5 Responses to “What scuba stuff does the US military use?”

1. hulk says:

   September 25, 2009 at 4:22 am

   submarines
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2. somedayinkansas27 says:

   September 25, 2009 at 4:56 am

   machine guns

   rifles

   bombs

   gases

   m 16s

   m 4s

   m 80s

   grenades
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3. dsjago says:

   September 25, 2009 at 5:34 am

   All of the top of the line civilian stuff is what the military uses

   scubapro, zeagleranger, bc…

   Got more questions?
   Ask me at
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   —Andi
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   my fiance is a diver for the airforce
4. juanitodelgrande says:

   September 25, 2009 at 6:15 am

   They use this:
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   http://www.usdivers.com/
5. [email protected] says:

   September 25, 2009 at 6:45 am

   Several scuba manufacturers currently have or have had contracts with the military with respect to gear used.
   U.S. Divers (now AquaLung) being the most recognizable, outfitted the military with much of the gear for years.
   Oceanic was approached by the military to design a heads-up display mask which integrated a dive computer which was readable inside the scuba mask. Though the technology for this mask has been out for over 20 years, it was only recently introduced in the recreational diving area. It is sweet (I know as I have used one)
   Here is a link to what I am talking about:

   http://www.visibilityunlimited.com/page/scuba/CTGY/Dive-Computers-Gauges

   The mask is in the first row center.

   The link below gives a detailed description of the Datamask

   http://www.oceanicww.com/p_computers_datamask.html

   The military is known for keeping everything pretty much uniform
   and much of the gear is designed to be a more one-size-fits-all design.
   An example would be the use of horsecollar bouyancy control devices (BCD). This front mount BCD design was introduced in the 1960′s

   Scroll down to the middle of the page in the following link for a picture

   http://www.vintagescubasupply.com/accsview.html

   Those in the above link are considered vintage scuba gear which makes me feel old because I got certified in a horse-collar BCD in 1983. That was also the last time that I wore that particular style because it was uncomfortable. It is sort of a rarity to come upon a dive store that even sells horsecollar BCDs these days.

   The military still uses the horse collar BCDs as is evidenced by the following link:

   http://scuba.about.com/od/miltarydiving/Military_Diving.htm

   The above site is pretty neat to go through.

   Clicking on the various branches of the military that has diving will have descriptions and even videos that will show you some of the gear used.
   References :
   http://www.visibilityunlimited.com
   http://www.aqualung.com