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I'm looking for some feedback on the following: Not that long ago junior officers would arrive on the dive course and would leave 8-10 weeks later qualified both as a diver and as a dive supervisor. Two years ago a change in how training was delivered resulted in the inactivation of the Dive...

S6, I'm all for collective exercises but am somewhat doubtful that diving would rate high enough on any large scale ex to be anything more than a single master events list (MEL) activity. And I know you're fully aware this would not result in anything near the trg level required by teams nor...

Just thought I'd info "the community" that Ex ROGUISH BUOY 07 will be happening in Jan 08 out in Esquimalt (so, shouldn't that be Ex RB 08 you ask? Still using FY 07/08 money, so I'll keep it as 07). So, put your wetsuits and half-masks away. Focus will be on cutting, deep dives, LWSSDS, run...

That's the thing about trying to move things forward here at the ADC. We're trying to take on additional responsibilities, capabilities, and eqpt yet the teams are diving less; however, it's not just the Army in this situation by any stretch. Everyone is diving less. Dive Os need to push for...

Hey Z, long time no hear. Appreciate your comments. FYI, the ADC has lots of irons in the fire to try to do its bit to develop a "relevant and effective" diving capability for the Army, we just don't have the best public affairs plan to let the rest of the dive community know about it, and we...

S6, I've tried to get them to turn down the temperature in the Base pool, but it just won't freeze. ;)

Gully, The ADC argued its case to be a part of the amphib concept of ops when the organization was being put together a year or more ago. We did a few trips to visit other Allies with the clearance divers now involved in the SCF to work on draft TTPs and such. Even ran ROGUISH BUOY 06 with an...

S6, Ref the SCF, I've heard post-ITEE that Army diving skills (and the considerable accompanying gen Army mil skills) would benefit the SCF. This is completely unofficial, however. So, until the government announces future of SCF, expending further brainpower or effort on this is low on Army...

Forgot to mention the design for the new Dive Pod for the MSVS has also been submitted.

Been a bit busy at the ol' dive centre the last few months so haven't had a chance to stop by this site. Here's an update: DERTWG and DEngr Confs in Oct didn't pan out as well as I had hoped. Certainly, there was moral support, but it pretty well ended there. A bit later D Engr confirmed that...

Gully, S6 - appreciate the comments. 392 - very good post, thanks for the view at the coalface. Ref your comments, I like the "out of the box" thought of doubling up on dive serials by holding Ex RB bi-annually. That never crossed my mind. Will consider, but will need buy-in by the units. Ref...

Hmmmm, not much of a response. Surely there's gotta be some ideas out there. Full time teams in the CERs? A dive Tp in the ESR? An expanded Army Dive Centre? Scrub the whole thing? Or narrow the number of tasks? Become "Engineering" divers a la the US Army divers diving hardhat and repairing...

Ladies, In an effort to keep the discussion going (and of course because I have a vested interest), I ask what you would do if you had a blank slate and could re-design combat diving from scratch? What organization(s) would you create, what size, where located, what role and tasks would you...

So, another ROGUISH BUOY in the books. From my point of view all went well. Everyone went home alive, no MPs banging on the door in the middle of the night, the Halifax casino is quite a few bucks lighter, and, as painful as they might have seemed, the AARs drew out lots of useful info. I'm sure...

That's up to much higher pay grades to decide. All we are doing is trying to gather enough info about the expected tasks, eqpt needed, training then required, resultant changes necessary to current unit dive team orbats (or even creation of new units or trades), and an estimate of time to...

Been awhile since I've had a chance to look at the site. S6, ref Ex RB 06, the rough plan is: half General Support diving tasks: (1) Debris clearance eg clearing demolished bridges out of a navigable waterway. Means lots of tool use, Broco cutting, and lifting. (2) search and recovery - bodies...

S6, the ADC fully supports all of the efforts by our fellow post-er 54/102 CEF, who administers the CDAC website. The ADC and the units forward articles/photos (whenever we get off our butts to do so!) and 54/102 CEF sets things up. God knows no one else I know has the time, capability, or...

I think the ADC has to work on its public awareness plan. A fair bit of work has been done and is being done. FYI, the Combat Diver QS/TP have recently been completed. Dive Supervisor QS at end of this month. TP scheduled for Jan 06. Requal and Recert courses are tied to the Cbt Diver QS. Likely...

Sapper6, ref your last that we need to "transform", ya wanna expand on that? What skills, what eqpt, what role, and what trg?

I feel the guilt and I'm on it.