After serving a great nation and having been paid to sky dive and scuba dive and a lot of other cool stuff, I can say that if you have the money to do it, just remember to sky dive first!
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PADI has the Heli Diver specialty, PADI Heli Diver Scuba Course.
This course is the civilian qualifying course for helo-casting or
deplaning (hover exit) from a helicopter for both rescue swimmers
and Search & Rescue Divers for the SCUBA industry. It is also
designed to give divers an insight into what para-rescue divers
and Navy Seal Teams do as part of regular helicopter based
operations. At the same time, it gives divers an adrenalin pumping
experience they will never forget !
Ive been out for awhile but I dont think we are sending in dive teams to Afghanistan. Of course, I am sure there are plenty of Dive qualified guys sitting in the desert right now. It can never be said too much-thanks for being there.
I wonder if PADI instructors for the course would let me pack my SIG Sauer P226...you know, to give me insight into what the Navy SEALs do.
There may be a possibility that a Taliban cell had moved to an area near the Persian Gulf.
Got to love HALO... Now I'll be accused of being too macho again.
skip the HK, they a trip to teh factory to be reloaded, a APC ( APS underwater assault rifle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ) would work as well, and likly be cheaper.Maybe they would let you take an H&K P11 so you could do some udnerwater shooting...
i would think most skydiveing places are going keep there DZ as far from large bodies of water as they can. getting tangles in the risers and canopy are a real hazard in a water landing.