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Clearance divers speed out to their dive site on a fast insertion boat

The Royal Australian Navy's Clearance Diving Teams are the Navy's commando frogmen. The teams consist of naval personnel who are qualified in diving, demolitions, underwater repairs, and reconnaissance. They also fulfil a Maritime Counter-Terrorist role as part of the waterborne troop of the Tactical Assault Group East. The RAN's Clearance Diving branch was established in 1951 and RAN Clearance Divers have seen combat during the Vietnam War, Gulf War and 2003 invasion of Iraq and have taken part in a number of peacekeeping deployments.