For the divers of a certain naval detachment in the Southern Theater Command, the words' Dare to fight for revolution, dare to exchange lives for survival 'were deeply engraved in their hearts from the moment they first put on their diving suits. In March of this year, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Emergency Management, and the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission jointly announced the list of "most beautiful maritime search and rescue personnel" for 2023, with Colonel Li Gang, Deputy Chief of Staff of a certain naval detachment in the Southern Theater Command, among them. When it comes to meritorious honors, Li Gang said somewhat shyly, "Honors belong to the great motherland, to the glorious defense and rescue forces, and to the divers who fought with me." "It is precisely because of a group of excellent divers represented by Li Gang that the various maritime rescue operations of the detachment have been successfully completed." The leader of the detachment said that they have always regarded forging a capable and top-notch diver rescue team as a party committee project, constantly consolidating their talent base, and focusing on inspiring officers and soldiers with heroic deeds. The detachment has emerged a group of exemplary heroes represented by revolutionary martyr Gao Yuxin, first-class hero Li Gang, and outstanding commanding officer Huang Maolong of the whole army. The spirit of the older generation of divers, who are brave enough to dedicate themselves, brave enough to explore, and brave enough to surpass, constantly inspires the officers and soldiers of this team to conquer the bottomless underwater world. Focusing on practical combat to enhance core combat capabilities. In 2008, Li Gang, then the captain of the diving team, received the task of leading a team to participate in a security mission. Before leaving, they received a report that someone had thrown a suspicious object in the sea near the Phoenix Island Bridge. The superior ordered Li Gang to lead the team to salvage it. To search for palm sized objects in open waters, divers need to use magnetic detectors or even search manually in the undulating rocks, which is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack. Li Gang divided the team members into groups of two into seven directions and searched 5 square kilometers of water at the same time. After several searches, a red plastic block wrapped in wire was found 3 kilometers away from the incident site. Li Gang quickly went to the scene to unpack and inspect, and found that inside was an ordinary watch. Originally, this was a practical test before departure. Although successfully passing the test, Li Gang said during the summary and review, "If it were a real bomb at that time, we would probably have suffered heavy casualties. With the simple disposal method at that time, once an explosion was triggered, all divers around would have been injured to varying degrees." With this test as a foundation, Li Gang and his team's security work was more cautious and meticulous. In the end, they completed the task excellently and were awarded the collective first-class merit. On April 3rd of this year, divers who were training received orders from their superiors to immediately switch from training to combat and head to the southwest waters of Yinggehai to carry out the search mission for the "Yue Nan Ao Yu 36062" ship. Through collaborative efforts with military and civilian units such as the Navy Characteristic Medical Center, the Second Naval Hospital of the Southern Theater Command, the Sanya Coast Guard Bureau in Hainan, the Guangzhou Salvage Bureau, and the Hainan Maritime Bureau, the detachment has successfully completed tasks such as surface joint search, salvaging of bodies of victims, and underwater evidence collection of collision accidents, testing the core rescue capabilities of the detachment in actual combat. This rescue operation is the first mission test of the saturation diving team. In recent years, the detachment has always insisted on using practical experience as a "sharpening stone" to enhance the core combat capabilities of divers, organizing deep diving training every year and saturation diving training for four consecutive years. Divers from the detachment are responsible for providing diving support tasks such as maritime search and rescue, emergency towing, salvage of sunken objects, rescue and rescue operations, and disaster relief, and have successfully completed a series of major tasks such as the "Ocean Guardian" China Pakistan joint exercise and international military competitions. Precision training is supported by information technology data. "This week, my underwater training time is 2 hours longer than yours" and "I am only 3 items short of my quarterly training targets"... After lunch, officers and soldiers from a certain squadron of the detachment gathered around the bulletin board to discuss. The four large forms of diver files, diving records, physical examination reports, and task registration updated this week attracted everyone's attention. Besides the training ground, this is the favorite place for officers and soldiers to come Squadron leader Kou Zhihong said that since the implementation of precision training mode, divers have checked their training duration and improved their underwater operations as soon as they leave the water. Each data item provides reference for training grouping, level assessment, and subsequent selection of task personnel, while also providing information support for tracing and analyzing diving related information Kou Zhihong said that in the past, training was limited by the venue and equipment, and often everyone had to eat together. This flood training mode cannot meet the training needs of every diver. To this end, the detachment promptly formulated and improved the overall training plan for the diver team, and proposed precise talent cultivation. They took the squadron as a pilot and used information technology data as support to classify and train divers at different levels and levels. They established individual basic skill training teams such as the Strong Foundation New Training Team and the Enhanced Training Team, and regularly carried out comprehensive exercises to strengthen diver mission subjects. The team's operational level and collaborative support capabilities of various parts continued to improve. Now, the organization has extended the experience of the squadron's "grading with standards, classification with basis, one person with one case, and team with goals" to the entire team, making it more scientific and efficient for divers to plan their career development paths. In the "Deep Sea Warriors" competition organized by the Navy, the team accurately selected 9 divers to form a participating team through multiple rounds of assessments such as data evaluation and qualification certification, and achieved good results of 2 first places and 3 second places. In the specialized physical examination for saturation diving, diver Zhang Chenglong was diagnosed with pulmonary bulla, which not only prevented him from being selected as a saturation diver, but also required him to stop all diving training. The occurrence of pulmonary pressure injury in divers is accidental, and the harsh underwater working environment, uncomfortable decompression plans, and individual physical differences are all contributing factors. Although it is an isolated case, Zhang Chenglong's condition still receives attention from the leadership of the team. On the one hand, the prolonged follow-up treatment for diving occupational diseases affects the combat effectiveness of the organization; On the other hand, occupational diseases can also have a negative impact on the psychology of some divers. After careful analysis and summary of the reasons, they concluded that routine physical examinations cannot effectively detect hidden risks of diving occupational diseases. Therefore, the detachment optimized the annual physical examination items for divers, sorted out the symptoms of diving occupational diseases for special inspections, and established a sound mechanism for preventing and treating diving occupational diseases, ensuring that when divers experience symptoms of occupational diseases, the guarantee mechanism can respond in a timely manner. After continuous tracking and treatment, Zhang Chenglong not only returned to his work post, but also took on the responsibility of assisting diving commanders in carrying out diving disease prevention education, ensuring that divers did not carry any safety hazards during diving operations. Technology promotes training and introduces new quality rescue forces. In recent years, new quality rescue forces such as underwater televisions and saturation diving clocks have greatly improved work efficiency, which can be regarded as a model of the organic integration of intelligent equipment and saturation divers, greatly enhancing the confidence and determination of divers to take the path of technology empowerment. Although it was a training exercise, we received a commendation telegram from the higher authorities on our way back Half a year later, diver Chen Can's tone still carries a hint of pride. Last year in the second half of the year, during a sinking salvage drill organized by superiors, the detachment innovatively used a new type of equipment and divers to alternate operations to complete sinking salvage. As a homework diver, Chen Can efficiently completes secondary fixation and tying on the water surface. Watching the large targets placed by the assessment team being salvaged out of the water in such a short period of time, Chen Can, who has carried out major tasks multiple times, couldn't help but feel a bit shocked. Due to the ability of this new type of equipment to operate continuously for long periods of time, and the avoidance of the underwater decompression process for divers, this innovative combat method greatly shortens the operation time and brings this new quality rescue force into the sight of officers and soldiers. However, during the initial installation of this new device, Chen Can also had a period of confusion - would the introduction and use of intelligent new rescue forces squeeze traditional diver missions? What changes will there be in the future development space of divers? Chen Can's concerns to some extent reflect the mental state of some divers during their transition period. In recent years, the detachment has successively installed multiple types of rescue platforms and equipment, and there will be many more models of platforms and equipment in the installation sequence in the future. The deployment of new quality forces has brought about significant changes in rescue methods, posing challenges to commanders, operators, and divers who cooperate with operations. However, in Li Gang's view, "no matter how technology develops, divers can never be replaced." "The relationship between divers and new rescue forces is not a multiple-choice question, the two complement each other," said Zhou Jianing, the head of a certain department of the detachment. He had just organized an assessment for the operator of a new type of equipment, and immediately boarded another ship to conduct a deep-sea rescue boat extreme depth test after docking. In 2017, Zhou Jianing was awarded second-class merit for breaking the actual operating depth record of a certain type of diving equipment. In his opinion, as divers who have the closest contact with the deep sea, learning and using equipment has inherent advantages, and more and more divers are actively expanding their skill boundaries. Now, the team has incorporated divers into the new equipment task group, forming a set of personnel and two training modes for operation methods. (New Society)