One by one, firefighters donned their dry suits and diving equipment and slipped below the ice of Big Sandy Lake on Jan. 11 to practice rescuing a victim during ice rescue training for the Fort McCoy ...

LITTLE FALLS, Minn. - Diving is a challenging skill in and of itself, but stakes are even higher when diving in ice water. That’s the training members of the U.S. Coast Guard and Navy are undergoing ...

The Coast Guard's Cold Water Ice Diving (CWID) joint-service course will now occur in the Arctic environment of Camp Ripley, Minnesota. "Because if you can operate in Minnesota in the dead of winter — ...

Key Point: This was the first time in five years that Green Berets conducted ice combat diving training. The dive teams of the 10 th Special Forces Group are the designated cold-weather dive teams.

LITTLE FALLS, Minn. – Camp Ripley is hosting the U.S. Coast Guard and Navy in under-ice water diving training. “As our focus shifts to a different environment, Camp Ripley is proud to work together ...