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MEET FIREMAN EDWIN DEROSAS.
HIS MAIN PRIORITY ABOARD USS CURTIS WILBUR IS KEEPING THE SHIP RUNNING.
"IT'S OVERWHELMING BUT I'M REALLY REALLY HAPPY THAT WE DID GET NUMBER ONE AND OUR GOAL WAS
ALSO TO GET MORE SAILORS INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAM AND WE DID HAVE AN INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP."
THE NAVY'S VISIT, BOARD, SEARCH AND SEIZURE TEAMS ARE USED TO COMBAT PIRACY, ILLEGAL NARCOTICS
AND ARMS TRAFFICKING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
DEROSAS TRAINS TO BECOME A MEMBER OF ONE OF THESE ELITE BOARDING TEAMS.
"TODAY IS A PREREQUISITE FOR THE LADDER CLIMB EVENT WHICH IS PART OF THE VBSS VISIT BOARD
SEARCH AND SEIZURE SCHOOL. IT'S ONE THE HIGHEST FAILURE RATES, SO THEY REQUIRE US TO DO A
PRE SCREEN WHERE THEY HAVE TO CLIMB THIRTY FEET IN LESS THAN TWO MINUTES WITH THEIR FULL
GEAR ON."
KEEPING A COOL HEAD AND PHYSICAL STRENGTH IS A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS
"IT'S ALL ABOUT TECHNIQUE, YOU GOTTA FIND THE BEST WAY TO APPROACH IT, YOU CANT CLIMB
IT RECKLESSLY"
PASSING THIS TEST BY NEARLY HALF THE TIME ALLOWED FIREMAN DEROSAS RESERVED HIS SEAT
AT THE VBSS TRAINING COURSE IN HAWAII.
PETTY OFFICER MARVIN THOMPSON, YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, JAPAN