{"id":37230,"date":"2021-10-03T22:10:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T02:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themysticalunderground.com\/?p=37230"},"modified":"2021-10-06T09:11:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T13:11:47","slug":"the-mystical-underground-rick-bettua-sharks-and-synchronicities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themysticalunderground.com\/?p=37230","title":{"rendered":"The Mystical Underground: Rick Bettua: Sharks And Synchronicities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new episode of The Mystical Underground is live! &#8220;Rick Bettua: Sharks And Synchronicities&#8221;: <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1135618585&amp;show_artwork=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Join Trish and Rob for a conversation with&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Rick Bettua, who served thirty-two years as a U.S. Navy diver. He finished his career in 2008 as a command master chief petty officer and master diver, then returned for another three-year stint as an advisor, retiring in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2004, he became the Navy\u2019s command master chief of salvage diving, and in that role, he managed the world\u2019s largest and most diverse diving command with more than 250 personnel operating throughout the Pacific and Indian Oceans as well as Iraq and Kuwait. I should add that Rick and I have co-authored a book, called BREATHE, which is about Rick\u2019s survival story\u2014or actually many survival stories throughout his career and afterward. After Rick retired, he moved to Queensland, Australia. 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