Ross Garcia
Deep-Sea Stories about Navy Divers we served with.
Recent Episodes
May 25, 2024
A Memorial Day Message HMC Pedro Gonzales
A Memorial Day Message. HMC (FMF/SW/DV) and Diving Medical Technician Pedro J. Gonzales reported to the Consolidated Divers Unit, now known as the Southwest Regional Maintenance Center Dive Locker, in December 1999. The Pet…
Feb. 11, 2024
Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit Two at The Minneapolis Bridge Collapse in 2007
In August of 2007, Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit Two Navy Divers were ordered by President George W. Bush to recover victims from under the collapsed Interstate Highway Bridge in the Mississippi River. Recovery of victims …
Jan. 14, 2024
Robert "Bobby Cave, Engineman Master Chief and Master Diver
Robert Leroy Cave Engineman Master Chief, Master Diver, we knew him as Bobby Cave. He was a 35-year Veteran of the United States Navy. He attained the Rank of Master Chief Petty Officer. Bobby was a Saturation Master Dive…
April 8, 2023
Deep-Sea Stories with Navy Diver Chief Michael Gilbert
Navy Diver Chief Petty Officer Micheal Gilbert discusses his real-life challenges and Deep-Sea Story-filled dive career in his new and soon-to-be-published book "Fouled Anchor." Chief Gilbert entered the Navy in May 1998 a…
Oct. 25, 2022
Deep-Sea Stories with Master Diver Bob Carmichael
Master Chief Master Diver Robert Carmichael served in the United States Navy from June 30, 1978, to October 30, 2000. Bob entered the Navy just after turning 17 years of age. He went to SCUBA dive school winter of 1981 thr…
Sept. 28, 2022
Deep-Sea Stories with Master Diver Steve Wiggins
Master Chief Master Diver Steve Wiggins joined the U.S. Navy in November 1978 and retired from active duty in October 2005. He served in the fleet for five years as a Yeoman before he attended Navy 2nd Class Dive School in …
Recent Blog Posts
An Opportunity to Bolster and Reclaim Salvage Deep-Sea Stories
Did you Grasp the title of this blog? A failed attempt to video cast an interview with Captain Mark Helmkamp, USN (Ret.), turned into a three-hour Deep-Sea Stories session over a cold Texas Bourbon. Mark introduced to me a new brand of b…
The Submarine Rescue Chamber and Trusting the Law of Physics
"Trust the Law of Physics." That's what Master Diver Scully used to say to the Submarine Rescue Chamber (SRC) operators during his dive pre-brief. The operators would dog (close and secure) and double check the two hatches were shut befo…
The Wall of Deep-Sea Stories
This wall is full of Deep-Sea Stories! Master Chief Master Diver Steve Zentz and I are standing next to the Master Diver Wall at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Unit in Panama City, Florida. Steve and I pointed to names and asked e…