Scuba diving experience of NCC cadets

A SCUBA (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) diving camp for NCC cadets was held at the Western Naval Command Swimming pool. Major General Yashwant Singh, Additional Director General of Maharashtra NCC, witnessed the training activities being imparted to the cadets at the camp, which was held from July 4 to 24.

Navy, Army and Air Wing cadets from all the seven Groups of Maharashtra Mumbai ‘A’, ‘B’, Pune, Amravati, Kolhapur, Nagpur and Aurangabad participated in the camp. The cadets demonstrated Scuba diving, snorkeling, swimming with fins, underwater diving, night diving, familiarisation and entry/exit from life raft drills. The camp was organised by 1 Maharashtra Naval Unit NCC Mumbai, under the aegis of the Maharashtra NCC Directorate and is being conducted with professional expertise drawn from the Navy`s Command Clearance Diving team (CCDT) of the Western Naval Command, Mumbai.

The Camp was conducted in two phases. During phase one, preliminary screening and selection of cadets was undertaken, which included swimming, medical and physical fitness tests. Altogether, 50 cadets including girls, underwent a preliminary screening, of which 22 boys and 10 girls qualified for phase two training from July 11. This camp gave a chance to the cadets to understand the sport of snorkeling and diving, which, in the long run, will provide them another career option in underwater operations or to pursue it as an adventure sport, a Defence release said. This annual activity has caught the fancy and imagination of the NCC cadets of the state in a big way.

Despite inherent dangers and difficulties to withstand higher atmospheric and underwater pressure, the cadets have shown tremendous enthusiasm, zeal and competitive spirit to learn the basics of underwater diving, it said.

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