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At a glance

Programs: 4
Locations: 4
States served: 1

Delivery: In person (4)
Program length: 20 weeks or more (3), 12 to 20 weeks (1)
Program type: Medical Operations (2), Research in diving science (extreme environment physiology, injury monitoring, and population health) (1)
Branches accepted: Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy, Space Force

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About Divers Alert Network (DAN)

Divers Alert Network (DAN) is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Durham, North Carolina. DAN focuses on diver safety, emergency assistance, health, research, and education, serving divers, dive professionals, and health care providers. Its services include an emergency hotline, medical information, physician consultations, continuing medical education, and a worldwide referral network of doctors who evaluate and treat divers. DAN also holds a membership base of more than 250,000 scuba divers.

SkillBridge fellows at DAN work in person at the Durham, North Carolina headquarters across several functional areas. Depending on the track, a fellow may work within medical operations, supporting emergency assistance workflows, case coordination, medical evacuation planning, repatriation coordination, and documentation under the supervision of licensed medical professionals. Fellows in a customer experience track analyze service delivery systems, map member journeys, evaluate service feedback, and support operational improvement efforts. A project management track provides structured training aligned with Project Management Institute frameworks, covering project planning, scheduling, risk tracking, and stakeholder coordination. A research track places fellows alongside DAN scientists to work on diving physiology, injury monitoring, and population health studies, including data collection, analysis, and research communication.

All SkillBridge tracks run in person and range from approximately four to six months in duration. Fellows work 40 hours per week and are assigned defined workstreams with measurable deliverables under supervision.

Sources: dan.org (checked Aug 2, 2026), dan.org (checked Aug 2, 2026)

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Programs

Customer Experience Professional - Medical Operations

Detailed listing

Delivery: In person source value: In-Person
Length: About 22 to 26 weeks source value: 151 - 180 days
Type: Medical Operations
Branches: Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy, Space Force
Target MOCs: All
Career field: Healthcare Support

Summary

DAN’s medical assistance services are available to divers, dive professionals, and health care providers. We offer an emergency hotline, medical information, physician consultations, continuing medical education, and a worldwide referral network of doctors who evaluate and treat divers. We provide real-time assistance during dive emergencies and work to prevent injuries and promote dive safety. Striving to make every dive accident- and injury-free. DAN’s vision is to be the most recognized and trusted organization worldwide in the fields of diver safety and emergency services, health, research, and education by its members, instructors, and the diving community.

What the work involves

This SkillBridge fellowship provides transitioning Service Members with structured, hands-on training in customer experience, service operations, and member support within a mission-driven nonprofit environment. Participants will gain experience analyzing service delivery systems, mapping customer and member journeys, evaluating service feedback, identifying operational friction points, and supporting service improvement initiatives aligned with Divers Alert Network (DAN) operations, including member services, safety support, and emergency assistance workflows. Training emphasizes operational service delivery, service recovery, escalation pathways, communication standards, and continuous improvement in a civilian environment.

Locations

Durham, NC

Medical Operations Specialist - Medical Operations

Detailed listing

Delivery: In person source value: In-Person
Length: About 22 to 26 weeks source value: 151 - 180 days
Type: Medical Operations
Branches: Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy, Space Force
Target MOCs: All
Career field: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical, Healthcare Support

What the work involves

This SkillBridge training program provides transitioning Service Members with structured, hands-on exposure to civilian medical operations, global travel assistance, and care coordination within an international case management environment. Participants will gain experience related to medical evacuation planning, repatriation coordination, remote support workflows, operational case review, and interdisciplinary communication supporting members traveling worldwide. Participants will develop competencies in medical operations support functions, including logistics, documentation, case coordination, quality assurance, operational risk identification, and supervised participation in medical decision-support processes. This is a non-clinical training role conducted under the supervision of licensed medical professionals and experienced operational leaders. Trainees do not provide direct patient care, do not make independent clinical decisions, do not replace employees, and do not perform duties independently.

Locations

Durham, NC

Project Manager (SkillBridge Fellow)

Detailed listing

Delivery: In person source value: In-Person
Length: About 17 to 21 weeks source value: 121 - 150 days
Branches: Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy, Space Force
Target MOCs: All
Career field: Management

What the work involves

This SkillBridge fellowship provides transitioning Service Members with structured training in civilian project management within a mission-driven nonprofit organization focused on diver safety, emergency assistance, research, and member services. Participants will develop competencies aligned with Project Management Institute (PMI) frameworks while supporting supervised project work across DAN’s operational areas. Training includes project planning, scope development, scheduling, risk tracking, stakeholder coordination, reporting, and process improvement. Fellows will be assigned defined project workstreams with measurable deliverables under supervision.

Locations

Durham, NC

Research Assistant - Diving Science - Research in diving science (extreme environment physiology, injury monitoring, and population health)

Detailed listing

Delivery: In person source value: In-Person
Length: About 22 to 26 weeks source value: 151 - 180 days
Type: Research in diving science (extreme environment physiology, injury monitoring, and population health)
Branches: Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy, Space Force
Career field: Life, Physical, and Social Science

Summary

Divers Alert Network (DAN) is a global organization, headquartered in Durham, North Carolina. As the leader in civilian dive safety research, DAN employs and collaborates with dive science experts to conduct research regarding all aspects of dive safety. The goal of training a SkillBridge participant at DAN will be to expand upon this person’s existing diving experience and knowledge and apply it to scuba diving research in physiology, population health, and accident investigation. This will include understanding how to generally do good research, independent of diving, primarily focusing on human subject research (e.g. Ethical considerations and applications, data collection/storage, statistics). Then observe and participate in our ongoing research activities, with exposure to a range of projects, including the early idea stage, proposal writing, regulatory approval, data collection, data analysis, and manuscript writing/presentations. The goal for our SkillBridge team member is to find a good, long-term fit in our Research Department (preferred), another department in DAN, or another diving research-related field or organization.

Eligibility

Service members with experience or expertise in diving, population health, or accident investigation are particularly encouraged to apply. Ideal candidates must be organized, detail-oriented, demonstrate excellent communication skills, demonstrate an established commitment to diving and be able to clearly communicate how participation in this program will help them achieve their career goals. While diving is not required during the program, all activities are diving-focused, and as such, certified scuba divers with some experience would be most qualified. College education and experience in research is encouraged but not required for SkillBridge participation with Divers Alert Network.

What the work involves

As a SkillBridge Scholar at DAN you will gain a deeper understanding of diving physiology, dive injury monitoring, and current diving research efforts worldwide, learn to prepare, plan, conduct and communicate scientific experiments and take responsibility for your own research project, learn data acquisition and research techniques, engage with divers while collecting data in the field, and communicate DAN Research endeavors to the dive community at large. The DAN SkillBridge participant will work alongside a mentor at DAN Headquarters in Durham, North Carolina for 5-6 months. Participants will work 40 hours a week in person.

Locations

Divers Alert Network HQ, Durham, NC

Where this provider operates

North CarolinaDurham · Durham, Divers Alert Network HQ

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Last checked August 23, 2026, which is older than our normal weekly refresh.

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