Story by Jeremy Roman | Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division | 05.29.2025
May serves as the Month of the Military Diver and Panama City, Fla., is the Home of the Military Diving. Three commands onboard one Naval installation combine science, engineering, research, testing, development, evaluation, and analysis with the underwater, warfighter training of the dive school to produce a lethal and ready force to defend America's interests. This feature highlights......
Courtesy Story | Navy Experimental Diving Unit | 05.23.2025
Navy Experimental Diving Unit commemorated a 50-year anniversary of the unit's Ocean Simulation Facility May 23, 2023. The OSF is the only facility in the United States that allows Navy divers to conduct experimental dives. Located in Panama City, Florida, NEDU conducts research, testing, and evaluation of diving and hyperbaric equipment, procedures, and systems to improve the safety and......
Story by Katherine Mapp | Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division | 03.25.2019
PANAMA CITY, Florida - A Navy team is developing a solution for detecting symptoms associated with rapid pressure fluctuations in military jets, a phenomenon associated with physiological events (PE) in the E/A-18G and F/A-18 weapon systems....
Story by Lt. Jennifer Jewell | Navy Experimental Diving Unit | 08.31.2018
PANAMA CITY, FL – The Navy Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU) is joining forces with the NEDU Reserve Detachment to strengthen diver readiness and improve fleet support capabilities. For the last 12 years, the NEDU Reserve Detachment has been working under NOSC Chicago and providing long-distance support to NEDU. In August 2018, the NEDU Reserve Detachment detached from NOSC Chicago and......
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Sanchez | Defense Media Activity - DoD News Features | 09.23.2016
On a high ledge in the corner of a 12-foot deep test pool containing some 33,000 gallons of 40-degree water sits an unfinished Sudoku puzzle....
Story by Jacqui Barker | Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division | 06.15.2015
U.S. Navy Capt. Charles “Black Bart” Bartholomew’s legacy is alive and well as witnessed June 15, 2015, when his son, Cris, his wife and his four children toured the Home of Military Diving in Panama City, Florida, during the Year of the Military Diver....
