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The NOAA Diving Center in Seattle, WA is looking for a Training Specialist to train divers, oversee diving activities, supervise hyperbaric operations, and maintain diving equipment.

Students from the February 2018 NOAA Diver class pose with instructors from the NOAA Diving Center.

In this issue: Regulator updates, DMS delays, Dive Log, NDCSB Annual Meeting, RDML Gallaudet, Chamber at IRC, Tech Diving, NDC Classes, NDP Featured, Next NDCSB Meeting, Snapshot from the Field.

The first day of the NOAA Diver open circuit SCUBA instruction at the US Army Special Forces Unit in Key West, Florida.

ENS Nicole Chappelle and ST Shane Mallory prepare for a hull maintenance dive on NOAA Ship Hi’ialakai.

A view inside the new containerized hyperbaric chamber which was refurbished by the NOAA Diving Center.

Dr. Tim Gallaudet, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, visited the NOAA Diving Center on January 2018. From left to right: NOAA Safety Officer Joe Duran; NOAA Diving Medical Officer CAPT Joel Dulaigh, USPHS; NDC Executive Officer LCDR Faith Knighton, NOAA; Dr. Tim Gallaudet; NOAA Diving Medical Officer LCDR Gary Montgomery, USPHS; NDC Manager Dave Kowalick.

NOAA Diving Program operations were featured in one of NOAA's "postcards from the field" on February 20, 2018. The postcard highlighted work performed by the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program.

To prolong the life of your diving equipment there is one thing you can do that will make a huge difference: rinse it with freshwater!