Article by Capt H.J. Morrison
“Exercise ROGUISH BUOY 2016 is a challenging exercise demonstrating the excellent underwater capabilities of Canada and our allies. Hosting such exercises ensures we are well prepared for a wide range of situations below the surface.”
-Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of National Defence
This is a book worthy of Combat Divers - it is mostly pictures. Doug Foreman has chronicled the history of combat diving from its inception in the early 60s through more recent times with a minimum of text. He describes how in the beginning, Army divers were charged with basic sapper tasks of mobility support to mechanised troops - underwater reconnaissance of crossing sites, mine clearance, obstacle clearance and basic construction.
By Lt Jerome Turgeon, 4 Tp Comd, 2 CER
2 CER’s Dive team deployed to Garrison Valcartier for an international ice diving exercise. This exercise was led by the Army Dive Center and included dive teams from every engineer regiment in Canada, clearance divers, and international personnel. The international participants were from Holland, France, the U.K. and the U.S. 2 CER was augmented by three American divers and two Dutch divers.