'Surviving The Cut' episode to highlight dive school July 25

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RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) --  Discover Channel's "Surviving The Cut" will air an episode that highlights the rigorous training at the Air Force Combat Dive School in Panama City, Fla., July 25 at 10 p.m. EDT.

Members of the Air Force Combat Dive School train an array of special operations Airmen such as pararescuemen, combat controllers, combat rescue officers or special tactics officers.

"Surviving The Cut" shoots documentaries about the physically demanding training service members go through in various career fields in the military. In the show's first season, it aired an episode about Air Force pararescue training.

Episode synopsis: "Air Force Special Ops is a small but highly valued asset of the special operations community. If you are in trouble, these guys will survive any climate to get you out. Water is the most unforgiving environment and they need to be able to operate flawlessly in it. Students are pushed to the limit as they struggle to learn the art of staying calm in adverse underwater conditions. Both open circuit and closed circuit systems are mastered here, but the biggest skill required is surviving pure chaos where there is no air.  One in three will not survive the cut."

(Courtesy of Air Education and Training Command Public Affairs)