This story brings back memories of my trip aboard the Dan Moore and of all the training I received there. If it were not for that specialized training I would not have the job I have now. Currently I am in the position to be able to hire more of these graduates as the economy rebounds and if they take away this program I feel that the these students would not meet our requirements. I can not stress how important this program is to the public, its not all biology, but real science from oceanology to seismology.