WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School runs the six-week course on Fleming Key at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida, the report noted.
“We need to increase capacity. We want to train more than 36-42 [special operations soldiers]… per class and increase that number to around 60 per class, or 300 per year,” Army Major Joshua Eaton told the News.
Eaton told the News that many facilities on the compound are approaching the end of their 20-year life-cycle.
Therefore, plans are in place to improve the diving infrastructure, hyperbaric chamber, free-swim and ascent tower and other critical infrastructure for full-mission profiles, he said.
Eaton said school initiatives also encompass partnerships with allied nations, including French and Canadian special forces.
“Whenever our allied partners come to our compound and train, we share our tactics, techniques and procedures in order to gain best practices and improve the way we conduct training on the compound,” the report quoted Eaton as saying.
Students train in basic and advanced open-circuit diving before progressing to advanced closed-circuit diving, the report said. The course is completed with underwater infiltration instruction techniques.
