naked scuba diving

[ONESPEED]

BTW you title is NOT office friendly.

Do they not have sarcasm in the Netherlands?

 

[ONESPEED]

We can debate whether the OP is being honest or not until the cows come home. This isn't the only thread he has posted nonsense in, he's habitually full of crap.

 

[mikemill]

Okay; in fairness, if diving was part of his military job, he may not have needed certification from an outside agency. While the UCMJ applies equally to ALL branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, the code that was citied referred to recreational diving.

While I imagine a Navy SEAL or an Air Force PJ or their analogs in the other branches would have no problems whatsoever passing certification requirements with any dive training agency, I doubt Uncle Sam is going to hold up their mission performance if they don't get their PADI OW card before deployment.

Ergo, while I cannot say that Scuba Dew is telling the truth, it seems to me it would be possible for him to have logged dives in the military before getting his civilian certification.

Just as a personal observation aside, when our cruise ship returned to San Pedro, California, at the end of our cruise last year, two or three boatloads of divers showed up next to it, from a couple of different law enforcement agencies. Since the ship had visited Ensenada, Mexico, I figured these divers were inspecting for anything possibly tagged onto the hull of the ship below the waterline, such as drugs, terrorist weapons, or bootleg copies of Ishtar.

Yeah, if one's military occupation required diving then the person would be trained by the military (regardless of civilian certs). I have a hard time believing that an MP would be conducting underwater operations as part of their duties without holding an additional MOS.

 

[300bar]

Do they not have sarcasm in the Netherlands?

We're allways serious.

 

[Hoomi]

Do they not have sarcasm in the Netherlands?

I think they exported it all to France, since they use so much of it during Le Tour.

 

[ScubaSteve]

known world wide for what?

Literary Skills OF COURSE

 

[ONESPEED]

We're [-]allways[/-] always serious.

Geez, cleaning up your spelling is becoming a full time job. Hey, wait a minute....is Scuba Dew your sock puppet????

 

[Hoomi]

Yeah, if one's military occupation required diving then the person would be trained by the military (regardless of civilian certs). I have a hard time believing that an MP would be conducting underwater operations as part of their duties without holding an additional MOS.

Playing Devil's Advocate here; if Army MP's were providing security in a civilian port, as the OP claimed, and security were inspecting ships below the waterline, as I observed in San Pedro last year, is it possible some of the MP's were scuba trained to perform similar inspections?

Granted, like most of you, I find little confidence in much of what the OP has written, but I do believe where possibilities exist for something that has been said to be true, it's only fair to express that. We certainly don't mind citing facts and anecdotes to cast doubts on what someone says. We should be just as willing to cite facts and experiences when they might substantiate a story.

 

[Joe-Diver]

We're allways serious.

Serious about your coffee.

 

[maged_mmh]

Literary Skills OF COURSE

Just checking whether that pic is a sig.