TZ Aquanautics

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The operation consisted of staging a Quick Reaction Force TZA detachment for both ingress and egress from an assumed denied operational area. TZ Aquanauts acting as QRF were required for hasty deployment from a light pickup for rapid area ingress and subsurface insertion under heavy gear.

Executing small unit tactics and covering formation, aquanauts were required to execute a 1k run under SCUBA gear over the dam and coordinate immediate splash-down. Aquanauts utilized helmet cams for post dive after action review, with the second day of diving allowing for a total of four complete operational cycles during the event.

“ Relax, an underwater emergency is in progress ”

While lots of action happened up top, the divers were still required to compass locate a submerged Cessna 310 and execute emergency buddy breathing during each dive.

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DEPARTMENTS

TZ Aquanautics is ready to operate in water of any temperature, conduct operation in aquatic environments ranging from high altitude scuba and skin diving to whitewater paddle-boarding. TZ Aquanauts deploy in support of the community during rescue and recovery operations

Features

TZA MAYAN SACRIFICE: Aquatic night mangrove ingress
Keywords: - Aquanautics - - Nature - - Extinction - - -
A night time dive operation including a clandestine surf beach landing and mangrove river ingress under the cover of darkness. After entering the secured area Aquanauts were required to locate a target area and egress without kinetic contact.

OPERATION BLOWFISH: A shallow water coral inspecting dive off Isla Mujeres.
Keywords: - Aquanautics - - -
The warm waters and clear conditions were ideal for the single dive.

SALVAGE SUBMERSION: TZ Aquanatics were required to locate and enter a submerged twin-engine 10-seat Beech C185 at a depth of 55 feet, deploy an experimental sensor tray, and conduct simulated emergency search and rescue dives acting as an air-deployed "feet wet" rapid reaction force under live-fire conditions.
Keywords: - Aquanautics - - Exercises - - Aircraft -
The Aquatics phase of Jump and Thump took place over the course of two days. Subsequent dives required participants to locate a sunken rowboat at 80 feet and prepare entry into an underwater vent pipe leading to a cave with extreme restrictions at 140 feet, all part of a vast underground system of water connecting seven sister lakes nestled among the surrounding red mesas.

9-9 LIVEDIVE: locating and entering the compartment of a sunken Cessna 310 airplane in approx. 45ft of water and securing a geocache hidden inside the cockpit
Keywords: - Aquanautics - - -
The Live Dive was a two day, four dive training exercise focused on building team cohesion, compass navigation, autonomic containment and dive emergency response development among aquanauts. TZ Aquanatics members located the plane wreck, secured the materials inside the geocache and deployed an Experimental Sample Tray (EST).

TZA GLOOM SHADOW: Watch how deep the Teame will go to get the bodies
Keywords: - Aquanautics - - Search and Rescue - - Exercises -
TZA Search & Recovery exercises were conducted in waters that were at a temperature of 55F degrees at the surface.