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The total buoyancy loss of a wetsuit is proportional to the initial uncompressed volume. An average person has a surface area of about 2 m 2, [18] so the uncompressed volume of a full one piece 6 mm thick wetsuit will be in the order of 1.75 × 0.006 = 0.0105 m 3, or roughly 10 litres. The mass will depend on the specific formulation of the ...
The government of Spain issued a royal decree taking effect on 1 July 2020 (Real Decreto 550/2020 de 2 de junio: Condiciones de Seguridad de las actividades de buceo), regulating recreational diving activities [16] [17] [18] Restrictions include: a diver must have the appropriate and necessary training for the type of diving intended,
The Battlefield Coordination Detachment (US Army), or BCD, is the senior United States Army liaison element of the Army Air Ground System. The BCD serves as a bridge between the senior US Army headquarters element and the senior Air Force headquarters in each respective US combatant command or theater of operations.
This is a glossary of technical terms, jargon, diver slang and acronyms used in underwater diving.The definitions listed are in the context of underwater diving.
The backplate and wing combination is a modular form of scuba harness and back mounted buoyancy compensator used by scuba divers to support the diving cylinder and buoyancy compensator bladder on the diver's back. It also provides attachment points for accessory equipment such as auxiliary scuba sets for decompression or bailout, lights ...
List of initialisms, acronyms ("words made from parts of other words, pronounceable"), and other abbreviations used by the government and the military of the United States. Note that this list is intended to be specific to the United States government and military—other nations will have their own acronyms.
There were several serious accidents following the widespread deployment of submarines, and the main application for military diving at that time was salvage and later rescue and recovery operations. Submarine escape equipment development helped with early scuba development. [1] Combat diving. [1] Fleet and engineering diving. [1]
MTES - Marine Techno Educational System diving division. CMAS code JPN/F04 [2] MUF - Maldives Underwater Federation CMAS code MDV/F01 [2] NADD - NADD Global Diving Agency CMAS code ITA/F03 [2] EUF S 000513 [7] NASE - National Academy of Scuba Educators – Recreational scuba training and certification agency EUF CB 2008003 [7] [5]