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Subject: Re: Navy Diving at depth, FYI Sent: 6/14/96 3:50 AM Received: 6/14/96 5:35 AM From: George M. Irvine III, gmiiii@in*.co* To: Robert Wolov, wolov@hi*.co* Bob, put this one on the list. The point that we do someting that nobody else does is lost on the tech crowd - they want to fantansize, we want to dive. - G On Thu, 13 Jun 96, Robert Wolov <wolov@hi*.co*> wrote: >George, > >I came across some info that surprised me a little and meshes in with >what you've been saying about the best and most recent experience with >*extremely* deep and routine diving and decompression coming from the >commercial community (like the petroleum divers). > >Well, as a Naval officer I do have my service loyalties to trip over, but >I just recently got to fly a team of Navy divers to a mission and got the >chance to pick their brains about the type of diving they do and about >equipment issues. > >I expected to hear "heroic" stories about diving to great depths and >using exotic gas mixes and decompression tables... > >Well, it turns out that most of their diving involves 30 - 40 foot >depths...hardly different than a basic OW class! Oh, they do have to do a >saturation dive for promotion (the one senior chief diver I spoke with >did his to about 840 feet...once). But day to day stuff involves >inspecting hulls and the like in the shallows. > >When I asked a Navy SEAL corpman what the *combat* divers were doing, I >was told that "transitions" were also in the 30 - 40 foot range (except >for "recoveries" which obviously might entail what we all agree are deep >dives. > >While the Navy tables are good for their range there is that proviso "for >their range". > >You guys have been going to the 300+ range routinely. Sorta puts things >in perspective doesn't it? > >Robb W > >
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