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Army Special Forces Underwater Operations School makes its mark on Key West | Article | The United States Army
The facility is used for various training courses including the six-week Combat Diver Qualification Course. "The course, which is offered five times per year, sees about 36 to 42 soldiers per session. Prerequisites include having a specific military specialty such as being an Army Ranger, as well as passing a maritime assessment course, a 10-day test that is a mixture of land and pool measures, including surface swims."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Forces_selection_and_training
"A typical day in the school is rigorous. Soldiers start around 4:30 a.m. prepping gear, then do about 90 minutes of physical training before eating breakfast and diving into four hours of training in the pool. After lunch, there are academic classes and surface swims in the afternoon. As the course progresses, soldiers get into night dives, which can last anywhere from 7 p.m. to midnight." "The six-week course includes open- and closed-circuit diving, pool exercises and time in the open water, which includes search dives and underwater navigation dives."
"To drown-proof combat divers, we make them pass out underwater from lack of air, said Master Sgt. Chuck Tandory, an instructor at the school. Mentally, its the most important part of the SCUBA course. I Cant Breathe sums it all up. I tried to find out a more detailed description of how this is done. It seems similar things may be done in special training for the SEALS and Marines which may involve the instructor holding the diver candidate underwater until he passes out.
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