Operational Diving Division

The Operational Diving Division or ODD for short is a combat swimmer unit of the South African Navy . She reports to the Maritime Reaction Squadron . The unit was founded in 1957. It consists of four operational diving teams, each with 17 divers. Operational units of the Diving Division were among others in Tanzania and before the Somali coast used to the piracy fight. The unit has its own boats, but some of them are out of date, as they exceeded the originally planned 16-year service life in 2008.

Individual evidence

^ SA Navy to commission Maritime Reaction Squadron. In: defense Web. Retrieved August 26, 2014 .
↑ Calvin Manganyi: Resurrection of the Marine Capability in the South African Navy: The Maritime Reaction Squadron. (pdf) In: Scientia Militaria vol 40, no 3. University of Stellenbosch . Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy), 2012, p. 437ff , accessed on August 26, 2014 (English, doi: 10.5787 / 40-3-1036 ; ISSN 2224-0020 ( online ( memento from October 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive )); ISSN 1022-8136 (print)).
↑ Christopher Szabo: South African Navy Ready to Take on Somali Pirates. In: digital journal. April 17, 2009, accessed August 26, 2014 .
^ Keith Campbell: South African Navy mulls future requirements as fleet remains active. In: Emergency News. October 4, 2013, accessed August 26, 2014 .

[1] SA Navy to commission Maritime Reaction Squadron. In: defense Web. Retrieved August 26, 2014 .

[2] Calvin Manganyi: Resurrection of the Marine Capability in the South African Navy: The Maritime Reaction Squadron. (pdf) In: Scientia Militaria vol 40, no 3. University of Stellenbosch . Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy), 2012, p. 437ff , accessed on August 26, 2014 (English, doi: 10.5787 / 40-3-1036 ; ISSN 2224-0020 ( online ( memento from October 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive )); ISSN 1022-8136 (print)).

[3] Christopher Szabo: South African Navy Ready to Take on Somali Pirates. In: digital journal. April 17, 2009, accessed August 26, 2014 .

[4] Keith Campbell: South African Navy mulls future requirements as fleet remains active. In: Emergency News. October 4, 2013, accessed August 26, 2014 .