Ford, Daniel R.

My life and background has always been around water. I learned to swim, fish, and surf in the Atlantic Ocean. As a teenager I went on numerous "road trips" with my friends to the outer banks of North Carolina to camp and surf for the weekend. I taught lifesaving and was a water safety instructor for four years during college (Longwood University, Va.) I was in the commercial crabbing industry for a year and a half. I then joined the Merchant Marines in 1990, to participate in desert shield/desert storm. For the next twelve years I sailed with various companies, literally sailing around the wor...