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.
August 29, 1936. Canal Zone. John McCain, in full John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936, Panama Canal Zone) U.S. senator who was the Republican Partyâs nominee for president in 2008 but was defeated by Barack Obama. McCain represented Arizona in the U.S. House of Representatives (1983â87) before being elected to the U.S. Senate (1987â ). Although a self-described conservative âfoot soldier in the Reagan revolution,â McCain clashed with his partyâs right wing on a wide range of issues.