Recent discharge from the Navy now taking up a diving career!

[RJYruegas]

Hello all,
I finished a 7 year career career in the Navy last October and decided to try and make a career out of Diving. I got certified in January and I currently have the privelage of being a student of Santa Barbara City College’s Marine Diving Technology Program. The fall semester starts up on the 21st and I’m glad to say that I will be diving every week through December for college credit and the GI Bill is paying for it all. This forum has been extremely helpful and entertaining. Thanks.

 

[Akimbo]

Welcome aboard and thank you for your service. You will probably find the Commercial Divers forum interesting.

 

[RJYruegas]

Thanks Akimbo. Thought you might like to know I purchased a pair of Kirby Morgan Superflow second stages and some of your old posts from 2014 actually came up when I was doing some research on them. I knew I recognized your name from somewhere.
New Kirby Morgan reg?

 

[Nick Steele]

Well first off Thanks for your service!!

This forum is a wonderful place. I'm sure you will find it informative and even sometimes funny. Good luck with your diving career.

Regards,
Nick

 

[RJYruegas]

Thanks Nick

 

[MichaelMc]

Thanks for your service! (I could not find a salute icon)

Sweetness on the GI Bill for the Santa Barbara Diving Technology Program!!

 

[Akimbo]

Nice score on the regulators. Hope you get a chance to meet Bev Morgan while you're in Santa Barbara. He's a real legend and one of the nicest people you will ever meet. You might also look up @Oceanaut / Christopher Swann. His Hannes Keller's 1,000' Dive thread will really make you appreciate what you will learn there. Snag a copy of his book if you can. Also, check out the Purisima Diving Bell exhibit at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum.

Best of luck in your new adventure.

 

[Birddog1911]

Well, you're a dirty squid, but you're here now, so welcome!

I'm using my GI Bill on the recreational side; it is a nice benefit, for sure!

 

[ram04769]

Hello RJYruegas and welcome to SB. Thank you for your service and best wishes!

 

[iamrushman]

howdy and welcome from southeast Florida......good luck with your studies.