Living the Dream

I’m often asked “How’s it’s going?” or “How am I doing?”, and my typical response over the past 4 years is, “I’m living the dream.”  With the military assigning me to Hawaii 4 years ago,  I have been able to combine my 2 passions; serving the country I love and my love of the water.  Despite growing up in Florida, getting certified in 1986, and extensively traveling the Caribbean in the early years, the assignments in the Army were less than conducive to getting wet, so I only dove sporadically on vacation in the warmer climates.  (Yes, I’m a warm water diver.)  As I arrived in Hawaii, I bought a set of dive gear, bought a boat, and set out to earn my Master Scuba Diver Rating with Island Divers Hawaii.  After earning my MSD, a good friend of mine, also a MSD decided to earn our Divemaster and go through the class together, thus launching my professional dive career.  I realized a latent dream had become a reality, and I soon earned my instructor rating.  I have continued to climb the ladder, recently earning the elite instructor rating and becoming a Course Director.  I am truly honored to still wear the uniform and share my passion for diving as the Course Director for Island Divers Hawaii and Hawaii Scuba University.