Year of the military diver

15 Oct 2014

2015: The Year of the Military DiverCMDCM (MDV) Steve MulhollandNaval Diving and Salvage Training Center

DRAFTTo mark 2015 as the Year of the Military Diver and highlight of all military diving

achievements.• 2015 is the 100th anniversary of the Mark V dive helmet• 2015 is the 35th anniversary of Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, the largest diving facility in the world where Deep Sea and Special Operations Divers from all five services train• 2015 is the 70th Anniversary for NSA Panama City and Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division• Additionally, 2015 will mark the 40th year since Navy Experimental Diving Unit moved from Washington Navy Yard to Panama City.

Vision

To remind the public everything that military divershave done for this great nation

DRAFTSchedule of Events

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

May 4th May 5th May 6th May 7th May 8th May 9th

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Execution

Mark V Centennial Celebration will be held in conjunction with the 35th anniversary of NDSTC in Panama City Florida 4-9 May 2015.

USN Military Diver Training Continuum

Diving Historical Society

Lunchtime MWR cookouts

Man in the Sea Museum Open House

USCG Diver Reunion

Dive Lab Open House

USN MDV Recall

USCG Diver Rate Inauguration

Cpt Shawn English

Fieldhouse Dedication

NDSTC Open House NEDU

Open House

Mark V Dives at NDSTC

NSWC PCD Open House

CPOA Golf Tournament

Copper Collar 5K

DEVRON Reunion

US Army Diver Reunion

EOD Executive Steering Committee

(Eglin AFB)

US Coast Guard Diver Reunion

DRAFTMark V Dives

- The Mark V dive helmet is the signature of diving.

- To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Mark V dive helmet, NDSTC will conduct a limited number of operational Mark V dives.

- The Sailors of the Year from each diving Command will be the first to dive the Mark Vs.

DRAFTCpt Shawn English

Fieldhouse Dedication

- Cpt Shawn English was the Alpha Company Commander at NDSTC from 2004-2006.

- During an Individual Augmentation tour in Iraq, He was killed by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED)

- NDSTC is naming the new indoor physical training facility in honor of Cpt English

DRAFTUS Coast Guard

Diver Rate Inauguration

- The U.S. Coast Guard is creating a new Coast Guard Diver Rating. The aim is to produce a permanent professional diver corps with the Coast Guard.

- The inauguration of the new rate will be launched at Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center City where all Coast Guard divers are trained.

DRAFTNaval Diving and Salvage

Training Center

Commissioned in 1980, NDSTC is the largest diving facility in the world where approximately 1200 students from all five military services train each year. NDSTC will host a 35th birthday celebration and open house on Wednesday May 6th, 2015.

DRAFTNavy Experimental Diving Unit

.NEDU is the worlds premier diving and hyperbaric research, test and evaluation unit. They liaise with NAVSEA and operational diving units

across all military services and government agencies to develop timely, cost-effective solutions to support and improve manned undersea operations. NEDU will host an open house on Thursday May 7th

DRAFTNaval Surface Warfare Center

Panama City Division

Established in 1945, NSWC Panama City Division is responsible for research and development of underwater diving life support systems and

saturation diving equipment. NSWC Panama City Division will host an open house to commemorate its 70 years in Panama City.

DRAFTMan in the Sea Museum

The museum showcases progress in underwater technology, from the earliest days of diving to the most modern underwater habitats.

The Man in the Sea Museum will host an open house on the afternoon of Wednesday May 6th.

DRAFTDiving Historical Society

HDS preserves, studies, archives compiles and disseminates information relating to man’s underwater activities and promotes public awareness and participation in underwater activities

DRAFTDive Lab

Dive Lab Kirby Morgan Diving System International’s state of the art test facility for surface supplied diving helmets, full face masks, and associated life support equipment.Dive Lab will hostAn Open House on Thursday May 7th.

DRAFTMWR Events

• Annual Copper Collar 5K• Annual NSA Panama City Chief Petty Officer’s Association golf tournament• Daily cookouts during week of celebration

DRAFTPublic Affairs

• The primary goal for the Year of the Military Diver is to remind the public of all the great things that Military Divers have done to shape this nation.• This goal is achieved through a robust public affairs campaign will begin January 1st, 2015.• The aim is to submit one diving

photo each day on Navy.Mil with

the Year of the Military Diver logo

on the bottom right corner.• Each day, Navy.Mil will also feature “This Day in Diving History.”

DRAFTExamples of Military Diving

Achievements • USS SQUALUS (SS-192) suffered a catastrophic valve failure during a test dive in 40 fathoms (240 feet) of water. On May 24, 1939, Navy divers and salvage ships responded quickly using a newly developed McCann rescue chamber invented by VADM Charles B. Momsen. All 33 survivors were rescued from the stricken submarine. • On December, 1941, the Japanese Empire launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor Hawaii. 21 ships were sunk or heavily damaged and 2402 Servicemen were killed. All but 2 ships (USS ARIZONA (BB-39) and USS OKLAHOMA (BB-37)) were raised to the surface by U.S. Navy Divers, repaired and sent back to rejoin the U.S. Fleet.• On July 17, 1996 TWA Flight 800 exploded and crashed off the coast of New York. U.S. Navy Divers recovered most of the 230 victims aboard, from the decks of USS GRASP (ARS-51) and USS GRAPPLE (ARS-53).

DRAFTReunions

• The Year of the Military Diver celebration will also allow various groups to hold their reunions.• The U.S. Navy Master Diver Recall is held every two years and 2015 is one of those times. This allows our Navy’s most senior divers to get together with together with the men who came before them.• Submarine Development Squadron FIVE (formerly Submarine Development Group ONE) reunion is for U.S. Navy Saturation Divers.• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Divers holds a yearly reunion, alternating locations between their West Coast Unit in Hawaii and the East Coast Unit in Virginia. They have chosen to hold this year’s reunion in Panama City Florida. The new Indoor PT facility will be named after Cpt Shawn English who gave his life in Iraq in 2006.• U.S Coast Guard Divers are kicking off their new Coast Guard Diver rating next year. They will commemorate this new achievement with a reunion for all Coast Guard Divers past and present.

DRAFTQUESTIONS