The Team

Robert T. Bennett

Bob Bennett is retired from the U.S.Army, and currently works for the Dept. of Defense. His diving experience ranges from open water wreck diving in the North East to cave diving in Central Florida. Having dived most environments, his primary interests are technical diving and training divers in all aspects of technical diving. He has over 17 years of diver training experience, and 12 years of technical training experience having trained over 500 divers from open water through Trimix. Bob has been diving since 1989

Professional Diving credentials:

  • PADI Course Director
  • DSAT Tec Deep Instructor Trainer
  • DSAT Tec Trimix Instructor Trainer
  • DAN Instructor Trainer
  • IANTD Advanced NITROX Instructor Trainer

PADI Specialty Instructor Ratings

  • AWARE - Coral Reef Conservation
  • AWARE - Fish Identification
  • Deep Diver
  • Enriched Air Diver
  • Peak Performance Buoyancy
  • Project Aware Specialty
  • Search and Recovery Diver
  • Wreck Diver
  • Tec Rec Deep Diver
  • Tec Rec Trimix Diver
  • Tec Rec Gas Blender

William R. Belcher, Ph.D.

B.A., Anthropology, Western Washington University, 1984
M.A., Anthropology, Western Washington University, 1985
M.S., Quaternary Studies, University of Maine, 1988
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, 1998

William Belcher works as a forensic anthropologist and archaeologist for the federal government. Since 1998, Dr. Belcher has led MIA investigation and recovery missions to Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, the United Kingdom, the Republic of kiribati, the Republic of Palau, Iraq, and Europe.  Dr. Belcher's research interests include complex societies and urbanism, the origins of civilizations and urbanism, prehistoric food habits, traditional fishing practices in South and Southeast Asia, North American archaeology, maritime adaptation as well as forensic anthropology. Dr. Belcher is proficient in Urdu, the indigenous language of Pakistan. His publications include the recent (2003) book Indus Ethnobiology: New Perspectives, co-edited with Steven Weber of Washington State University-Vancouver. His articles have appeared in multiple journals, including: Geoarchaeology, Archaeology, Antiquity, Canadian Journal of Archaeology, and the Journal of the Pakistan Archaeologists Forum, as well as multiple chapters in edited volumes.Dr. Belcher's professional affiliations include: Member of American Academy of Forensic Sciences; Life Member of the Maine Archaeological Society; Professional Member of the Archaeological Society of Hawaii; Society for American Archaeology; Register of Professional Archaeologists; and the International Congress of Archaeozoology (Fish Remains Working Group). Dr. Belcher is also a Diplomate of the American Academy of Forensic Anthropology (No. 66). Bill has been diving since 1999.

Diving credentials

  • Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT)
  • Emergency First Response Instructor
  • Deep Tec Diver
  • Trimix Diver
  • IANTD Nitrox Diver
  • IANTD Advanced Nitrox Diver
  • National Speleological Society-Cave Diving Section Cave Diver
  • National Association of Police Diving Police Diver
  • DSAT TEC Deep Instructor Diving Since 1999

PADI Specialty Instructor Ratings

  • AWARE - Coral Reef Conservation
  • AWARE - Fish Identification
  • Cavern Diver
  • Deep Diver
  • Enriched Air Diver
  • Peak Performance Buoyancy
  • Project Aware Specialty
  • Search and Recovery Diver
  • Wreck Diver

William R. Belcher, Ph.D.

B.A., Anthropology, Western Washington University, 1984
M.A., Anthropology, Western Washington University, 1985
M.S., Quaternary Studies, University of Maine, 1988
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, 1998

William Belcher works as a forensic anthropologist and archaeologist for the federal government. Since 1998, Dr. Belcher has led MIA investigation and recovery missions to Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, the United Kingdom, the Republic of kiribati, the Republic of Palau, Iraq, and Europe.  Dr. Belcher's research interests include complex societies and urbanism, the origins of civilizations and urbanism, prehistoric food habits, traditional fishing practices in South and Southeast Asia, North American archaeology, maritime adaptation as well as forensic anthropology. Dr. Belcher is proficient in Urdu, the indigenous language of Pakistan. His publications include the recent (2003) book Indus Ethnobiology: New Perspectives, co-edited with Steven Weber of Washington State University-Vancouver. His articles have appeared in multiple journals, including: Geoarchaeology, Archaeology, Antiquity, Canadian Journal of Archaeology, and the Journal of the Pakistan Archaeologists Forum, as well as multiple chapters in edited volumes.Dr. Belcher's professional affiliations include: Member of American Academy of Forensic Sciences; Life Member of the Maine Archaeological Society; Professional Member of the Archaeological Society of Hawaii; Society for American Archaeology; Register of Professional Archaeologists; and the International Congress of Archaeozoology (Fish Remains Working Group). Dr. Belcher is also a Diplomate of the American Academy of Forensic Anthropology (No. 66). Bill has been diving since 1999.

Diving credentials

  • Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT)
  • Emergency First Response Instructor
  • Deep Tec Diver
  • Trimix Diver
  • IANTD Nitrox Diver
  • IANTD Advanced Nitrox Diver
  • National Speleological Society-Cave Diving Section Cave Diver
  • National Association of Police Diving Police Diver
  • DSAT TEC Deep Instructor Diving Since 1999

PADI Specialty Instructor Ratings

  • AWARE - Coral Reef Conservation
  • AWARE - Fish Identification
  • Cavern Diver
  • Deep Diver
  • Enriched Air Diver
  • Peak Performance Buoyancy
  • Project Aware Specialty
  • Search and Recovery Diver
  • Wreck Diver