When Damone Brown enlisted in the US Army, the path to the Army’s Special Forces was a rare journey for a black man. Few blacks existed across all military branches of Special Operations— Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. Among the millions of brave black men who serve, less than four percent have broken into the elite Special Forces and even fewer have become Combat Divers. Dive into the pages of this book to uncover the invaluable lessons Damone learned through the Army’s most grueling school: the Special Forces Combat Diver Qualification Course, known as CDQC or simply “dive school.”