The Navy will be present at the 26 in Bolognaa edition of EUDISHOW, the European exhibition of underwater activities, with the "Teseo Tesei" Submarine and Incursor Grouping (COMSUBIN), the underwater structures of the Command of the Mine Countermeasure Forces (MARICODRAG) and the Navy Hydrographic Institute.
From 2 to 5 March 2018, it will be possible immerse at the Comsubin stand in a path that will tell over a century of military diving history, through unique equipment that has marked the development of this discipline worldwide. Among real pieces of history will also be exhibited some of the most modern materials that are currently used by the men of the Incursori Operating Group and by the Divers of the Underwater Operating Group during their missions, very often conducted in favor of the community. In particular, for the first time, an ultra-modern ADS (Atmospheric Diving System) rigid diving suit updated to the Quantum version will be exhibited at the Marina stand, which allows a man to dive up to 300 meters deep. It will also be possible to wear the traditional diving suit complete with helmet, boots and leads to take a shot Selfie that can not miss in the photographic collection of each diver.
In the Maricodrag exhibition area it will be possible to view the underwater research systems and the ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) used both in mine countermeasures activities and in monitoring and mapping of the seabed, in which the Marina is involved in multiple collaborations with civil entities such as, for example, the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism.
Also present at the EUDISHOW will be the Hydrographic Institute of the Navy, the State Cartographic Body designated to produce the official national nautical documentation very often used by recreational divers to search for new and interesting diving sites.
Particularly rich parterre of prizes to be awarded to the Comsubin staff during this edition of the European Underwater Exhibition:
- Saturday 3 March at 15.00 pm, at the stand of the HSA Italia (Handicapped Scuba Association), the Sirena Award will be awarded to the Comsubin Commander, Rear Admiral Paolo Pezzutti, for his commitment in favor of people with disabilities;
- always on Saturday 3 March at 16.00 pm the Golden Trident will be awarded to the Commander of the Underwater Operating Group, CF Bruno Rocca;
- Sunday 4 March at 10.30 am, as part of the conference "FIAS and Navy for recreational diving", a FIAS Award will be awarded to GM Emanuele Lo Schiavo for his recent successes in the United States.
Saturday 3 March at 12.30 on the EUDISHOW stage the Underwater Operating Group will describe the Deep Diving and in particular the saturation dive conducted last June on the wreck of the submarine Sebastiano Veniero. It will be a unique opportunity to deepen this particular technique of diving, which only the Navy can express in the Mediterranean, and to remember Enzo Maiorca who, first, was able to recognize in the plates of that wreck the Sebastiano Veniero, as he himself told in the book "The last dive - The discovery of the submarine Veniero".
Within the "Dive Doctor" area assigned to SIMSI (Italian Society of Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine) there will be a Medical Officer of COMSUBIN with the intervention health structures used by the PAG Group (Parachute Assistance Group) of the Operating Group Underwater in the area of rescue activities on the high seas. The specialized health component of the Navy continues to prove essential for the care of citizens affected by decompression sickness for underwater activities (carbon monoxide poisoning, gaseous gangrene, crush injuries or at-risk fractures and many other diseases) that are submitted, as already happened on several occasions in the 2018, to treatment of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (OTI) at the hyperbaric implants of COMSUBIN and of the Military Hospital Center of Taranto, the only structures present in the provinces of La Spezia and Taranto.