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Treatment with a steady hand…The complex workings of the Navy’s oldest certified dive chamber, affectionally known as ‘The Whale,’ are manually controlled by the Navy diver team – such as Navy Dive 1st Class Jason Marshall - when being used for hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Lt. Lyman Woollens is currently undergoing extensive rehabilitation treatment. “I’ve been involved on hyperbaric treatments following a surgery for similar injuries in the past and the improvement over the course of treatment is significant. We train to do treatments for diving-related casualties and are fortunate that we rarely need to put those skills to use in a real-life scenario. Being able to take those skills and use them for therapeutic purposes gives us a lot of pride,” stated Navy Diver 1st Class Gregory Murphy (Diving Warfare Specialist qualified), assigned to Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport Range Support Operations and Dive Locker. When you put someone under that much pressure, it’s no joke. We rely on the Navy diver community to help us provide the treatment. Their support is incredibly critical,” added Capt. Juan Dapena, Submarine Group Nine Undersea Medical Officer (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).