page_title: GRUMEC
section_title: Training and exchange
hierarchical_section_title: GRUMEC / Training and exchange
caption_attribution_description: Treinamento realizado pelo GRUMEC (Grupamento de Mergulhadores de Combate) para a Copa das Confederações 2013 Arquivo liberado pela Marinha do Brasil através de projeto GLAM com Wiki Educação Brasil
context_page_description: The Combat Divers Group, abbreviated to GRUMEC, is the special forces unit of the Brazilian Navy.
  The GRUMEC was created in 1974 and is subordinate to the Submarine Force, which provides the primary means of transport for combat diver missions. GRUMEC teams can be transported to the target by a submarine, from which can reach the target by swimming, in kayaks, or in inflatable boats that can be launched from the submarine while it is still under water. The GRUMEC can also reach the target by parachute or helicopter.
  The function of the GRUMEC is to infiltrate undetected in coastal and riverine environments in order to perform tasks such as reconnaissance, sabotage and the elimination of targets of strategic value. In this sense it is similar to the U.S. Navy SEALs and British Special Boat Service.
  A member of the force is known as a "MEC", which is an abbreviation of "mergulhador de combate", meaning "combat diver".
context_section_description: The day-to-day life for members of GruMeC constitutes a countless array of activities, and mixed among the inevitable administrative tasks, are training, retraining and exercise. In "Operation Dragon" they perform hydrographic reconnaissance and gather information about the surf, training of patrols, terrestrial orientation, infiltration dipped, parachute jumping (free, or semi-automatic), release and collection of personnel and materiel by helicopters, submarines and surface ships;
  In fact, the MECS have participated in all the Fleet amphibious operations in support of launching torpedoes and missiles, riverine operations in the Amazon and the Pantanal, as well as the constant exercise of recovery ships and oil platforms, "attacks "The ships of the Fleet Forces District, etc..
  Aiming to keep up with the state of the art worldwide, the group has conducted exchanges with their counterparts in friendly countries. Among them Operation "Unitas", where they operated with the U.S. Navy SEALs.
caption: GRUMEC men during a training exercise.
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