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Ships, Planes and SCUBA Divers, Office of Marine and Aviation Operations

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A busy session was spent learning some important concepts and having fun at the same time...

Rear Admiral Fields welcomes the participants
Admiral Fields welcomes the participants and talks about the NOAA Commissioned Corps

Group photo of the participants and presenters
The participants and presenters gather for a group photo

A participant checks how long he can keep his hand in the ice water
How long can you keep your hand in the cold water? ... Was it really only  37  seconds?

A participant tries on a gumby suit
Even though it may look silly, a "gumby" suit protects the wearer from hypothermia.

A volunteer tries to answer a math question
Captain Peterson asks the participants to figure how tall a stack of quarters would be to equal the cost of the RONALD H. BROWN and one volunteer goes to the board to figure it out. (The answer is 213 miles.)
 

Participants try on various pieces of dive equipment
 

Another participant tries on a divers hood
Joe Wargo talks about the importance of proper training and certification before SCUBA diving while participants try on various pieces of diving equipment.  He also describes how blowing up a balloon can help explain Boyle's law of physics-- that a gas expands when pressure decreases.  That the deeper you dive, the more the balloon shrinks. 

LT Weaver explains how aerial photographs are used to make nautical charts
LT Mike Weaver explains the importance of nautical charts and explains how aerial surveys are used to make the charts. 

A volunteer tries on a flight suit
A volunteer tries on a flight suit.

CDR Henderson explains how a plane flies through a hurricane
CDR Mike Henderson (Ret.) explains how a P-3 flies through a hurricane.

A demonstration of what it is like to plot a course through a hurricane
Plotting a course through a hurricane is kind of like ... trying to solve a math problem on paper while on a very bumpy roller coaster ride and everyone is yelling.
 

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