Great underwater practice. I agree. It’s not like we’re pulling them from duty in the deserts of Iraq.
How do we know this? Iraq's main geographical features include 2 major rivers. Army divers are sometimes used to support riverine operations, so it's entirely possible that these divers could be deployed to Iraq to support engineering operations (bridging, etc.).
This type of recovery is wildly inefficient and it's going to take a physical toll on the divers.
Curious how long it will take to remove 700,000 tires.