-4772B-073. Country: Java Sea Scene Major Command Shown: LSD-49

Divers ready to dive in South of Vancouver Island

US Navy Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Keith Tourney, a Search and Rescue swimmer with the "Dragon Whales" of Helicopter Support Squadron Eight (Detachment One) is hoisted up to a CH-46D Sea Knight helicopter during a training exercise in the Red Sea. Country: Red Sea

PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 16, 2013) Sailors launch a rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) during a man overboard drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway conducting Precision Approach Landing System (PALS) and flight deck certifications.

Coast Guard Cutters - Dauntless (WMEC 624) - 26-HK-73-274. CGC Dauntless-- USCG RHI boat crew departing from LETO PROVIDENCE Singapore, approaching cutter-- 050928. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Air Force F-22 pilots train on the emergency raft portion of the Water Survival Training Course at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Sept. 15, 2022. There are six sections of the WST consisting of an academic portion, emergency parachute training, parachute disentanglement, drop and drags, emergency raft training and a hoist performed alongside the U.S. Coast Guard.

U.S. Air Force F-22 pilots train on the emergency raft portion of the Water Survival Training Course at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Sept. 15, 2022. There are six sections of the WST consisting of an academic portion, emergency parachute training, parachute disentanglement, drop and drags, emergency raft training and a hoist performed alongside the U.S. Coast Guard.

220413-N-GF955-1069PONCE, Puerto Rico - (April 13, 2022) -- Chief Electronics Technician Kenneth Deford, right, and Gunners Mate 2nd Class Nicholas Sutton, search and rescue (SAR) swimmers assigned to the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15), participate in SAR and man overboard training while the ship is inport Ponce, Puerto Rico, April 13, 2022. Billings is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations to support Joint Interagency Task Force Souths mission, which includes counter-illicit drug trafficking missions in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.

A pair of Navy SEALs combat swimmers adjusts their dive masks while on bag breathing and purging all the CO2 from the closed circuit rebreather before commencing a combat navigation swim in Pearl Harbor along the shoreline of Ford Island in Oahu, Hawaii. The combat swimmers are diving a Draeger Lar-V underwater breathing apparatus (UBA) and wearing a Secumar life jacket. They are preparing to enter the water from the utility boat.

San Diego, California, April 27, 2005 - A search and rescue swimmer student jumps from a MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter during a training flight aboard Naval Air Station North Island.

Recruiters across the 8th Marine Corps District (8MCD) compete in physical training to build camaraderie during the Pipehitter Training Conference Galveston, Texas, Feb. 2, 2023. Top performing recruiters across 8MCD gathered for a week to share tactics, techniques and procedures in what contributes to their success.

Divers in the old Miltitz lime mine

Special warfare candidates perform swim tactics and team building exercises during the Special Warfare Training Wing Assessment & Selection Course at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland on March 14, 2023. Trainees in every course in the pipeline are provided hostic support to prepare each candidate physically, mentally, emotionally and cognitively for demanding careers as special warfare operators.

970626-N-5121B-006. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Uss Tarawa (LHA 1) Scene Major Command Shown: USS TARAWA (LHA 1)

120220-N-ZK869-115PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 20, 2012) Members of SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team (SDVT) 1 float in a circle formation after surfacing from an emergency bail out drill from a dry deck shelter during an exercise in the southern Pacific Ocean. The exercises educate operators and divers on the techniques and procedures related to the delivery vehicle and its operations.

DN-ST-85-08667. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 24 dive in to conduct their annual mishap drill training in Kaneohe Bay, June 11. MAG-24 coordinated with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367, Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Light 37, Patrol Squadron 9, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Marine Corps Base Hawaii Waterfront Operations, Federal Fire Department, and the Honolulu Fire Department for this training event.

220926-N-EV253-2464 SAN DIEGO (Sep. 26, 2022) - US Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 1st Class Luke Anderson, assigned to assigned to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Search and Rescue Model Manager (SARMM) component of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 3, and from Kauai, Hawaii, is hoisted to an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter after securing a practice dummy to a litter during a dynamic proof of concept exercise in Glorietta Bay off the coast of Coronado, Calif., Sep. 26, 2022. During the evolution, SARMM tested the practicality of using two rescue swimmers versus the traditional one, as well as alternative litter deployment and recovery methods in an effort to decrease the time required to affect a rescue, and give future flight crews increased flexibility in a variety of different personnel recovery scenarios. As the designated SARMM, the Merlins of HSC-3 ensure that SAR units are fully-qualified to perform lifesaving operations with the responsibility for promoting policy and standardi

Marines from the US and Thailand hug the side of a combat rigid raider craft, or Zodiak boat, enroute to their beach landing site from USS DUBUQUE (LPD 8). The Royal Thai Marines joined their US counterparts from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, for the boat raid portion of Exercise COBRA GOLD '98. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '98 Country: South China Sea

Students wearing scuba diving suits, snorkels, and SAR-1 flotation vests prepare to practice underwater rescue techniques as part of the twenty-day, intensive training course at the Navy Rescue Swimmer School. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

jsc2017e1117836 (08-23-2017) --- During water survival training in 2017 at NASA Johnson Space Centers Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston, NASA astronaut candidate Zena Cardman (foreground) and Warren Hoburg (background) work alongside divers.

Historic Greek sponge diver in antique diving suit dives for sponges in Tarpon Springs FL

A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew notified Sector Key West watchstanders of this migrant vessel about 25 miles south of Bahia Honda, Florida, Dec. 11, 2022. The people were repatriated to Cuba on Dec. 14, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

040417-N-4308O-009. Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Nov. 24, 2019) Seaman Tyler Pellet, from Stuart, Fla., a search and rescue swimmer assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69), conducts man overboard training after diving into the water from a rigid-hull inflatable boat. Milius is underway conducting operations in the Indo-Pacific region while assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navys largest forward-deployed destroyer squadron and the U.S. 7th Fleets principal surface force.

CORONADO, Calif. (Nov. 5, 2019) Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alex Perlman, left, assigned to Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC), photographs U.S. Navy SEAL candidates participating in Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training. NSWC is the maritime component of U.S. Special Operations Command, and its mission is to provide maritime special operations forces to conduct full-spectrum operations, unilaterally or with partners, to support national objectives.

PEARL HARBOR (June 28, 2018) Navy divers assigned to Mobile Diving Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1 dive on the USS Arizona Memorial at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. MDSU-1 is one of the Navy's premier diving and salvage units that is prepared to rapidly deploy combat-ready, expeditionary warfare capable and specialized dive teams to conduct harbor and waterway clearance, emergent underwater repairs and salvage operations in all environments.

220725-N-ZW825-0867 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (July 25, 2022) Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) New Student Indoctrination (NSI) Cycle 3 midshipman candidates board a life raft during an abandon ship training event at Recruit Training Command (RTC), July 25. Upon completion of NSI, the candidates will start their freshman year of the NROTC program at colleges and universities nationwide this fall. NSI is an indoctrination program hosted at RTC, and provides midshipmen with a common military training orientation. NSI provides basic training in five warfighting fundamentals - firefighting, damage control, seamanship, watchstanding and small arms handling and marksmanship - to begin creating basically trained and smartly disciplined future Navy and Marine Corps officers. NROTC is overseen by Commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC), Rear Adm. Jennifer S. Couture, which supports naval accessions training for 98 percent of the Navys new officers and enlisted Sailors.

A search and rescue (SAR) swimmer drops toward the water from a Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 16 (HC-16) UH-1N Iroquois helicopter during SAR training near Pensacola, Florida. Country: Gulf Of Mexico

A U.S. Marine with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, jumps from the catwalk during a swim call aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the South China Sea, Sept. 25, 2022. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific Region.

GULF OF OMAN (April 15, 2022) Ensign Gregory Laird gets lowered into the water during a search and rescue drill aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) in the Gulf of Oman, April 15. Gridley is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security in the Middle East region.

110705-N-YO394-124CURACAO, Netherlands Antilles (July 5, 2011) Sailors assigned to Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3 and marines assigned to the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps paddle an inflatable boat during a six-kilometer amphibious march along the island of Curacao. RIVRON-3 is cross-training with elements of the Dutch marine corps and navy for a three-week training course intended to familiarize U.S. Navy Sailors with Dutch ship-to-shore amphibious operations.

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Dennis Sampson, commanding officer of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), swims ashore after completing helocast water insertion training on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct. 26, 2022. The 26th MEU commanding officer joined the reconnaissance Marines a part of the MEU MSPF during helocast and beach training operations to speak with small unit leaders and gain a better appreciation for the various special insertion methods and capabilities the MSPF provides. Helocasting is an airborne technique used by small unit special operations forces to insert into hard-to-reach areas via bodies of water. This high-risk training prepares the Maritime Special Purpose Force for the upcoming 26th MEU deployment.

110717-N-ZZ999-053MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 17, 2011) Sailors and Marines aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) dive off the stern gate in the well deck during a swim call. Bataan is on its fourth month of a deployment supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility.

Aviators practice floating as they take part in the Naval Aviation Water Survival Training Program. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

U.S. East-Coast based U.S. Naval Special Warfare Operators (SEALs), prepare to conduct an over the beach infiltration with Norwegian Naval Special Operations Commandos and 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Green Berets to strengthen interoperability and refine skills in the Arctic region near Kodiak, Alaska Feb. 23, 2024, during Arctic Edge 2024. AE24 is an annual defense exercise for the U.S. Northern Command emphasizing Joint Force operations in an extreme cold weather and high latitude environment and is designed to demonstrate Globally Integrated Layered Defense in the Arctic. Navy

Crewmen return to the guided missile destroyer USS GOLDSBOROUGH (DDG-20) in the ship's 26-foot personnel boat.. Country: Unknown

220926-N-EV253-2211 SAN DIEGO (Sep. 26, 2022) - US Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 1st Class Luke Anderson, assigned to assigned to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Search and Rescue Model Manager (SARMM) component of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 3, and from Kauai, Hawaii, secures a practice dummy to a litter before hoisting it to an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter during a dynamic proof of concept exercise in Glorietta Bay off the coast of Coronado, Calif., Sep. 26, 2022. During the evolution, SARMM tested the practicality of using two rescue swimmers versus the traditional one, as well as alternative litter deployment and recovery methods in an effort to decrease the time required to affect a rescue, and give future flight crews increased flexibility in a variety of different personnel recovery scenarios. As the designated SARMM, the Merlins of HSC-3 ensure that SAR units are fully-qualified to perform lifesaving operations with the responsibility for promoting policy and standard

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 6 assigned to Task Force 61/2, experiment with the Emergency Integrated Lifesaving Lanyard (Emily) during exercise Alexander the Great 22, Greece, May 24, 2022. Task Force 61/2 is deployed in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., Allied and Partner interests.

221030-N-TR763-1772 WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 30, 2022) - Air Traffic Controller 1st Class David Sudbeck, from St. Louis, and Aviation Boatswains Mate (Aircraft Handling) 2nd Class Martin Gamboalopez, left, both assigned to amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) jump into the Pacific Ocean during a swim call Oct. 30, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

DN-ST-89-08781. Country: Persian Gulf

Coastguardsmen assigned to U.S. Coast Guard Marine Protector-class patrol boat USCGCHaddock (WPB-87347) operate a rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) during a minecountermeasure (MCM) live fire training exercise off the coast of San Clemente Island, Aug. 24,2022. The MCM live fire is realistic, relevant training that enables our joint, multi-domain forcesto integrate and rehearse a critical capability and complex skillset.

060414-N-2385R-011. Base: Naval Base, Yokosuka Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: N/A

An 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron pararescueman participates in a static line parachute jump into the water from a 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-130J Hercules near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, May 11, 2019. The pararescueman is deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.

3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, conducts waterborne infiltration practice on Bellows Air Force Base at Waimanalo, Hawaii, on Aug. 24, 2022. Scenario-specific training increases the readiness capabilities and builds unit cohesion with the Soldiers across the Indo-Pacific.

U.S. Army Soldiers compete for the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Mississippi, July 30, 2022.

050911-N-9712C-007. Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan Miller, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Corey Smith, divers from Regional Dive Locker West and Pacific respectively, are lowered into the water from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) before a dive operation in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan. 7, 2024. Every year, a joint and total force team works together to complete a successful Operation Deep Freeze season. Active, Guard, and Reserve service members from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, and Navy work together to forge a JTF-SFA that continues the tradition of U.S. military support to the United States Antarctic Program.

Marine CPL. Melanie Burkett makes her way the length of the pool to demonstrate her combat water survivability with full pack and rifle. Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

221030-N-XN177-2342 WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 30, 2022) - Sailors and U.S. Marines assigned to amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) pose for a photograph during a swim call Oct. 30, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

A life board is used for stabilization between two 509th Civil Engineer Squadron members as they escape from an ice hole at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. (Photo by Senior Airman Kenny Holston)

Navy personnel perform High Risk Water Training in preparation for selection for special operations career fields. Medical Deep Sea Diving Technician, Search and Rescue Medical Technician or Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman training held October, 24, 2022 at Joint Base San Antonio- Fort Sam Houston.

Training in the Persian Gulf

France, Brittany, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon on 2022-03-29. Students from the Ecole Militaire Interarmes (EMIA), the military academy responsible for training army officers recruited internally, i.e. from the ranks of non-commissioned officers and other ranks, take part in a training course at Fort de Penthievre, a fortified structure on the Quiberon peninsula that has become a training base. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon le 2022-03-29. Les eleves de l' ecole militaire interarmes ( EMIA ), l' ecole militaire chargee de la formation des officiers de l' armee de Terre issus du recrutement interne, c'est-a-dire issus des rangs des sous-officiers et des militaires du rang, participe a un stage d'aguerrissment au Fort de Penthievre, un ouvrage fortifie sur la presqu'ile de Quiberon devenu une base d'entrainement. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Navy students take part in High Risk Training to prepare them for Special Operations training on November, 01, 2022 at Joint Base San Antonio- Fort Sam Houston, Tx. Naval operations often require aggressive training programs to prepare personnel to perform mission essential high-risk tasks in a variety of environments. All basic or advanced, individual or collective training in a traditional or non-traditional environment exposes the crew, staff, students, and assets to the potential risks one might encounter out in the field.

Recruits with Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, conduct basic swim qualification aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Dec. 12, 2022. Basic swim qualification consists of a 25 meter swim, tower jump into the water, four minute tread, 25 meter pack swim, and an under water gear shed.

030225-F-8584G-001. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Force Space Command

7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) conduct riverine operations during its culmination exercise for TRADEWINDS 2022 with Mexico and partner countries at Four Mile Lagoon located between Mexico and Belize, May 17. TRADEWINDS provides the opportunity for U.S. SOF to train with Mexico and participating nations to improve interoperability and effectively execute future maritime operations. (Photo by U.S. Army Maj. Daisy Bueno)

U.S. Marines with Headquarters and Service and Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, and members of the Marine Infantry Regiment in French Polynesia, French Armed Forces, conduct combat rubber raiding craft safety protocols during the Aito Course in Taravao, Tahiti, French Polynesia, Sept. 5, 2022. The event provided a bilateral training opportunity between the French Armed Forces and Marines with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific. The nine Marines and Sailor from HQSVCBN participated in the bilateral training with the French Armed Forces in order to strengthen relationships with the region. The courses name comes from the Tahitian word aito, which means warrior.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Gabriel Nicola, a loadmaster with the 9th Special Operations Squadron, 27th Special Operations Wing, Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, and U.S Air Force Senior Airman Albert Washington, a direct support operator with the 9th SOS, 27th SOW, Cannon AFB, prepare for a static-line jump mission from an MC-130J Commando II during Emerald Warrior 22.1 over the Gulf of Mexico, May 4, 2022. Emerald Warrior is the largest joint special operations exercise involving U.S. Special Operations Command forces training to respond to various threats across the spectrum of conflict.

EAST CHINA SEA (May 30, 2022) Boatswains Mate 3rd Class Daniel Bello (left), from San Jose, California, and Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 2nd Class Andrew Youngstrom (right), from Hastings, Minnesota, unpack a pallet on the flight deck of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) after a vertical replenishment with Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE-06). Dewey is assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navys largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th fleets principal surface force.

Soldiers from the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade participate in dunker training (helicopter over-water survival training) from October 18-19, Bremerhaven, Germany. The training was conducted at the RelyOn Nutec training center and is designed to teach anyone traveling on or over water, how to react before, during, and after a helicopter becomes submerged in water. 12CAB is a team of disciplined warfighting professionals trusted to execute precision aviation operations. Ensuring Soldiers successfully complete dunker training is one of the many ways the Griffin Brigade constantly improves their readiness to support missions across the European Command area of operations.

EDITERRANEAN SEA (June 22, 2018) Sailors participate in a swim call aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21). New York is homeported in Mayport, Fla., and is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa.

Paratroopers assigned to Charlie Troop, 1-73 Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division take part in the Combat Water Survival Test for the XVIII Airborne Corps Best Squad Competition on Fort Stewart, GA, July 27, 2022. The Best Squad Competition tests squads' physical, technical and tactical abilities under stress and fatigue to determine which squad from the XVIII Airborne Corps will advance to the Forces Command Best Squad Competition in the coming months.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Brandon Klein, a SERE specialist with the 94th Operations Support Squadron, 94th Airlift Wing, provides instruction during a water survival training course at Naval Air Station Key West, Fla., on June 9, 2022. Airmen with the 514 AMW took advantage of a training block organized in Key West to complete various training requirements in a condensed timeframe. Training opportunities included M9 Barreta qualifications, water survival qualification, a SERE refresher course, tactical combat casualty care, and other required training.

The Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, dive team members conducted diver rescue drills where a standby diver is deployed to rescue the primary diver at the Black Rock Lock, Buffalo, NY . The standby diver follows the umbilical airline down to the primary diver, assess the condition of the primary diver and correspondingly rescues the diver bringing them to the surface and attaching them to a manlift to get them out of the water safely, September 9, 2022.

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