50 Years of Combat Diving in the Canadian Army

This is a book worthy of Combat Divers - it is mostly pictures. Doug Foreman has chronicled the history of combat diving from its inception in the early 60s through more recent times with a minimum of text. He describes how in the beginning, Army divers were charged with basic sapper tasks of mobility support to mechanised troops - underwater reconnaissance of crossing sites, mine clearance, obstacle clearance and basic construction.

Committee Bio: Steve Irwin

BGen Irwin was born in Sackville, New Brunswick. His father was an officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force and he, therefore, attended schools in England, Ottawa and Toronto. He entered the Royal Military College of Canada in 1969 and graduated in 1973 with a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) degree.