Coastal System Station, Panama City, Fla. (Feb. 20, 2003) -- Yeoman 3rd Class Tim Taylor, a reservist assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit Det. 220 based in Alameda, Calif. practices building a flange while blindfolded. The exercise indoctrinates the students to work in the dark environment of the ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer’s Mate Chris Desmond.
Naval Historical Center, Navy Yard, Washington D.C. (Feb. 21, 2003) -- This Civil War-era wallet was discovered by Naval Historical Center archeologists during their excavation of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley. The archeologists stated that the wallet was in remarkably good condition. Hunley became the first submarine in history to sink a warship during the Civil War in 1863. Photo by Chris Ohm.