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Permalink Reply by Keith W. Fisher on
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I heard a few went back for refresher courses...
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Permalink Reply by Fred C. Johnson on
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No such thing as a refresher course at Chino.
You screw up and your done for good.
a few have not returned. 46 hands are out there working
two have returned to prison for parole violation.
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Permalink Reply by David Hogan on
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Don't know how many are working but I work with a few quality hands. a couple have exceed my expectation. Great Job!
Hands;
Art
Yadda
JR is here to.
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Permalink Reply by Phil Voltaire on
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I'm glad to hear it. They were my classmates. If you're still in contact with them, let 'em know 'Stretch' sends his best.
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Permalink Reply by Art Hernandez on
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I'm out here and working! Specialty Diving Inc. gave me job and a bed an offer i couldn't refuse. So far so good going home for december. HOOSAY!
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Hoosay and Congratulations! Is there room for one more in the company? I'm going to talk to the piledrivers union since I'm not getting any action from the companies in the Gulf. You talking to Yatta and JR?
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Permalink Reply by Elijah Morse on
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I know this is a little off topic, but does anyone know about a doc**entary about the course at Chino? I believe it was titled; SALVAGED LIVES. I think it was made early 90's. I remember watching it one night and it was very interesting and I have looked around for a copy. Any info about it would be appreciated.
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Permalink Reply by Dive Diva on
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Salvaged Lives (1995) starring Edward James Olmos, Director Barbara Leibovitz. Distributor- Panorama Entertainment.
This doc**entary chronicles the travails of six Southern California state prison inmates as they endure grueling vocational training to become deep-sea salvage experts. The unique 10-month program has been effect in the Chino Institution for Men since 1970. These inmates originally were part of 65 fellow students; by the course's end, only 11 inmates can make the final cut. Two of the six, have successfully completed the training and function as teacher's aides. The course is more rigorous than Army boot-camp. In addition to brutal calisthenics, the trainees must endure 30-minutes in a water tank wearing a blacked out helmet. But the program is more than physical training; the students must also become intimate with underwater physics, medicine, and the maintenance of complex equipment followed by an all-day final exam. What is most fascinating is that many of those who succeeded, entered the program with almost no literacy skills--some of them were even unable to swim. Upon their release from prison, these divers have a much-needed skill and can easily find high-paying jobs. Typically, they find work repairing oil rigs. They also come out with a renewed sense of self-worth. Only 5% of the Chino graduates are reincarcerated.
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Permalink Reply by Bill Gardner on
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Try PMing Fred C. Johnson -Instructor-Administrator of the program, at cDiver.net
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Permalink Reply by A.. Parnell on
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Dive Diva you never cease to amaze me at your resourcefulness. A+ kiddo! Yea that was a good film.
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Things haven't changed all that much. It's just as difficult now as it was then except for better teaching methods resulting in more students graduating the program. It's the best thing that's happened to me... except for the fact that there isn't much work at the moment. It was the most profound experience of my life.
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