Tonight we had the first OFFICIAL SS team meeting.
The seven of us got together and discussed what is going on and what is expected and what our time frame is.
The Sheriff what there at the beginning and said he is aggressively working on the ROV funding.
Anyhow it looks like the boat will be back from the coast in about 4 weeks. So far there are no problems with the modifications. Then the serious training starts.
Right now the team is made up of One retired civilian who is in the CG Aux., an active diver and known by most of us for several years (30 for me).
A prior Reserve Deputy who is a somewhat recent retired Navy Master Diver. He worked with the earlier version of this unit in the Navy.
A Patrol Deputy who is super good with electronics and GPS systems. He is a prior Marine Deputy.
A Patrol Deputy who is a Computer and Toy Geek. He is one of the newer Dive Team Members and a prior Marine Deputy.
A Patrol Sergeant who has been a Marine Deputy and Dive Team member in the past.
And a Prior Navy Diver, Prior Marine Deputy, Dive Team member and Patrol Deputy, Me.
The seventh is the Marine Division Sgt. who gets to catch all the crap when we screw up.
What it boils down to is most of us know diving, boat handling and a variety of other specialties. Each one should complement the other.
Each search will consist of three on the boat. A boat operator, a SS operator and a relief for rotation to keep from burning out. We will train so the three can be made up from any mixture of the 6.
We will have our dive gear onboard but if we get a target that needs recovery the Dive Team will be called out. The boat crew will not normally make the dive. That will not be set in stone but will just be the normal operation plan.
So until the next meeting we need to do a lot of reading.
It has taken a lot of years but I’m still in a daze that it is actually becoming a reality.
Gary D.
The seven of us got together and discussed what is going on and what is expected and what our time frame is.
The Sheriff what there at the beginning and said he is aggressively working on the ROV funding.
Anyhow it looks like the boat will be back from the coast in about 4 weeks. So far there are no problems with the modifications. Then the serious training starts.
Right now the team is made up of One retired civilian who is in the CG Aux., an active diver and known by most of us for several years (30 for me).
A prior Reserve Deputy who is a somewhat recent retired Navy Master Diver. He worked with the earlier version of this unit in the Navy.
A Patrol Deputy who is super good with electronics and GPS systems. He is a prior Marine Deputy.
A Patrol Deputy who is a Computer and Toy Geek. He is one of the newer Dive Team Members and a prior Marine Deputy.
A Patrol Sergeant who has been a Marine Deputy and Dive Team member in the past.
And a Prior Navy Diver, Prior Marine Deputy, Dive Team member and Patrol Deputy, Me.
The seventh is the Marine Division Sgt. who gets to catch all the crap when we screw up.
What it boils down to is most of us know diving, boat handling and a variety of other specialties. Each one should complement the other.
Each search will consist of three on the boat. A boat operator, a SS operator and a relief for rotation to keep from burning out. We will train so the three can be made up from any mixture of the 6.
We will have our dive gear onboard but if we get a target that needs recovery the Dive Team will be called out. The boat crew will not normally make the dive. That will not be set in stone but will just be the normal operation plan.
So until the next meeting we need to do a lot of reading.
It has taken a lot of years but I’m still in a daze that it is actually becoming a reality.
Gary D.
