Minedykkerkommandoen

Norwegian Naval EOD Command
Minedykkerkommandoen (MDK)
ActiveFrogmen: 1953 - 1968
MDK: 1968 - current
CountryNorway Royal Norwegian Navy
TypeClearance diver
Garrison/HQHaakonsvern Naval Base
Ramsund Naval Base
ColorsBlue beret flash on navy beret
EngagementsOperation Enduring Freedom
International Security Assistance Force
Operation Pickaxe-Handle
Operation Atalanta
Operation Ocean Shield
Macedonia Conflict
Operation Recsyr

Minedykkerkommandoen (MDK) or Norwegian Naval EOD Command is a clearance diver group. MDK is subordinate to the Royal Norwegian Navy. MDK is located at Haakonsvern Naval Base in Bergen and Ramsund Naval Base, in vicinity of Harstad.

The Commando is part of the naval contribution to the Norwegian Armed Forces Intervention Force, and the command's personnel have taken part in operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Baltic states and Mediterranean, among others. The unit is often on assignment for the Norwegian Police Service with bomb disposal.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Minedykkerkommandoen sprengte flybombe". NRK. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Her sprenges «Tirpitz-bomba»". NRK. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Ødela eksplosiver fra andre verdenskrig". Forsvaret. Retrieved 18 August 2016.