NJDiver_Chris
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The training is available and its free. Visit your local Army Recruiting Station.
Those are Air Force PJs, not Army.
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The training is available and its free. Visit your local Army Recruiting Station.
Those are Air Force PJs, not Army.
Soldiers can still go to combat swimmer school. How do you think some of the Green Berets and Rangers get their underwater training?
With these "safety conscious" times the OPs question falls under the suspect terrorist activity list put out by the FBI shortly after 9/11 - "seeking to develop offensive diver capability".
Would anyone with better control on the current situation in the US care to comment?
As has been said above, a good start before attempting to learn any "combat diver" skills is matching the combat diver phys. specs. Diet, exercise, a rigorous medical and meeting their physical conditioning guidelines comes to mind.
After that, nothing is preventing you from finding a team, developing a team approach to training and shoulder-bashing under water all you want.