slackercruster
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Have tech divers equaled or surpassed what can be accomplished by US Navy divers?
Have tech divers equaled or surpassed what can be accomplished by US Navy divers?
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Just kidding!! Actually, I'm not sure what you are really asking.
Just kidding!! Actually, I'm not sure what you are really asking.
DennisS
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Where can I find out about all the Navy's diving projects so I can compare
divestoclimb
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The naval academy?
I don't think they'll just tell you about all the US military activities going on...Seriously though, you can probably figure out what the most extreme sanctioned Navy dive activities are by reading the Navy diving manual. I think they spell out rules like max depths, durations, stuff like that for different types of dive activities.
Depends most navy divers just do underwater maintenance.
Some play with experimental gear
I wouldn't trust them in a cave.
They also use cambers not in water deco.
"Most" of us don't take full auto weapons on dives
Navy diving is more like Commercial Diving.
Mike
Some play with experimental gear
I wouldn't trust them in a cave.
They also use cambers not in water deco.
"Most" of us don't take full auto weapons on dives
Navy diving is more like Commercial Diving.
Mike
Not really a fair comparison. Goals, objectives, desires are completely different. Navy divers have done some pretty amazing things -- take a look at the documentary on raising the USS Monitor turret as an example. They don't just dive to look at things, have fun or explore new areas as most sport divers do.
Ana
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NEDU puts these poor souls through quite a bit, I'm sure they couldn't get away with doing that to a civilian.
NAVY experiments aside, I believe commercial diving is the one ahead. Assuming your question has to do with deeper and longer.
It probably has to do with the motivating factors. For the Navy diver is about following orders; the tech diver has his/her ego; and finally the commercial diver.
Inside the hat of a commercial diver you can almost hear the splash of the stand-by diver the very instant you even look like considering coming back up before completing the task. Big offshore companies have money to make, and a silly diver getting hurt is not going to stop them. Yes it is a lot safer than it used to, but the bottom line continues to be the fact that, if you're not willing to do what they ask you, there is a line of divers (and tenders waiting to get wet) more than ready to go in your place.
NAVY experiments aside, I believe commercial diving is the one ahead. Assuming your question has to do with deeper and longer.
It probably has to do with the motivating factors. For the Navy diver is about following orders; the tech diver has his/her ego; and finally the commercial diver.
Inside the hat of a commercial diver you can almost hear the splash of the stand-by diver the very instant you even look like considering coming back up before completing the task. Big offshore companies have money to make, and a silly diver getting hurt is not going to stop them. Yes it is a lot safer than it used to, but the bottom line continues to be the fact that, if you're not willing to do what they ask you, there is a line of divers (and tenders waiting to get wet) more than ready to go in your place.
Blackwood
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Captain CaveMan
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I have a buddy that was a Navy deep diver. I would ask him questions about diving and lots of info that Padi teaches were not introduced to him at all. He told me this
In the Navy if they have a problem that comes up on board when your diving and you have deco left to do they will not take there time for you. They will try there best but, if you die your a causality of war and a number
Who want to join the Navy?
In the Navy if they have a problem that comes up on board when your diving and you have deco left to do they will not take there time for you. They will try there best but, if you die your a causality of war and a number
Who want to join the Navy?
Captain CaveMan
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