Teame Zazzu Aquanautics

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

CIRCLE WORK: Search and Recovery SCUBA dive training executing both shore based pendulum and submerged pivot pointed based circle search patterns
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TZA SAR divers conduct submerged pattern searches for forensic evidence to recover a discarded firearm as part of a multi-agency training exercise.

TZA MAYAN SACRIFICE: Aquatic night mangrove ingress
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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.

CRATER*CAVE* CONTACT: TZ-SLC, TZ-SEC7 and TZ-DNVR execute a mid-winter SCUBA dive into a underground geothermal cavern.
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After entering a doorway into a snowy hillside and through a tunnel, a three man TZA detachment entered a massive subterranean cavern. At depths exceeding 75ft+ and water exceeding 90F+, Aquanauts took time to warm up after TZMD exercises earlier in the week.

CORANADO COOPERATIVE: A multi-day event involving TZMP and TZA activities. Participants engaged an early morning 18-mile ride under pack on bicycle carrying a TZ underwater submersible sensor package to the forward disembarkation point. The dive profile involved a two-site two-site day ending with a return 18-mile return ride.
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TZ aquanauts dove in La Jolla kelp forest and La Jolla beach area to depths in excess of 65 ft. Following the dive, TZ aquanauts were required to exploit indigenous personnel on their own initiative for transport to the final objective

AIRFRAME DIVEDOWN: "Relax, an underwater emergency is in progress"
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TZ Aquanauts acting as Quick Reaction Force were required for hasty deployment from a light pickup for rapid area ingress and subsurface insertion under heavy gear.