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.
Key facts about John McCain: 1  Republican nominee for the 2008 US presidential election. 2  Has an IQ of 133. 3  Almost flunked out of the Naval Academy, graduating in the bottom 0.5% of his class. Then joined the prestigious Naval aviators which is normally reserved for students graduating in the top third of the class.