War
is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded
state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth
war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing
to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety,
is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and
kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
- John Stuart Mill
Welcome one and all to another update of Doc's Footlocker! It has been some time since we showed anything new on this page, due largely to the fact that while at Fort Bragg I wasn't allowed to take any pictures at work! Since our arrival here in Panama City, Florida it has been fast and furious. After graduating top honors at Special Operations Independent Duty Corpsman course, I attended Joint Instructor Trainer course in Pensacola to get my quals to teach here at Dive School. Since then I have picked up collateral's as Training Safety Officer while working on my Supervisor and Hyperbaric Chamber Qualifications. It's been very busy but rewarding.
The Marine Combat Dive course is staffed and provided by members of the USMC Recon community. It is located on board Naval Dive Salvage Training Center, NSA Panama City. We provide a challenging curriculum that certifies graduates in open circuit SCUBA as well as the closed circuit, MK-25 Draegger system. We focus on night time, clandestine insertion techniques as well as preparing the students for the rigorous and unpredictable environment of the sea.
As you likely heard on the 8th of August myself and 12 other men from
this base were selected as Chief Petty Officers. The "Induction"
process was…well…er…interesting - yeah that's it - interesting!
Below are some of the pictures from that process as well as the pinning
ceremony.
I got an opportunity to try my hand at flag painting. Our Selectee Guide-on turned out all right I think.
The Pinning
Ceremony on September 21st at 1000 culminated an all night evolution
of "training" that once again I can only quantify as…interesting.
I had the honor of having my anchors pinned on by my beautiful wife
and wonderful daughter.
My sponsor, Chief Chad Eagle presented me with my first khaki combination
cover.
My Mom was able to fly down from Texas to attend the ceremony.
The 12 newly pinned Navy Chiefs.
My fellow SARC and instructor at MCD Terrance Covington went through
the Induction with me and was also pinned on the 21st.
The MCD Crew left no doubt in anyone's mind that the Marines were there
to represent their SARCs.
Without these two I certainly would not be where I am today and I was
very pleased they were able to play a special part in the ceremony.
My sponsor Chief Chad Eagle was a tremendous help and example for me
through the process.
This
is my charge book box. The tradition of a charge book dates back
to WW II and has changed substantially with time. For more details regarding
the Charge Book history or any other Chief/Navy related traditions
or resources I highly encourage you to check out http://www.goatlocker.org/index.html.
Well that's all for now, I will continue to update this page as I get more new or cool stuff to share with ya all!
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