EOD Responds to Diver Reports of Underwater Ordnance

Key West, Florida A U.S. Navy EOD Dive Team from Naval Air Station Jacksonville conducted a reconnaissance and recovery mission near Boca Grande after recreational divers reported seeing munitions on the sea floor. EOD raised two ordnance in the area that were identified as inert. The Coastguard assisted in the effort by maintaining an exclusion zone around the area. Other munitions reportedly exist in the area but the EOD unit was only scoped to investigate the munitions that were reported by the divers. After the EOD operation was complete, the exclusion zone and mariner restrictions were lifted.