It was a remarkable moment in her remarkable life. "I was happy to be there, happy to be in that suit," said Crabtree, who told CBS News she was inspired by her father and grandfather, both veterans.

Then-Spc. 5 Andrea Motley Crabtree in the Mark V deep sea dive suit at Fort Rucker, Ala., 1985. (Courtesy of retired Master Sgt. Andrea Motley Crabtree) Retired Army Master Sgt. Andrea Motley Crabtree ...

The new hoodie and vest borrow tech from Special Forces drysuits built for the abyss ...

BY Captain Bobbie Scolley, U.S. Navy (ret.) and Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, U.S. Navy (ret.) For more than six decades, spanning from 1905 to the late 1970s, the U.S. Navy’s diving apparatus for deep ...

Exploring the world's oceans has been one of humankind's most difficult endeavours. Over centuries, diving technology has developed from diving bells to clunky diving suits to "air-lungs." Recently, ...

The US Navy recently completed tank tests of a new deep-diving suit called the Deep Sea Expeditionary with No Decompression (DSEND) system that is light and flexible, yet maintains sea-level internal ...

ARLINGTON, Va.—The lights above the water’s surface cast a ghostly glow on the bottom of the sprawling tank, as a U.S. Navy diver deftly swam through a sunken aircraft fuselage. Wearing a special ...