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Interesting...
The late Connie Limbaugh and Dr. Andy Rechnitzer of Scripps Institute of Oceanography aka SIO developed the first recognized diving program in the 1950s
In early 1954 the late Bevlee Morgan & Dr. Al Tillman of the LA county life guard/ recreation department along with Ramsey Parks traveled to San Diego and were instructed by the SIO staff on the principles of diving. They returned to LA and created the LA County Underwater instructors program, published the LA Co training manual Underwater Safety. later changed to Underwater Recreation, to teach selected divers to become LA Co Certified Underwater Instructors via Underwater Instructors Certification Course - (the acronym SCUBA was not in common usage) Next Saturday they will be celebrating their 66 UICC graduation. (Many have applied for the program, a select few are accepted, only the best graduate )
The USN did not have a underwater (SCUBA) Training program until October 16. 1956 with the publication of NAVSHIPS 250-538, several years after SIO and 2 -1/2 years after UIA was developed. There are many similarities in the training policies and procedures which are based on previously developed SIO and LA UICC.
Therefore effective dive training can be traced back to SIO to LA CO and finally USN...
Sam MillerIII
The late Connie Limbaugh and Dr. Andy Rechnitzer of Scripps Institute of Oceanography aka SIO developed the first recognized diving program in the 1950s
In early 1954 the late Bevlee Morgan & Dr. Al Tillman of the LA county life guard/ recreation department along with Ramsey Parks traveled to San Diego and were instructed by the SIO staff on the principles of diving. They returned to LA and created the LA County Underwater instructors program, published the LA Co training manual Underwater Safety. later changed to Underwater Recreation, to teach selected divers to become LA Co Certified Underwater Instructors via Underwater Instructors Certification Course - (the acronym SCUBA was not in common usage) Next Saturday they will be celebrating their 66 UICC graduation. (Many have applied for the program, a select few are accepted, only the best graduate )
The USN did not have a underwater (SCUBA) Training program until October 16. 1956 with the publication of NAVSHIPS 250-538, several years after SIO and 2 -1/2 years after UIA was developed. There are many similarities in the training policies and procedures which are based on previously developed SIO and LA UICC.
Therefore effective dive training can be traced back to SIO to LA CO and finally USN...
Sam MillerIII