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TZ Aquanauts conduct night time surf ingress into mangrove and secured facility to test clandestine navigation and insertion procedures

Crocodiles and other nighttime predators aren't the only thing stalking the mangrove rivers at night. TZA isn't afraid to get wet and sandy when it's dark out


“ Several Crocodiles have been spotted on the rivers, including a 9fter, but that is not going to keep us outta the ink. ”
There were several large predators swimming through the darkness heard splashing around the dark that night, but nobody heard TZA slip onto the beach. Security forces were out patrolling the rivers and the docks with their flashlights, but that why you hold your breath Go Teame!
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TZ Aquanautics is ready to operate in water of any temperature, conduct operation in aquatic environments ranging from high altitude scuba and skin diving to whitewater paddle-boarding. TZ Aquanauts deploy in support of the community during rescue and recovery operations
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9-9 LIVEDIVE: locating and entering the compartment of a sunken Cessna 310 airplane in approx. 45ft of water and securing a geocache hidden inside the cockpit
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The Live Dive was a two day, four dive training exercise focused on building team cohesion, compass navigation, autonomic containment and dive emergency response development among aquanauts. TZ Aquanatics members located the plane wreck, secured the materials inside the geocache and deployed an Experimental Sample Tray (EST).


OPERATION BLOWFISH: A shallow water coral inspecting dive off Isla Mujeres.
Keywords: - Aquanautics - - -
The warm waters and clear conditions were ideal for the single dive.


TZA Condensed Aquanautics Operations Manual (.PDF)
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Depth tables, Dive termination, General Emergency Procedures, Pre-dive Checklist, Dive Master Checks, Repetitive Dive Worksheet, Dive Hazard Analysis, Hand Signals and Pull Signals for underwater communication -- Do not hit the water without it"


CIRCLE WORK: Search and Recovery SCUBA dive training executing both shore based pendulum and submerged pivot pointed based circle search patterns
Keywords: - Aquanautics - - Searches - - SAR -
TZA SAR divers conduct submerged pattern searches for forensic evidence to recover a discarded firearm as part of a multi-agency training exercise.


TZA GLOOM SHADOW: Watch how deep the Teame will go to get the bodies
Keywords: - Aquanautics - - Search and Rescue - - Exercises -
TZA Search & Recovery exercises were conducted in waters that were at a temperature of 55F degrees at the surface.


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