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.
Sen. John McCain has received more money from the National Rifle Association (NRA) during his career than anyone in the Senate, according to a chart published by The New York Times. Since 1989, the NRA has given the Arizona Republican $7,740,521, though the bulk of those donations came when he was the GOP presidential nominee in 2008, the report noted.