south african navy and parachutists

[seaeagle25]

Hi there guys

Can someone give me some information on SAN parachutists. In Owen's book of SA badges, he identifies some wings for navy parachute instructors. This surprised me because I did not think parachuting was that big in the SAN to have instructors. I know clearance divers would be para trained but would they not just use the army instructors?

When the SA Marine corps was re-instated in 1979, would this have seen a big increase in navy trained paras? Are navy personnel still being para qualified nowadays?

Regards

Doug