Combatant Diver School The USMC Combatant Diver Course is being taught at the Navy Diving and Salvage Training Center, Naval Support Activity Panama City, Panama City, Florida. Both of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force reconnaissance assets, FMF Recon and MarDiv Recon, widely use combatant diving. During this eight-week course, trainees are introduced to open and closed-circuit diving (using the Dräger LAR-V rebreather), diving physics and medical aid. Most of the training in combatant diving is done at night. The course provides combat underwater tactical training and the skills needed to successfully conduct an underwater navigation for infiltration and exfiltration. The candidates negotiate long distances in open water, infiltrating by surface and sub-surface, learning to deal with the hazards of a surf zone tangle and simulated equipment malfunction. The combatant divers course combines lecture, demonstration, and practical application in nitrox charging procedures by using the USMC Oxygen Transfer Pump System, or USMC OTPS. Upon the completion of this course, the Marines (of any MOS that attends) are honored with the Special "B" MOS 8643. History The Combat Swimmers Course, for a long moment, was taught at the United States Navy's Amphibious Reconnaissance School, Troop Training Units (TTU)s at either Expeditionary Warfare Training Group (EWTG); Pacific (EWTGPAC) or Atlantic (EWTGLANT). It was first formed during World War II to teach selected reconnaissance Marines and sailors the fundamentals of advanced swimming skills that were paramount in order for them to accomplish their goals. They were each located on both of United States's coasts, at the naval amphibious bases, NAB Little Creek and NAB Coronado. By the late 1980s, some combatant swimming courses were taught at the Marine Corps's own infrastructure, by experienced Marine combat divers. Because the lack of facilities on Marine Corps bases, the Navy remained to house the necessary training grounds for such training activities. The USMC Combatant Divers Course was established some time around the late early 1990s at the navy training center in Panama City, FL.
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Jungle Warfare School - Oki Camp Gonsalves is a United States Marine Corps training base on the northern end of Okinawa It is located in 20,000 acres of single and double canopy rain forest. It is sometimes referred to as NTA(Northern Training Area.) NTA has been used to train Marines and military service members since the area was first established in 1958. As American involvement in the Vietnam War escalated, interest in the area increased and a detachment of officers and enlisted were stationed at the Northern Training Area (NTA) to teach courses. The area's dense jungle and rugged terrain was ideal for preparing Marines for the jungles of Vietnam. The Jungle Warfare Training Center (JWTC) will provide expert instruction, and training in jungle warfare in order to prepare personnel and units to operate in jungle environments. Additionally, JWTC controls the usage of expeditionary campsites and diversified training areas, in order to allow Marine and Joint forces to conduct independent operations and combat exercises, from the squad to battalion/regiment size, within a dense jungle environment. There are six Jungle Skills Courses annually. Each course contains 200 seats and is six training days long. Courses are offered to all infantry and non-infantry units. The Jungle Skills Course is designed to refine a unit's patrolling and combat skills in the jungle environment. The course is intended to test individual endurance, build confidence, and develop small unit leaders throughout the six day package. The course focuses on the following areas: Land Navigation, Patrolling, Survival, Jungle Shooting, and the Commando Course.
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