FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Navy divers assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 prepare to enter the water during ice dive training at Camp Ripley in Little Falls, Minn., on Feb. 18, 2021. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Jeff Atherton/TNS) Instead of in Virginia Beach, these Navy divers are training under 3 feet of ice in Minnesota NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — It dipped to 9 below zero before dawn Friday at Camp Ripley, Minnesota – the same as at Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost point in the United States – which is why Chief Warrant Officer 2 Joshua Slack has no doubts that his divers are getting the right training for the Navy’s stepped up interest in Arctic operations.