Pak-US divers recover valuable Pak Navy asset from seabed

A joint team of Pakistan Navy and United States Navy divers have successfully recovered a valuable piece of naval equipment from the Arabian Sea 25 miles from the coast of Pakistan. A search mounted by the Pakistan Navy located the equipment lying on the seafloor at a depth of approximately 190-200 feet. This depth presented a technical challenge, and that was when the Pakistan Navy decided to partner with the US Navy for a combined recovery effort. The Office of the Defence Representative to Pakistan (ODRP) at the US Embassy in Islamabad coordinated the joint mission.

“One of our key missions is providing support to the military forces of Pakistan,” said US Navy Vice Admiral Michael LeFever, the commander of the Office of the Defence Representative to Pakistan. “Therefore, when the request for assistance came in, we moved swiftly to assist where we could.”

“This team effort has resulted in the successful return of a valuable Pakistan Navy asset,” said Pakistan Navy Commodore Mukthar Khan, Commander of the Pakistan Navy Auxiliary and Mine Squadron. “The swift mission planning and excellent coordination between our two dive teams was a good example of how partner forces should work.”

With a successful recovery mission behind them, the Pakistani and American divers teams spent several additional days conducting joint training to further enhance their diving skills and the coordination of diving techniques between the respective countries.