Students descend into the tank. 

Cadet Ruth Cervantes begins her ascent out of the ballast tank. 

A view into the lower level of the ballast tank.

As a safety precaution only one cadet could be on the ladder at a time; Cadet Alessandra Hackbarth watches for her turn.

Third class engineers before entering the tank for their Practical Training course.  In class they learned the requirements for entering confined spaces and then got to apply those principals.

Watch Officer Doug Rigg in the EOS.

Cadets Bunstine and Hoffman celebrate after successfully dumping two buckets of water on Molly Paul for her birthday. 

2006 Diesel 2 Class