CHIEF PETTY Officer (CPO) John Stajcic waves good-bye before diving beneath the 6-inch-deep ice. Sixteen divers of Navy Reserve Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 813 (MDSU-813) assigned to Readiness Center Great Lakes are enduring below zero temperatures to develop the unit's cold weather capabilities

CHIEF PETTY Officer (CPO) John Stajcic receives last minute instructions before diving beneath the ice. Sixteen divers of Navy Reserve Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 813 (MDSU-813) assigned to Readiness Center Great Lakes are enduring below zero temperatures to develop the unit's cold weather capabilities

Two divers of Navy Reserve Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 813 (MDSU-813) assigned to Readiness Center Great Lakes brave below zero temperatures during the unit's cold weather diving exercise. Diving in pairs and always tethered to the surface, the swimmers spent 10 minutes underwater on their unit's first ice dive

Members of Navy Reserve Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 813 (MDSU-813) assigned to Readiness Center Great Lakes check their scuba gear and other cold weather equipment prior to entering the icy water. The training exercise is testing the unit's ability to dive in cold weather

Members of Navy Reserve Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 813 (MDSU-813) assigned to Readiness Center Great Lakes brave the wind, anow and below zero temperatures during the unit's cold weather diving exercise. Sixteen divers from the unit are taking the plunge into the icy waters near Chesterton, in northwest Indiana

CHIEF PETTY Officer (CPO) John Stajcic waves good-bye before diving beneath the 6-inch-deep ice. Sixteen divers of Navy Reserve Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 813 (MDSU-813) assigned to Readiness Center Great Lakes are enduring below zero temperatures to develop the unit's cold weather capabilities

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Clifford Lake

State: Indiana (IN)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: JO1 (Aw) Paul Engstrom, Usnr-R

Release Status: Released to Public
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20/02/1988

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CHIEF PETTY Officer (CPO) John Stajcic waves good-bye before diving beneath the 6-inch-deep ice. Sixteen divers of Navy Reserve Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 813 (MDSU-813) assigned to Readiness Center Great Lakes are enduring below zero temperatures to develop the unit's cold weather capabilities

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CHIEF PETTY Officer (CPO) John Stajcic waves good-bye before diving beneath the 6-inch-deep ice. Sixteen divers of Navy Reserve Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 813 (MDSU-813) assigned to Readiness Center Great Lakes are enduring below zero temperatures to develop the unit's cold weather capabilities

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