• Published On: April 24, 2026

    The ice has departed from the Potomac, the ospreys are back and nesting, crab pots are out, and water temp has been trending upwards, but alternating warm and cold spells have the temperature cycling up and down. Our dive floats […]

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USS Oriskany 2022

By |June 2, 2022|

On the weekend of April 29 - May 1, 2022 ten BAREG divers descended on the Gulf Coast town of Pensacola, Florida for the group’s annual dive on USS Oriskany, an Essex class carrier with [...]

Atlas Survey Postponed to 2022

By |April 13, 2021|

Due to COVID related support challenges, BAREG has postponed Atlas Survey to 2022. BAREG will instead focus on the U-1105 project.

2021 Symposium replaced with virtual business meeting

By |December 15, 2020|

Due to ongoing pandemic, in-person Symposium has been replaced with Zoom online business meeting. As a reminder, dues must be paid for 2021 in order to vote or register for trips. 1000 – Opening comments [...]

Final Announcement for Symposium

By |January 21, 2020|

This is the final announcement for our upcoming annual symposium on Saturday, 25 January. Attached you'll find the agenda, the proposed charter revisions, a membership form, and our 2020 activities sked. WRT the membership form, [...]

Annual BAREG Symposium

By |December 28, 2019|

THE ANNUAL BAREG SYMPOSIUM WILL BE HELD 0900-1600 ON 25 JAN 2020 AT OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL CHURCH, 8601 WOLFTRAP RD SE, VIENNA, VA 22182 0900 OPENING COMMENTS0915 “U-1105: THE MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY OF A [...]

2020 BAREG Survey: Atlas

By |October 13, 2019|

Atlas Wreck. Image:ADUS BAREG's 2020 survey target is the Atlas. Sunk 9 April 1942 by the U-552. At 80 to 120' the 13-20 June 2020 NEW DATE! 30 May - 06 June 2020 survey is [...]

Oct 5th Membership Meeting

By |October 4, 2019|

Date/time: Saturday, 5 October, 0930-1230 Location: Mantua Community Center, 9330 Pentland Pl, Fairfax, VA See below for presentation and agenda. BAREG 2019 Membership Meeting BriefDownload BAREG 2019 Membership Meeting AgendaDownload

14 BAREG Members DAN DEMP Trained

By |May 5, 2019|

Fourteen BAREG members kicked off the season as more prepared divers, completing DAN (Divers Alert Network) DEMP (Diving Emergency Management Provider) including courses in Basic Life Support: CPR and First Aid, Neurological Assessment, Emergency Oxygen [...]

BAREG 2019 Training Day

By |March 17, 2019|

All - As previously announced, we will host our annual training day on Saturday, May 4 from 0900-1600 at the Mantua Swim and Tennis Club, 9330 Pentland Place, Fairfax VA 22031. This year’s training will [...]

Symposium presentations available.

By |February 24, 2019|

BAREG's 6th Annual Battle of the Atlantic Symposium presentations are now available here for download. File sizes have been reduced for the Internet.

Thank you to our Symposium guests.

By |February 23, 2019|

The Symposium slides were huge, I'm working on getting smaller files to post here. In the mean time members can join our BAREG-News Google Group and use the download link.

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