page_title: Army engineer diver
section_title: Current duties and notable operations
hierarchical_section_title: Army engineer diver / Current duties and notable operations
caption_attribution_description: English: PORT-AU-PRINCE, HaitI (Feb. 8, 2010) Chief Equipment Operators Steve Eckroth, left, and Mark Hurley, right, both assigned to Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 1, and Army Diver Specialist Leslie Shiltz, assigned to the 544th Engineer Dive Team, wrap wire around adjoining pieces of re-enforcement bar used to strengthen sections of pier in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, damaged by a 7.0 earthquake Jan. 12. UCT-1 and the 544th are repairing damaged sections of concrete pilings in support of Operation Unified Response. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chris Lussier/Released)
context_page_description: Army engineer divers are members of national armies who are trained to undertake reconnaissance, demolition, and salvage tasks underwater. These divers have similar skills and qualifications as professional divers. In the United States Army, they are members of the Corps of Engineers. In the British Army they may be Royal Engineers Divers or Commando Engineer Divers.
context_section_description: Army Engineer Divers are trained in underwater construction, salvage, demolitions, hydrographic survey, hyperbaric chamber operation, beach and river recon, bridge recon, underwater cutting and welding, side scan sonar operations, mine and countermine operations, search and recovery operations and ships husbandry operations. Army divers use both surface supplied "Hard hat" and SCUBA to perform their missions.
  Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 2010:
  The earthquake of January 12, 2010, that left thousands of Haitians dead or homeless and hungry, rocked Haiti's main port of Port-au-Prince. Shockwaves sent the port's busy northern pier and its two massive cargo cranes sinking into the sea. The harbor was littered with toppled shipping containers. The southern pier was sheared from its concrete support pilings. The U.S. military worked with Haitian authorities to offload seaborne humanitarian aid and commercial cargo as it helped run the port. At the heart of its plans was an effort to repair the remains of the southern pier, leaving Haiti with a vital avenue for humanitarian aid and commerce.
caption: Army Divers work to repair a portion of the main port in Haiti.
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