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SPECIAL FORCES COMBAT DIVERS EXPLORE RESERVOIRS BENEATH NORAD’S MOUNTAIN COMPLEX
An SF combat dive team from 10th Group got the opportunity to inspect the water reservoirs under NORAD. The Space Force was going to contract it out, then someone suggested SF- they would do it for free. During the last 10 years of forever wars in Iraq and Afghanistan the SF dive teams have been neglected.
Recently, a Combat Diver Special Forces team had the opportunity to make a special dive inside a mountain base used by the Space Force.
A 10th Special Forces Group dive team went into the Cheyenne Mountain Complex, in Colorado, and dived to access the Complex’s reservoirs.
The Cheyenne Mountain Complex is a Space Force base that houses several capabilities, ranging from electronic surveillance to missile defense to aerospace operations. In addition, the Complex serves as the alternate headquarters for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Air Force Space Command and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), which are headquartered nearby at Peterson Air Force Base.
The Cheyenne Mountain Complex has three reservoirs with water for different purposes, such as cooling generators and expelling exhaust.
The Special Forces dive team accessed the structural integrity of the reservoirs to ensure that they didn’t need maintenance.
“Dive operations don’t happen very often in special forces,” added the Special Forces officer. “This was a good chance for us to go out and showcase our capabilities as a legitimate maritime force within (Special Operations Command) to actually do a real world mission.
It’s not infiltrating into enemy country or territory, but it was a chance for us to show everyone that we do have this capability and it’s important to keep the capability within the Special Forces community.”
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