Image shows Able Rate (AB) Natasha Senn from HMS King Alfred, she is currently the only female diver in the RNR and recently became the first female reservist to qualify on her Explosive Ordnance course. A biting wind whistled across Portsmouth Harbour as six Royal Naval Reservists plunged into the dark waters of the diving training lake at the Navy’s Horsea Island training site, swimming across the lake, completing a timed set of circuits and leaping several times from the highest platform (over 30 feet) into the water, clutching their fins to their chests. The reservists were conduct
Image shows Able Rate (AB) Natasha Senn from HMS King Alfred, she is currently the only female diver in the RNR and recently became the first female reservist to qualify on her Explosive Ordnance course. A biting wind whistled across Portsmouth Harbour as six Royal Naval Reservists plunged into the dark waters of the diving training lake at the Navy’s Horsea Island training site, swimming across the lake, completing a timed set of circuits and leaping several times from the highest platform (over 30 feet) into the water, clutching their fins to their chests. The reservists were conducting pre-joining aptitude and acquaint tests on a wintry Saturday morning in late November. These determined men have one collective ambition: to join the Royal Naval Reserve Diving Branch, a specialist cadre of the Maritime Reserves that supports the Fleet Diving Squadron of the Royal Navy. Image by LA(Phot) Maxine Davies, Royal Navy. *** Local Caption *** Able Rate (AB) Natasha Senn
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