Special Operations Diving Supervisor Badge: A silver badge 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height consisting of a divers head in full gear in front of two crossed Sykes-Fairbain Commando daggers points up. Around either side of the divers head a diving shark with tail fin behind the dagger point. Over the mouth piece is a star surrounded by a wreath of laurel.
On 17 September 2004, the Scuba Diver Badge was discontinued in lieu of a new Special Operations Diver Badge and an additional grade, the Special Operations Diving Supervisor Badge, was created.
Prior to this change, the basic Scuba Diver Badge was the same for all of the U.S. armed forces. The new design includes sharks, symbolizing speed, stealth, and lethal efficiency, and two Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knives in saltire, representing the heritage of OSS Operational Swimmers during World War II.
The Combat Diver Qualification and Combat Diving Supervisors Courses are taught by Company C, 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Warfare Training Group at the Special Forces Underwater Operations School, Naval Air Station Key West.
