Advanced Training

When advanced Navy boot camp training commenced in earnest our recruit company was quickly immersed in fire fighting techniques, first aid, NBC (nuclear, biological, chemical warfare), among other necessary skills.

We spent two sweltering days in Southern California heat at the San Diego Navy boot camp learning to handle fire hoses and how to put out a shipboard fire with nothing but water. It was hot miserable necessary training.

When you are 100s of miles out to sea there are no fire departments to call.

The most well equipped ships – aircraft carriers – have only so much foaming agent, and...