Will a Special Ops SCUBA Master Diver Card make me a badass mofo diver?
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T.C.
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As long as you enjoy it. I would spend the entire time laughing uncontrollably at the "cadre" trying to pretend they are serious and that this is remotely close to how SOF really does things.
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Hi all,
thanks for the replies and feedback. We always love to hear the opinions of potential customers. We'd like to clarify a few things.
No, we're not training divers to be special forces operators.
We are having a blast pretending to be special forces divers, and are role-playing scenario missions. We like to think of it as playing Call of Duty while not sitting on the couch.
However, we also teach divers helpful and no-where-else-to-be-found skills that are taught to combat divers and SEALs. A lot of these skills are mental, some of them are technical, others are tactical.
And, yes, most of the procedures and skills we teach are textbook - exactly as NSW does it; beach infils, de-rigging, room clearing, formation diving, navigation... all of it is straight from the manuals and the knowledge and experience of our SEAL instructors.
Contrary to what some people think, special forces don't have magic powers. They just train a lot harder, swim longer, walk faster, endure more and shoot straighter. That's where the difference is. If their swim to the beach is 2nm, we only swim in 1/4nm; if they hump 20km to the target, we only walk 2km. They shoot real bullets, we use airsoft pellets.
That said, the diving specifically has suffered in the SEAL Teams, much to the chagrin of some operators and old-school SEALs. As infiltrations have become more and more airborne, and operations land-locked, the Teams are dealing with deteriorating dive capabilities. Their dive training, especially throughout BUD/S is done primarily in San Diego Bay - in very controlled conditions (not the swims). Our instructors have been complimentary of our divers pulling off difficult navigation exercises diving in the open ocean.
We feel that our training missions are a very good glimpse at how combat divers operate. It's challenging, informative and educational. And it's awesome fun.
So, while we don't want to offend any real divers on this board, we think that any time a diver goes in the water and completes a task - be it explore a wreck, catch a lobster, or clandestinely locate a vessel and board it, it's the real thing. We owe that respect to the ocean.
Keep on diving.
Special Ops Scuba Team
Special Ops Scuba
Check out our summer promos!
thanks for the replies and feedback. We always love to hear the opinions of potential customers. We'd like to clarify a few things.
No, we're not training divers to be special forces operators.
We are having a blast pretending to be special forces divers, and are role-playing scenario missions. We like to think of it as playing Call of Duty while not sitting on the couch.
However, we also teach divers helpful and no-where-else-to-be-found skills that are taught to combat divers and SEALs. A lot of these skills are mental, some of them are technical, others are tactical.
And, yes, most of the procedures and skills we teach are textbook - exactly as NSW does it; beach infils, de-rigging, room clearing, formation diving, navigation... all of it is straight from the manuals and the knowledge and experience of our SEAL instructors.
Contrary to what some people think, special forces don't have magic powers. They just train a lot harder, swim longer, walk faster, endure more and shoot straighter. That's where the difference is. If their swim to the beach is 2nm, we only swim in 1/4nm; if they hump 20km to the target, we only walk 2km. They shoot real bullets, we use airsoft pellets.
That said, the diving specifically has suffered in the SEAL Teams, much to the chagrin of some operators and old-school SEALs. As infiltrations have become more and more airborne, and operations land-locked, the Teams are dealing with deteriorating dive capabilities. Their dive training, especially throughout BUD/S is done primarily in San Diego Bay - in very controlled conditions (not the swims). Our instructors have been complimentary of our divers pulling off difficult navigation exercises diving in the open ocean.
We feel that our training missions are a very good glimpse at how combat divers operate. It's challenging, informative and educational. And it's awesome fun.
So, while we don't want to offend any real divers on this board, we think that any time a diver goes in the water and completes a task - be it explore a wreck, catch a lobster, or clandestinely locate a vessel and board it, it's the real thing. We owe that respect to the ocean.
Keep on diving.
Special Ops Scuba Team
Special Ops Scuba
Check out our summer promos!
T.C.
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