Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center

WELCOME ABOARD the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center (NDSTC) located at the Naval Support Activity Panama City, Florida. NDSTC is the largest diving facility in the world that trains more than 1,200 students annually from all branches of the military, U.S. law enforcement, U.S. government agency, and international partner nations.

NDSTC houses 23 certified diver life support systems, which include six hyperbaric recompression chambers, two diving simulation facilities capable to 300 ft, two aquatics training facilities (12ft and 40ft deep), a submarine lock-out trunk, and two 133ft Yard Diving Tenders (YDT) for open ocean diving support (with recompression chambers and mixed gas diving capabilities).

MISSION
Train and qualify the world's preeminent diving forces with the capabilities our joint force requires to operate and win at and from the sea.

GOAL
Empower our professional team to lead confidently, provide world class training and education to our military diving forces to hone their skills, and give them every opportunity to succeed in delivering the warfighting needs of our nation.

PRIORITIES
THIS IS A FAMILY. We need everyone to do our mission, so take care of one another. Seek opportunities to develop yourself and your teammates professionally, physically, and mentally. Take time to teach and have the humility to listen and learn. An environment of trust and teamwork will result in success.

BE PROFESSIONAL. Professionalism is about how you do your job, not what your job is. Be the example, stay engaged, and lead with integrity. Effective communication and trust are foundational to empowered leadership. We must be dedicated, remain ready, and prepare our teammates to adapt to the uncertainty of tomorrow's challenges.

TRAIN HARD. We control our preparation and attitude in creating a learning environment that delivers our customers the best trained, qualified, and most professional military divers. Sustaining this environment requires our team to maintain a productive life balance and a solid foundation of support with family, friends, and teammates.