Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tyler Thompson | Expeditionary Combat Camera | 01.16.2015
We waded on the surface, raised our hands out of the water and made a hand gesture in the form of a peace sign, signaling to the dive supervisor that we were ready to descend. Utilitiesman 2nd Class Erick Martin, Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Virgil Newton, whom everyone referred to as “Doc Newton,” and I were scuba diving on a wreck 100 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. The......
