A United States Navy diver may be a restricted fleet line (Engineering Duty) officer, Civil Engineer Corps (CEC) officer, Medical Corps officer, an Unrestricted Line Officer who is qualified in Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Warfare (1140) or an enlisted (ND or HM rating) who is qualified in underwater diving and salvage. Navy divers serve with fleet diving detachments and in research and development. Some of the mission areas of the Navy diver include: marine salvage, harbor clearance, underwater ship husbandry and repair, submarine rescue, saturation diving, experimental diving, underwater construction and welding, as well as serving as technical experts to the Navy SEALs, Marine Corps, and Navy EOD diving commands.
The U.S. Navy is the lead agency in military diving technology an...
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African American Seabee divers of the 34th Naval Construction Battalion at Gavutu, Solomon Islands, ...
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A U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal technician assigned to Commander, Task Group 56.1 participat...
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Images documenting the 1947 Bikini Resurvey Project. The Saratoga was sunk as a target vessel during...
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Navy Diver 3rd Class Jacob Laman, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2, Company 2-2, ...
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Official emblem of the U.S. Navy.
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Navy divers attached to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 from Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va...
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A Mark V dive suit in the Naval Heritage Center, part of the United States Navy Memorial, in Washing...
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Image of Diving insignia used in the US Navy. Note; For use in USN articles concerning awards.
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Chief Navy Diver Daniel Jackson completes a successful certification dive of the Atmospheric Diving ...
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Deep sea divers assigned to Mobile Diving Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1, deployed with Joint POW/MIA Account...
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Photo of a U.S. Navy Diver
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A diver assigned to the Navyβs Special Clearance Team One (NSCT-1), returns to his boat for extracti...
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US Navy Navy Diver (ND). A U.S. Navy Mark-V diving helmet and breastplate.
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SEALAB III, last of the Navy's undersea habitats.
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Aquanauts excurt (saturation dive) from TEKTITE I.
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Japanese Type-A Ko-hyoteki class 2 man sub salvaged by 8 Seabees from the 6th CB off Tassafaronga Po...
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Atlantic Ocean (July 3, 2001) β U.S. Navy diver, Senior Chief Engineman Bill Stap...
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Honolulu, Hawaii (Nov. 5, 2001) -- A deep sea diver from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One works h...
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Aug. 8, 2007) - Navy Diver 1st Class Josuha Harsh, attached to Mobile Diving and...