Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Faba | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District | 02.03.2022
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Malachi Bowman, a student at the Cold Water Ice Diving course, acts as the line tender for another diver during the ice diving exercise on Ferrell Lake on Camp Ripley, Minnesota, Feb. 3, 2022. The tender is responsible for maintaining the line and ensuring it does not get caught or tangled with other lines. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Faba | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District | 02.03.2022
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Bredesen, an instructor at the Cold Water Ice Diving course, explains the ice diving exercise to the dive students on Ferrel Lake at Camp Ripley, Minnesota, Feb. 3, 2022. The two week course is considered a special training for ice diving after attending Coast Guard Diver A-School. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Faba)...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Faba | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District | 02.03.2022
U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Christopher Tull, an instructor at the Cold Water Ice Diving course, rides a snowmobile onto the ice on Ferrell Lake at Camp Ripley, Minnesota, Feb. 3, 2022. The sled attached to the snowmobile is used to carry equipment from the land onto the ice. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Faba)...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Faba | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District | 02.02.2022
U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Paul Frantz presents Army Brig. Gen. Lowell Kruse with a Cold Water Ice Diving plaque at Camp Ripley, Minnesota, Feb. 2, 2022. The Coast Guard presented this plaque to Kruse as a token of gratitude for allowing the Coast Guard to exercise diving operations on Camp Ripley. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Faba)...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Faba | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District | 02.02.2022
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Allen Jones, a student in the Cold Water Ice Diving course, holds an ice saw on Ferrell Lake at Camp Ripley, Minnesota, Feb. 2, 2022. The divers prepare a hole in the ice in order to conduct ice diving exercises. (United States Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Faba)...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Faba | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District | 02.02.2022
U.S. Coast Guard divers move equipment through the snow on Ferrell Lake at Camp Ripley, Minnesota, Feb. 2, 2022. The divers' training includes set up and tear down of the equipment and tents during the course. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Faba)...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Faba | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District | 02.02.2022
U.S. Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Sean Eversole, an instructor at the Cold Water Ice Diving course, explains the necessary process of preparing the ice before a diving hole is cut for the course on Ferrell Lake at Camp Ripley, Minnesota, Feb. 2, 2022. A probing team must test the ice in order for the ice diving exercises to take place. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Faba | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District | 02.01.2022
U.S. Coast Guard divers receive instructions before conducting training evolutions in the dive pool at the Minnesota School of Diving Inc., Brainerd, Minnesota, Feb. 1, 2022. Students from the Cold Water Ice Diving course must pass simulated emergency procedures in the dive tank before proceeding to the next phase of instruction. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Faba)...
