Commander Joseph Dituri enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1985. He served continuously on active service upon various ships and stations where he was involved in every aspect of diving and special operations work from saturation diving and deep submergence to submersible design and clearance diving. After retirement from 28 years of active service, he is the president of the International Board of Undersea Medicine. 

Joseph earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a master's degree in Astronautical Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering. 

Joseph is the author of numerous diver-training manuals, a co-author of the book “Tao of Survival Underwater”, and has been published in several journals. He is a class "D" Licensed Sky Diver and a one-atmosphere suit Pilot. Commander Dituri has 11 personal awards / (medals) earned from his time in the U.S. Navy, enjoys writing books, and skydiving, and has a long-term goal of being a civilian astronaut.

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