Dive competitors hosted by third Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg

FORT BRAGG — Special Forces groups spent Wednesday and Thursday navigating murky water, impediment programs and watercraft to earn bragging rights of being named the “better of the perfect.”  

The 9 groups taking part within the Second Annual Finest Fight Diver Competitors that was hosted by the third Special Forces Group had been groups from the fifth Special Forces Group, seventh Special Forces Group and a staff made up of a soldier from the third Special Forces Group and Air Pressure particular operations forces joint terminal assault controller, organizers mentioned.  

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Sgt 1st Class R.P, whose title is withheld due to the character of his job, is a medical sergeant with the third Special Forces Group’s maritime operations and helped coordinate the occasion.  

The concept began with two “dive locker” or maritime operational help instructors final yr, R.P. mentioned.  

Special Forces soldiers compete in a two-day best combat diver competition on Fort Bragg, Thursday, June 16, 2022. The event was hosted by 3rd Special Forces Group.

“It’s a tough college, and there haven’t been loads of assets to push it as a result of the previous 20 years we’ve had operations within the desert,” he mentioned. “Now hastily with China and Russia and stuff occurring in Africa and around the globe, there’s loads of water-related stuff, whether or not it’s on rivers, lakes or the ocean or no matter. So now there’s an enormous push for it.”  

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