Navy
Exercise Gib Splash: The Submarine Parachute Assistance Group
Parachuting might not be something you would readily associate with a submarine rescue, but for one specialist team it's the fastest way to get to a crew in distress.
The Royal Navy’s Submarine Parachute Assistance Group (SPAG) is a specialist emergency rescue team on constant standby to travel to stricken submarines.
The highly-trained group was formed in the 1960s when Naval commanders decided they needed to be able to get experts to the site of a submarine emergency as quickly as possible.
A member of the Submarine Parachute Assistance Group (SPAG) is pictured on a practice jump into the bay of Gibraltar during an annual training exercise.
This video shows SPAG exercising in the waters around Gibraltar.
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