Minedykkerkommandoen is Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

's clearance diver

Clearance Diver

A clearance diver was originally a specialist naval diver who used explosives underwater to remove obstructions to make harbours and shipping channels safe to navigate, but later the term "clearance diver" was used to include other naval underwater work...

 group. It is a branch of the Norwegian naval defenses specializing in explosive ordnance disposal. MDK is subordinate to Minekrigsflotiljen (The Mine Warfare Flotilla

Flotilla

A flotilla , or naval flotilla, is a formation of small warships that may be part of a larger fleet. A flotilla is usually composed of a homogeneous group of the same class of warship, such as frigates, destroyers, torpedo boats, submarines, gunboats, or minesweepers...

), which is a division of the Norwegian Navy. MDK has a base at the Haakonsvern

Haakonsvern

Haakonsvern is the main base of the Royal Norwegian Navy and the largest naval base in the Nordic area. The base is located at Mathopen within Bergen municipality, about 15 km south-west of the city centre...

 naval station in Bergen and is divided into four small units, one of which has a stronghold at Ramsund naval station outside Harstad

Harstad

is the second largest city and municipality by population, in Troms county, Norway – the city is also the third largest in North Norway. Thus Harstad is the natural centre for its district. Situated approximately north of the Arctic Circle, the city celebrated its 100th anniversary in...

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The Mine Diver Command is part of the naval contribution to the Norwegian Defense Forces Intervention Force, and the command's personnel have taken part in operations in Afghanistan

Afghanistan

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 and Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

, among others. The unit has also participated with mine disposal in the Baltic states

Baltic states

The term Baltic states refers to the Baltic territories which gained independence from the Russian Empire in the wake of World War I: primarily the contiguous trio of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania ; Finland also fell within the scope of the term after initially gaining independence in the 1920s.The...

 and Norway (World War 2 mine disposal)

They use several Canadian-made rebreather

Rebreather

A rebreather is a type of breathing set that provides a breathing gas containing oxygen and recycled exhaled gas. This recycling reduces the volume of breathing gas used, making a rebreather lighter and more compact than an open-circuit breathing set for the same duration in environments where...

s: Viper SE, Viper Plus, S-24. They also previously used Siva 55 and Siva Plus.

See also

• Marinejegerkommandoen
  Marinejegerkommandoen
  Marinejegerkommandoen is a Norwegian maritime special forces unit. It was formally established in 1951. It is located in Ramsund in the northern part of Norway and at Haakonsvern Naval Base in Bergen...
  
   (Norway's sea-commando force, includes commando frogmen)
• Kystjegerkommandoen
  Kystjegerkommandoen
  Kystjegerkommandoen is a Norwegian amphibious unit trained to operate in littoral combat theatres, filling the role of a marine corps and coastal artillery....
  
  

External links

• http://www.mil.no/sjo/keskdr/kyststrid/start/minedykker/bilder/serie1/ 12 thumbnails pointing to images
• http://www.mil.no/sjo/keskdr/kyststrid/start/minedykker/bilder/serie2/ 6 thumbnails pointing to images
  • Note: the image in :no:Minedykkerkommandoen (the corresponding page in the Norwegian
    Norwegian language
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    Wikipedia) is of US Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) divers.