Military Service

Military:

US NAVY Diver/Special Ops 

Honorable Service Disabled Veteran 1987 to 1991

Service connected disability (40%) 

Diving Profile: 

NAVAL DIVING AND SALVAGE TRAINING CENTER, Panama City Florida. 

One of 13 out of 33 military  personnel to graduate. 

Graduation Date: August 3, 1988. Class ranking: 1st 

PADI (rescue diver) 07/04/1988 DIVER # 88208690 

Military Dive Training: 

Scuba Certified Depth 180 ft. *  Surface Supplied Air (mixed gas) 300 ft.  *  Basic gas laws as they relate to diving. * Diving medicine * Recompression chamber operations * Dive planning * Diving physics * Salvage operations * Surface-supplied diving systems * Use of all diving apparatus: Open- and closed-circuit rigs * Underwater mechanics and tools, and underwater cutting and welding * Search and Rescue.

Additional Certifications & Certification Date: 

Night Imaging Intensifying Devices 01/20/1989 

Search and Rescue 01/28/1989 

Stinger Missile 01/27/1989 

Sensory Phycology 09/29/1989 

In Water Spinal Injury 09/29/1989 

Submarine Rescue 10/06/1989 

Aquatic Emergencies 10/10/1989 

Hazardous Material 10/13/1989 

Survival Equipment 11/17/1989 

Sharp Charges & Detonators 12/08/1989 

Dive Supervisor 12/10/1989  

Navy Divers are members of the Naval Special Operations (NSO) community, comprising men and women who take on the most impossible missions and the most elusive objectives. Their accomplishments are epic. Their expertise is unrivaled