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Search patterns are done using a variety of search techniques. The team often has to make quick calculated decisions which can affect lives and or the outcome of an entire case. In , MSP URT divers were trained in performing missions to clear an underwater area of explosives or any other type of life threatening device. Although divers are not trained in explosive ordinance removal, they are able to identify such devices and mark the area for removal by military EOD personnel.

In the same year, URT divers were provided the training to assist from time to time with detailed searches of the hull of a marine vessel. In addition to their daily training and missions, team members provide a resource for a variety of civic groups and events which support their efforts.

Held in two different parts of the state Annapolis and Deep Creek to raise millions of dollars for Special Olympics Maryland participants, divers brave frigid waters while hundreds of thousands of fundraising patrons plunge. For two consecutive years, the team also has been involved in providing a stable diving platform for the Ocean City Air Show. The show is held along the Ocean City coastline. The team earned the title of lead dive unit for waterborne rescue in the event of a performing aircraft mishap.

The team was provided training regarding the recovery of downed military and civil aircraft. Since the inception of the URT, divers have been sought to enter water often as black as the night. For even the most veteran of diver, there are moments of fear. Suddenly the unimaginable can happen. The water becomes colder.

The light turns even blacker. Is up really up, or is it down? Where are your other divers? Are they in trouble? Instantly something happens. When any rescue diver talks about black water diving, they are talking about zero visibility.