A word from brasshat, Offshore Diver's publisher:

Long time we been doing this. John's says his 41st article for Offshore Diver was the last Roat Deal, the name I gave his column a bunch of years ago because the "real deal" and the Roat's perspective are usually the same thing. It's been fun working with John and publishing his shit for the last decade. We expect that if we are to loose a writer, then the Diver's Association is to gain a hard hitting sumbitch Director. Well done John. It's been great. We will, I am sure, be seeing you.

Dive safe Brother,

April 28, 2012

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John C Roat has been around diving since the '60s, when he was a member of Seal Team 1. Currently he is supping at Legacy and not above PTing you into the ground if you give him the chance. You can reach him here at jcroat@offshorediver.com.

Born 11/16/42. I am currently a working diver, surface air/gas and a saturation supervisor. I was a member of Underwater Demolition Teams 21, UDT 11 and SEAL Team 1. I went to work for Taylor Diving and Salvage the end of 1969 as a tender and broke out at Taylor Diving in 1970. I have also worked for Sub Sea, Comex, J. Ray McDermott, Tennessee Valley Authority, Global, Martech, Schaefer Diving, Cal Dive, Superior Offshore and too many small companies, some of them very good, to name. Taught rigging, open tanks, harbor and burning for one year at the College of Oceaneering. I authored “Oxy-Arc Underwater Burning Class”, a 90-minute training video and manual, for Oceans Technology. If I were evaluating myself in this business it would be: good divers, that will leave the next diver well, burn with the best of them. I am proudest of having never bent or injured a diver. I have been running dive’s from 1969, when the tender did the job. I have been supervising since 1977.

Consideratons is written by Bobby Delise for Offshore Diver. He is better known as the Diver's Advocate. His primary area of expertise is the representation of an international clientele of oil field, inland and construction commercial divers, technical, public safety and recreational divers in personal injury litigation. Bobby also volunteers his time to serve as a co-administrator of the Offshore Diver Widows and Children's Fund.  

"The goal of this column is to answer the most frequently asked questions that are posed to Delise and Hall in our day today consultations with commercial divers. Many legal questions can be answered without the need of consulting an attorney; the great majority can, and should, be answered without hiring one.Send your legal inquiries and ideas for topics to explore in this column to me personally at bdelise@divelawyer.com or call me directly at 800-DIVER-55. If you are in uptown New Orleans, a couple of blocks from Cooter Brown's, come by and say hello."

---Bobby

Greg Cain is the VP of Technical Services for Oxylance. He's been in diving for close to 40 years. You can reach him through Offshore Diver at gcain@offshorediver.com, or through Oxylance at gcain@oxylance.com. The short version of his resume is:

Date of Birth 7/24/1947,  so I am not as old as that old fart Roat. Graduated from HS in 1965. Spent 3 semesters in Welding Votec school with the Iron Worker Union Tampa, Florida. December 1966, joined the Marine Corps. Trained as a Survival Equipment Technician and worked on pilots breathing systems, ejection seats, and parachutes. 1972, got out of the Corps and went to work for Chicago Bridge and Iron in their Marine Division (underwater welding).