John Stoddart (contract instructor)
Instructor (Homeland Security)
          John Stoddart is a Master Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician, Chief Petty Officer and Hull Maintenance Technician in the United States Navy. He completed SCUBA diver training at the Naval Submarine Training Center Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1990, and spent 2 years as an EOD Assistant before graduating from Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Indian Head, Maryland, in 1993. Stoddart has 19 ½ years of military service with 8 years at an underwater mine countermeasures unit, and 3 years in publications and render-safe procedure development to include underwater ordnance and operations.
          Stoddart has performed duties as a U.S. Navy Diving Supervisor in both SCUBA and the MK16 Mixed Gas Underwater Breathing Apparatus since 1994, and as a Demolition/Burn Operations Supervisor since 1997. Chief Stoddart is currently serving as the Operations Officer and an instructor at a U.S. Navy reserve unit in Charleston, South Carolina. Additional responsibilities include planning and supervision of SCUBA diving and demolition operations, and training and evaluation of Ordnance Clearance Detachments in diving and mission specific EOD areas such as Force Protection/Harbor Defense diving operations.
          Chief Stoddart is a qualified Emergency Medical Technician and instructor in Basic Life Support, and has a number of equipment maintenance qualifications. He is an avid SCUBA diver and enjoys diving in the rivers and on the artificial reefs of South Carolina. His military diving has taken him from the hospitable waters of Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Mediterranean to the harsh environment of German harbors and the North Sea.

Johnny Cercopely (contract instructor)
HAZ-MAT/Saftey Instructor
           Johnny Cercopely has more than twenty-four years in industrial safety and security for the private industry. He holds a Hazardous Material Technician Certification from Georgia Technical College and owns Nine Eleven Emergency Response Training Solutions, which offers training in: Confined Space, Entry and Rescue; First Aid & CPR; Hazardous Material, Operations Response; and Basic Fire Fighting.
          Cercopely is a U.S. Coast Guard Licensed Captain for Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels - (OUPV- 6 Pack). He earned an Emergency Medical Technician certification for the State of South Carolina in 1980. He was certified as a Rescue Diver and a Master Diver with PADI in 1993. He is a NASE Instructor.

Carl Whitaker (contract instructor)
Rigging/Crane/NASE Master Instructor
          Carl Whitaker has been diving for over twenty-five years and has been a certified NASE Master Instructor since 2000.
          Whitaker has more than twenty years of experience in diesel and hydraulic engines and has instructor certifications for mobile Cranes, Forklifts, and Rigging from the Crane Institute of America.