170123-N-TI693-011 [Image 177 of 363]

01.23.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Fred Gray IV 

U.S. Navy           

170123-N-TI693-011 NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY PANAMA CITY Fla. (January 23, 2017) - Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Joseph Lemond, diving medical technician at the Navy Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU), checks the vitals of Lt. Cmdr. Benjamin Waite, NEDU engineering officer, before he is compressed to a depth of 500 feet with five other Sailors for the first saturation dive in 10 years at NEDU's Ocean Simulation Facility. The Saturation dive will accomplish two goals: the first is to evaluate, test, and certify the new HELICOM Matrix which is a system that returns speech patterns to normal after the breathing of helium to enable better communication after breathing mixed gasses, and the second will be a training scenario to maintain qualifications for saturation diving. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Fred Gray IV/RELEASED)

• Date Taken: 01.23.2017
• Date Posted: 01.25.2017 00:28
• Photo ID: 3121914
• VIRIN: 170123-N-TI693-011
• Resolution: 2100x1500
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