Naval Diving & Salvage Training
The U.S. Navy trains sailors in diving and salvage procedures and operations. Divers serve the Navy in rescue missions, aiding distressed vessels and salvaging equipment and property from sunken vessels.
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History
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Modern Navy diving training started with the opening of the Naval School of Diving and Salvage in 1927. The1940s saw several diving schools open on the east coast, and from the 1950s to 1980s several schools existed. In 1980 programs were consolidated into the Naval Diving & Salvage Training Center in Panama City, Florida.
Curriculum
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Navy divers learn several skills to become divers. They take physical training and scuba lessons. They get training in pools and pressure vessel assemblies (PVAs), which simulate deep water pressure.
Academic lessons include gas laws, diving medicine, salvage mathematics and procedures and recompression chamber operation.
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Programs
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Several different programs teach different skills for divers, including divers from other branches of the military.
Second Class Diver is the basic course diving course. Passage is required for more advanced diving programs. First Class Diver is the advanced diving course.
Specialized diving courses include combat training, underwater construction and special environment diving.
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- Photo Credit scuba diver image by Mat Hayward from Fotolia.com
