[4] While working as a shipfitter and hull technician for the Navy, she applied for a waiver to attend dive school.

[2] At the age of 21, she applied to the Navy 2nd Class Diving School and was accepted two days before the program started in January 1975.

[5] During training, she was required to dive while carrying more than 200 pounds of gear in dark, cold or turbulent water.

[1] Retired Master Diver Steven Lechner believed Tobias was the first woman to teach in the escape tank.

[3] After eight years in the Navy, Tobias earned her bachelor's degree in education and a master's in psychology and taught special-education classes at New London High School.