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SUIT UP!
An interactive feature that lets you explore the suits, gear and equipment used in training at DIT, and in the commercial diving industry.

Welcome to Our World (video)

Windows Media   QuickTime

Class Websites

DIT on Flickr

DIT on YouTube

Class 104-07, by jessetabor Chapter 1  Chapter 2   Chapter 3  Chapter 4

Me Diving the Mark V, by sac2377   Part 1   Part 2  Part 3  Part 4

Mark V Descent, by blake91980

Hard Headed Hazmat, by cohiba23cohiba

Post dive with Kirby at DIT, by swtzia13

First Time Wearing a Hat, by sac2377

Intro to Commercial Diving, by scubajam

Men of Honor

DIT's Bruce Banks, John Paul Johnston, and Richard "Ragman" Radecki were among the dive consultant's for the feature film, Men of Honor (2000), helping the filmmaker and stars Robert DeNiro and Cuba Gooding Jr. to dive the historic Mark V.

Men of Honor at IMDB
Men of Honor Production Notes
Carl Brashear: Master Divers Life Inspires Upcoming Movie
Underwater Magazine

Articles

Plumber’s Job on a Giant’s Scale: Fixing New York’s Drinking Straw
Ken Belson, The New York Times

More young people joining the ranks of commercial divers
Levi Pulkkinen, Seattle P-I

Taking the Plunge: A Guide to Starting an Underwater Welding Career
American Welding Society

Why some divers want to work in nuclear reactors
Kathryn Kranhold, The Wall Street Journal

The Marketplace: Underwater Personnel Training
Daron Jones, Underwater Magazine

Dangerous Diving Jobs
Jad Davenport, Scuba Diving Magazine

Divers responded swiftly to Seafair accident
Christine Clarridge, Seattle Times

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