Military divers use Charlottetown pool to hone skills
Divers with the Canadian Armed Forces have been on the Bell Aliant Centre pool in Charlottetown on Saturday for underwater coaching.
The workouts included procedures akin to underwater searches, what to do if a diver is unconscious and what to do within the occasion of an gear failure.
Fourteen members, ranging in age from 18 to 50, attended the coaching.
Some had restricted expertise whereas others are consultants, mentioned Petty Officer 2nd Class Jack Keezer, who’s liable for reserve diving within the Atlantic provinces.
He mentioned the “the coaching is crucial” in order that in case of emergency you possibly can “save your personal life in addition to your dive buddy’s.”
Keezer mentioned extra divers are at all times wanted, and having the coaching in a well-liked place is nice for public engagement and displaying Islanders what army diving entails.
“We’re diving throughout — Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean, ice diving.”
