FM 20-11 MILITARY DIVING

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This edition of Field Manual (FM) 20-11 is an authorized reprint of United States (US) Navy diving manual SS521-AG-PRO-010. The references identified in this preface provide specific Army doctrine that differs from the Navy doctrine addressed in this manual. Any differences stated in the references listed below apply to Army diving personnel and teams only.

MANAGEMENT OF ARMY DIVING

Army Regulations (ARs) 611-201 and 611-75 provide regulatory guidance for the Army diving program. These regulations govern selection, qualification and requalification, rating and disrating, and physical standards of soldiers who are engineer divers. AR 611-75 also establishes the criteria for individuals applying for engineer diving duties.

ARMY ENGINEER DIVING FM 5-490, Engineer Diving Operations, provides a doctrinal basis for planning and using engineer divers in the theater of operations (TO). It describes the responsibilities, procedures, capabilities, constraints, and planning considerations for conducting underwater operations throughout the TO.

Table of organization and equipment (TOE) numbers 05-530LA00 and 05-530LC00 establish the organizational structure, manning, and equipment authorizations for the engineer diving teams. The US Army Engineer School is the proponent for the engineer diving TOEs.

ARMY SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES (ARSOF) DIVING

ARSOF combat diving is uniquely designed to meet Special Forces infiltration/exfiltration and foreign internal defense mission requirements. The training differs greatly from engineer diving in many aspects, and this manual addresses the physiological, technical, and equipment issues that are, in some cases, inherent to both diving communities. Selection, qualification, recertification, and physical standards for ARSOF combat divers are identified separately in AR 611-75.

Sometimes there are significant differences between the duties, responsibilities, qualification, and staffing outlined in this manual and those required within the ARSOF community. One example is the requirement for a combat dive supervisor to be a graduate of the combat dive supervisor school and not necessarily the senior diver. Another example is the requirement for a combat dive medical technician to be present on all dive sites. The ARSOF diving community does not have master divers and has different qualification criteria for enlisted and officer certification.

PAGES: 931

PUBLICATION DATE: APRIL, 2000

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