The Scary Job of US Navy Divers Working 610m Deep In The Ocean

How does being deep in the ocean as a US Navy diver feel with saturation diving? “A lot of sailors talk about how they feel claustrophobic underwater. US Navy Atmospheric Diving. I kind of feel the opposite and am happy to share my experience. There’s endless space, everywhere. I remember a particular dive at dusk. It was getting dark, and I descended to 80 feet in 450 feet of water and used my sonar equipment to locate a “mine shape” (a fake mine for testing & research) for a test we were doing. I located the mine and grabbed onto the chain attached to the mine and looked down. The rest of the equipment plunged into absolute darkness. All I could feel was the vast expanse all around me, and I got the feeling that I might fall. I just remember holding onto that chain and feeling like an endless fall was imminent. I snapped back into focus, finished up the job, and went home.”
US Navy Divers are responsible for going underwater to carry out naval operations such as ship repairs and retrieval of ship wreckage. These naval crew members are also responsible for escorting astronauts when they land in space capsules in the middle of the sea. For some operations, they have to dive quite deep into the sea and, to successfully carry out such operations, there is a special technique these divers employ.
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[navyproductions]

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[dfdemt]

I’ve heard saturation divers working in the offshore oil/gas industry tell some SCARY stories. Descending out of the dive bell to the sea floor and it being nothing but the vast blackness of endless void all around you and below you. Then feeling something quickly brush by you and you look but don’t see what it was. They said they just had to ignore it and had to think “if I don’t look at it, it didn’t happen” to maintain focus and sanity. The margin for error is zero. They always said “if at first you don’t succeed, diving is definitely not for you”.

[avir]

Definitely one of the better jobs to have in the navy, and highly employable when you get out as well.

[lashonearl]

Thank You!!!Much respect to all of the BRAVE U.S Navy Divers around the world🌎 Thank You for all you do!!!!from a U.S Army Veteran.

[StLProgressive]

I have nothing but respect for the people who do this job.

[eastcoastbreed]

It is the most surreal work environment on earth. You can literally turn around and stare into the face of a monster at any given moment. You life 100% depe ds on your gear... it fails, you're not coming back. Yet, amazing at the same time.

[chrisstengren]

Naval operations like ship repair and blowing up pipelines

[rhysgoodman]

These guys have a lot of potential to make A LOT of money in the civilian world after they retire from the Navy.

Saturation divers can make up to $40, 000 per month. But that is a month of work. You’re put in a pod and lowered into the ocean where you live for about a month at a time. For your “work day” you put on your suit and you exit your pod to go repair pipes or whatever it is you have to do.

Really spooky stuff. They deserve every penny!

[heatherwinter]

My father, tried a navy diving course in the early 60, s., he said it was brutal !

[hmadhmad]

May your morning be blessed with all the best, happiness and peace of mind

[kristianlobo]

I ever work as interpreter for Indonesian Navy Diver and US Navy Diver in exercise CARAT Divex 2021 and 2022...
Watching this video reminds me of that great time having chance to learn new things in terms of military deep sea diving ops... Can't wait to see them in the next Exercise...

[matthewmcdermit]

Our family knew a former U.S. Navy diver. He served during the Vietnam War. I was just a kid at the time, so he wouldn't share a lot of detail. He was a demolitions expert. I remember him saying that he had to swim a lot of rivers, and he hated swimming rivers. First, we had to fight the currents, he said -- and we were always swimming upstream -- so it was exhausting, but worst of all, he said, the rivers were often so murky he couldn't see anything. "It was scary, " he admitted. "You are swimming with things that are bigger than you are, " he said. Once in a while something would brush up against you. Because it was so murky, you couldn't even tell what it was, he said, but you could tell that it was bigger than you. They weren't pleasure dives that is certain. It was hard, scary work.

[weatherlifeyar]

Hats off to these Navy divers that is a lot of training best in the world

[ScubieDoo]

It was interesting to hear your own personal experience to introduce the video, good technique I think. What was even more interesting to me was that I could absolutely imagine that feeling and the idea of feeling boxed in, but by the end of the video I felt that these people looked so at ease and natural in that environment. Must take a collosal amount of trust in your equipment, skills, and the people around you to not have the environment be the foremost thing in your mind. Truly amazing what people can do

[donszabo]

Wow that makes my recreational diver training look weak. I think having 200+ ocean dives has helped but these men and woman are animals!!

[dbcooper]

I’m a 22yr Army guy and I’m impressed! Great video! Very interesting! God bless all those US Naval Divers. 🙏

[gaius_enceladus]

I *love* the sea but I stay on top of it on a yacht or in a ship!
I would be terrified of being in the sea and not being able to see the seabed. The thought of having tens, hundreds or thousands of meters of dark, scary void below me scares the living daylights out of me.

[hunterjacobs]

At 3:33 the diver gives his colleague a nice little gesture 😂

[stynch]

i contracted for navy diver and i ship out september 19th hooyah🇺🇸⚓️!

[stevenlamastus]

These people don't get enough credit!