TZ Aquanautics Crater Cave Contact

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TZA CRATER: CAVE : CONTACT Allowing for coordination between TZ branches across the country, CCC involved members from TZ-SLC, TZ-SEC7 and TZ-DNVR executing a mid-winter SCUBA dive into a underground geothermal cavern.

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.

“ Buddy, breathe! ”

With pitch black darkness as handy as ever, aquanauts practiced their night diving skills and deployed emergency strobes.

Go Teame!

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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

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.

SEABASE SENTRY: TZ Aquanauts train for conducting multiple duties including underwater searches, overhead flights, and rapid action.
Keywords: - Readiness - - Aquanautics - - Search and Rescue -
TZA mixed multiple training actions to simulate conditions of fatigue, response, readiness, and control needed during aquanautic search exercises.

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.

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.

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.