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This page describes a type of Scuba Diver . For other uses of the word frogman, see Frogman (disambiguation) Frogman is a popular term for a Scuba Diver . The word arose around 1940 from the appearance of a diver in shiny wetsuit and with large fins on his feet. The term preferred by Scuba users is 'diver', but the word "frogman" persists in usage by non-divers, especially in the media, often to refer to professional scuba divers in organizations such as the police. Usual usage of the word "frogman" also tends to imply diving for action, often in combat; such divers are also sometimes called combat diver or '''combat swimmer'''. A few Sport Diving Club s have included the word "Frogmen" in their names. In the US Military, divers trained in scuba or CCUBA who deploy for military assault missions are called "combat swimmers". This term is used to refer to the Navy SEAL s, the Marine Recon swimmers, the Army Ranger swimmers, and the Navy Explosive Ordnance Dispoal (EOD) units. In Britain, Police divers have often been called "police frogmen". The first British police diver was a policeman who, needing to search underwater for evidence or a body, did not use a Drag but went home and fetched his sport scuba gear. See also Ian Edward Fraser . Some countries' frogman organizations include a translation of the word "frogman" in their official names, e.g. Denmark 's "Frømandskorpset" and Norway 's "Froskemanskorpset"; others call themselves "combat divers" or similar. Others call themselves by indefinite names such as "special group 13" and similar. Many nations and some irregular armed groups use or have used combat frogmen. DEFENDING AGAINST FROGMEN See Anti-frogman Techniques for details of detecting and combatting unwelcome frogman and Scuba Diver incursions. TYPES OF ARMED-FORCES DIVERS Military diving is a branch of Professional Diving carried out by Armed Forces . They may be divided into:
These groups may overlap, and the same men may serve as assault divers and work divers, as in the Australian Clearance Diving Team (RAN) . FROGMAN TRAINING Training armed forces divers, including combat divers, is far harder, longer, and more complicated than civilian sport scuba diver training, typically takes several weeks full-time, and the trainees must be at full Armed Forces fitness and discipline at the start. It needs much higher levels of fitness, and during the course there is often a high elimination rate of trainees who do not make the grade. For more details see the articles on each nation's frogman group below and their external links. This contrasts with civilian sport scuba diving training which tends to be one evening a week, being 30 to 60 minutes Swimming Pool time, followed by two hours or so of dry meeting (often in a social- Club -type environment with an open Bar ). The general environment at sport dives is liable to encourage what a naval diver-trainer would call "a casual tourist-type attitude to being underwater", rather than a disciplined attitude of obeying orders and not being distracted; some naval diver-trainers prefer, or will only accept, trainees who have no previous scuba diving experience. {Link without Title} For example, the PADI Open Water Diver (the most basic rank) course takes 5 dives in a Swimming Pool and 4 dives in open water (i.e. Sea , Lake , etc.); after the course the qualified diver is allowed to dive to 18 meters = 59 feet depth. The next step ( Advanced Open Water Diver ) allows him to dive to 40 meters (130 feet) maximum, which is considered safe for civil scuba diving.30 m is recommended as the normal maximum EQUIPMENT For scuba diving gear in general, see Scuba Set . Breathing sets |
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