The above image shows a swimmer affixing a simulated explosive charge onto a vessel while at anchor in a protected harbor, somewhere in Southern California.

            This exercise duplicated one of the successful missions that swimmers of the Italian 10th Light Flotilla performed at Gibralter during WWII (During WWII the 10th Light Flotilla was responsible for the sinking or damaging of 28 allied ships, including the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Valiant,  and over 100,000 tons of merchant shipping).

            This CEDU swimmer is on guard at a ship's mooring, ever ready to intercept, engage and neutralize a possible terrorist swimmer attack  (One of the many homeland defense missions taken on by the CEDU).

            The use of Closed Circuit Breathing Equipment, spear gun, or other quiet weaponry in these situations is mandatory; stealth is an absolute mission requirement.   It is also helpful  when one wishes not to alert noncombatant civilians to the possibility that a terrorist threat or activity is being investigated, engaged, and neutralized.  Law Enforcement Organizations throughout the nation are actively engaged in low profile anti-terrorist operations round-the-clock.

            Another possible mission of the above depicted "lying in wait" swimmer could be  an assault on a small vessel.

            The surprise boarding of a small vessel for the purpose of hostage rescue requires a great degree of training, coordination, and practice.

            If the threat can come from the sea, then it is in the sea one must train.  The CEDU can be found training in all littorals, day and night, on guard and ever vigilant, from sea to shining sea.

Some of CEDU Waterborne Tactical Training includes:

            CEDU can provide, and assist LEO/Military in their tactical waterborne training programs in non-standard closed circuit operational scenarios.    You can think outside the box, but you must Train in the Water.

        Contact the CEDU for assistance in your tactical waterborne operational training needs.

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