Owner and Director of Training
John is a retired U. S. Army Lt.Colonel (FA) and disabled Viet-Nam enlisted veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps (Vietnam Service 1967-68) with over 29 years of military service.
He is a Master Scuba Instructor and Instructor Trainer with several dive training agencies, including for Disabled Divers International (DDI). He started Texas Dive Center in 2012 to provide the best scuba services, training and adventures in the region. He first started diving in Maine with a YMCA certification in 1973 to do search and recovery and ice diving, along with gathering scallops for the family freezer. He teaches Public Safety diving and is certified as a Underwater Criminal Investigator.
John is also a Scuba Pro Expert Equipment Technician as well as being manufacturer trained for TUSA, Mares, Oceanic, Cressi and Ocean Technology Systems (OTS) full face masks service and repairs. John is a DOT cylinder re-tester for hydro static testing of cylinders.
As a SSI Platinum 1000 Instructor he was inducted into the Platinum Pro 5000 Diver Foundation in 2018 and recently logged his 6001 dive. Wreck diving being one of his favorite forms of diving, it is no surprise that he holds the SSI Advance Wreck Diver Specialty Instructor rating. There simply is no better person to learn from when it comes to scuba diving.
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Torill "Rita" MillerSpecialty & Assistant Instructor, ReactRight InstructorTorill is the wife of our owner and has been diving for 10+ years and married to John since 1968 when he returned from service in Viet Nam. She is an Assistant Manager and ScubaPro Technician as well. A expert quilter, she joins John traveling the world of scuba diving. Torill holds a Masters in Math from Texas Tech University and is a retired math teacher having taught in both Midland and Roosevelt ISD. |
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Bryon Freeman
Bryon leads our team of Instructors as an Advanced Open Water Instructor teaching in Amarillo, TX for us. He is very active in the Boy Scout Council in the Panhandle. |
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Crystal Liming
Crystal teaches Open Water Diver training and several Specialty Courses as well as being a ReactRight Instructor in the Permian Basin. |
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Josh Proctor
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Bart Tatom
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Brian Sullivan
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Tyler Hoskins
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John Foster
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Austin Bond
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Robert "Bubba" Smith
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