Frogman

:This page describes a type of scuba diver. For other uses of the word frogman, see Frogman (disambiguation)

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Frogman is a popular term for a scuba diver. The word arose around 1940 from the appearance of a diver in shiny wetsuit and with large fins on his feet. The term preferred by scuba users is 'diver', but the word persists in usage by non-divers, especially in the media, to refer to professional scuba divers in organizations such as the police.

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Usual usage of the word "frogman" somewhat implies diving for action, often in combat; such divers are also sometimes called combat diver or combat swimmer.

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A few sport diving clubs have included the word "Frogmen" in their names.

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In Britain, police divers are or were often called "police frogmen". The first British police diver was a policeman who, needing to search underwater for evidence or a body, did not use a drag but went home and fetched his sport scuba gear. And see Ian Edward Fraser.

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Some countries' frogman organizations include a translation of the word "frogman" in their official names, e.g. Danish "Fr?mandskorpset" and Norwegian "Froskemanskorpset".

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See Anti-frogman techniques about detecting and combatting unwelcome frogman and scuba diver incursions.

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Frogman (disambiguation): Frogman has a number of meanings:...

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