Fact-Check: Video From USA Falsely Shared as Indian Navy Training Underwater

This video shows an underwater training video from the US and does not show Indian Navy as claimed.

Fact-check: A video from USA is being falsely shared as a clip of Indian Navy training underwater.

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A video showing a group of men training underwater while their hands and legs are tied up is going viral on social media with a claim that it shows the training behind the Indian Navy.

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What's the truth?: This video shows a training conducted by an organisation named Deep End Fitness in USA. They train military candidates.

• This is unrelated to the Indian Navy.

How did we find out the truth?: We checked Indian Navy's official social media handles but could not find this viral video shared by them.

• Then we performed a reverse image search on some of the keyframes of the video and this led us to an Instagram post carrying the same video.

• This was shared by 'House of Highlights' a page sharing sports content on 11 July 2023.

• The caption credited the video to Deep End Fitness, an organisation which trains military candidates or civilians for underwater fitness.

• Their official Instagram page had shared the viral video on 29 May 2023.

• The caption mentioned about Happy Memorial Day Weekend.

• We found several similar videos of the underwater training sessions on their page.

• We also visited their website and found out that they conduct private training sessions as well as military preparation in the USA.

These training sessions are conducted in the USA.

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We have reached out to them to get more context about the viral video and the story will be updated once we receive a response.

Conclusion: A video from USA is being falsely shared as a clip of Indian Navy training underwater.

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