Combat divers, these infiltration professionals

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Quiet water, apparently only. Two silhouettes appear: these are those of combat divers, specialized in infiltration. That day, last preparations before a single exercise. On the one hand, the divers and on the other, a combat section on water. Together, they will have to learn to coordinate. With the help of ultra -rapid boats, these men will have to disembark in a forest, to identify and to shoot down potential threats. When suddenly, a man was hit. We will have to exfiltrate it while continuing to secure the surroundings. Forces coordination must be millimeter.

“We want to be able to be comfortable both on land and at sea, on river, underwater”explains Captain Dylan, unit commander of the 23rd support and crossing assistance company. Meanwhile, another team on a boat protects soldiers on the ground. But the predilection ground for these soldiers: it is water. Divers put on a device that allows them to dive in all discretion. Thanks to a closed system, they do not reject any bubble. This is the principle of infiltration: not being seen. The longer we stay underwater, the more you can make a great distance without being seen. Be discreet, because these men provide essential missions such as infiltration in enemy territory, the preparation of banks for a landing, or the destruction of works as bridges which can prove to be annoying for the advance of the troops.

THE divers have been deployed on different fields: Afghanistan, Mali or recently in Guyana to fight against illegal looting.