Graduated 2nd class dive school in the U.S. Navy and went on to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 where I was involved in multiple F-16 recoveries as well as helicopter recoveries. I then Went to US Navy mixed gas school and subsequently ended up on high profile jobs like the salvage and recovery of Swiss Air flight 111 and the 200+ personnel onboard. I was a diver on 2 separate jobs working with NOAA on the USS Monitor off the coast of N.C. & I also picked up missiles for NASA off the coast of New Jersey. Attended Naval Aviation Water survival Training Instructor School and subsequently went on to teach SEALs, Marines, Pilots and Air crew in all aspects of water survival and use of water survival equipment. I then went on to attend US Army Jump school and taught parachute descent procedures and parachute landing fall to jet pilots and other parachute equipped aircraft. . I left the navy in 2002 and went to Epic divers and marine. Since being at Epic I have worked on various construction projects on all types of vessels including 4 point vessels, barges, lift boats, and TLP's. 5 years of my time at Epic was spent doing saturation diving in Mexico and the American GOM.I have since transitioned to supervising. Doing most of that on barges. After leaving Epic in 2014 I went to Bisso Marine where I am continuing in a supervisory / Diver capacity doing construction, tie ins, well PNA and pipeline work.