Upon completion of the training, candidates will go to Navy Dive and Salvage Training Command (NDSTC) , Panama City, Fla., for Second Class Dive School, which is 70 training days long. The center has 22 different courses of instruction and a throughput of approximately 1300 students per year, with an average of 300 students in training at any given time.
John McCain officially clinched the Republican presidential nomination on March 4, 2008, sweeping the primaries in Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island, and Vermont. That night, Mike Huckabee withdrew from the race and endorsed McCain.
The other two, Republican McCain and Ohio Democrat John Glenn, who went on to win reelection, were cleared by the Senate Ethics Committee of serious offenses but were reprimanded for poor judgment in their contacts with Keating. The scandal would dog McCain in his failed bids for the White House in 2000 and 2008.