The Special Operations Department of the Mariupol Marine Guard Detachment took part in a joint ten-day exercise with soldiers of the “Azov” Regiment.

The Special Operations Department of the Mariupol Marine Guard Detachment took part in a joint ten-day exercise with soldiers of the “Azov” Regiment.

The long-standing good friendship and cooperation between the two units performing tasks in the area of ​​environmental protection is based on a common desire to improve combat training and specialized training in antisabotage and assault areas. The special mission of both is to solve specific problems with increased risk to life, extreme endurance, instant reaction. All these qualities need to be constantly improved, the servicemen need to work out coherence and understanding in half a word, and sometimes without words, when it comes to scuba diving.

As part of the joint exercises, border guards and Azovs are working out a detailed list of tasks that may be faced by specialists-divers in service realities: underwater orienteering, passing obstacles, searching for objects in low visibility, reaching a given point in azimuth under water, lifting dimensional objects from different depths with the use of special equipment, survey of the port area, underwater technical diving works and skills of first aid under water.

It is planned to practice exercises in the clear water of the basin, and the next - in the Sea of ​​Azov, under the most realistic conditions, close to combat, both in appearance and in the dynamic development of events. Fighters will apply the acquired skills under the guidance of experienced instructors.

It should be noted that due to the development and provision of international technical assistance for the project of development of the Marine Guard from the EXBS Program of the US Embassy in Ukraine, maritime border guards of the Special Operations Department are provided with modern diving equipment and devices for comfortable, safe and effective diving.

In addition to the challenges of physical endurance, the “specialists” will pass both stress tests and tests of psychological stress.

It is planned to make such trainings regular and to hold them twice a year - in May and in October.