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#3595
Military?
okmister1 - 4/14/2007 2:14 AM
Category: General
Replies: 12

Anyone here in the service or learn to dive while they were in? Not just military qualifications. I learned to dive on deployment to Egypt, purely recreational for me.
#51828
Greg - 4/17/2007 6:34 PM
I was in the Marines, but didn`t learn to dive there.
#3442
Dorkfish - 4/18/2007 12:13 AM
Cert`d while on an "excursion" to Cuba. Loved the water there!
#15
marianne - 4/18/2007 10:52 AM
I`m also in the Guard serving a tour in Iraq. My time is coming to an end and I can`t wait to get back in the water :)
#3972
DiveRex - 4/24/2007 8:43 AM
I learned to dive when I was 14 but I did some other certs while I was in the Navy for 8 years in San Diego. I am currently in the Michigan Army National Guard, and I have been stationed in Cuba. I did a lot of diving down there as well as other places in the world. All thanks to the big Green Machine!
#6072
scubaclay - 2/10/2009 1:55 PM
I spent over 30 years in the Army, but did not learn to dive until 96. After I retired I now spend as much time underwater as possible. I wish I would have taken it up while I was active.
#7104
BgDmbRngr - 2/10/2009 6:02 PM
I am currently in the Army and stuck in Arizona. I have done most of my dive training in Fort Lewis, WA. They have a 5star PADI shop on post. I did my first few dives in Panama before they closed the bases down there.
#370
Loki1366 - 2/11/2009 12:23 AM
Still in as well, hence land locked in Colorado. Had it not been for the military though, I never would have been stuck in Missouri where I certed in the amazing Bonne Terre mines!
#8590
dalehall - 2/11/2009 6:00 AM
Air Force here. But, like a lot of the others, I didn’t start diving until after I came back to the States.
Dale
#420
DM240897 - 2/11/2009 8:53 PM
I served in the US Army, I bought dive gear at the PX in Panama before the base there closed. I bought a complete dive gear less the tank and weights. Didnt even know what I was buying, I was gonna get certified but when I returned in the states I ended up selling all the stuff I bought in Panama and never got certified. But now I finally achieved my dream of becoming a diver. Im now a PADI Divemaster.
#340
Aquascubaman - 2/16/2009 11:36 AM
US NAVY ..... come on any other salty seadogs out there..... HOOYAAHH!!!
#506
steelheadfish - 2/16/2009 6:33 PM


us coast guard here spent lots of time in the water and makeing weapons go boom ! but no scuba until 20 years later wish i would of been a commerical diver in 1990!