[sl-17b]

Thank you very much for posting this article. This is one portion of the Army that very few people in the Army know about, and even fewer in the civilian community.
These guys go to the same schools that US Navy divers go through. The main difference is that they are expected to do their missions in ports and rivers, often working off of the back of a 5 ton truck.
As an active duty Army diver myself, I enjoy nothing more than getting these guys the recognition they deserve. I personally know everyone listed in that article and can honestly say that they are some of the best soldiers in the Army. Not that I'm biased :).
If anyone would like to know more about Army divers, visit this site:
http://www.wood.army.mil/577th/diver/

[jwalsh07]

Big bump from an Army vet and a diver, however I prefer a nice drift dive off the shore of St Martin.:-}

A tip of the hat to Army divers with oversize cojones.

[xzins]

I got to watch our Army divers work near Baumholder, Germany in 2000. We'd had a young SGT out with his family on a German lake and his son went into the water. The man saved his son, but they believe he had a heart attack or succumbed to the cold and drowned.

A murky, zero visibility lake didn't easily yield its secrets. They plotted lake flow, point of drowning, etc., and then meticulously searched a few square yards at a time. It took about 4-5 days, but they found our soldier.

The don't leave our guys behind if they can help it.

Hooo-ahhhhh to you and your brave comrades.

[Diver Dave]

Salute and tip-o-the-hat to Army Divers from an OLD Navy Diver.

We had some RECON Marines in our class in 2nd Class Diving School. They took the SCUBA training only, while we continued on with hard-hat (Mark V) training.

Thanks for that Army Diver link.