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The Naval Safety Center (NSC) Diving Division has observed a real need for additional training for members of submarine diving lockers. Due to the high OPTEMPO and high turnover rate of the divers in these positions, critical knowledge and skills are diminishing at alarming levels. Basic maintenance and equipment set up is becoming a significant problem as seen during Diving Operational Readiness Assessment (DORA) and the NSC surveys. In recent weeks, NSC divers have conducted more than 10 submarine dive locker surveys and found many repeat or unresolved discrepancies from previous assessments/surveys. As you can see, this is cause for some concern. Can we fix this? The answer is, "Yes!"
As divers, we all …