This makes me wonder

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I've always found it interesting that GUE/DIR, associates itself directly with WKPP (Woodville Karst Plain Project - ).

Kudos to George Irving (WKPP Project Director) and Jarrod Jablonski (WKPP Training Director & Halycon CEO) for taking over something they didn't start and turning it into their main marketing tool.

It's, like, just my opinion, man. 8)
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Uhm, George is no longer Project Director and why wouldn't you use it as your main marketing tool (although I wouldn't quite agree with that assessment): under their lead the WKPP amassed numerous world records, has a perfect safety record (which cannot be said about the WKPP pre-George) and that's where DIR truly developed. If you read enough of the older posts you'll notice the current guys' admiration for what some of the old timers like Bill Gavin, Parker Turner, et al. did, but truth be told, the current breed took it to whole different level. While GUE started out of the ranks of (mostly) WKPP divers, now the WKPP is only one of several GUE sponsored research projects worldwide.
BTW, marketing a training agency based upon the diving accomplishments of their founders can be found anywhere: didn't Gilliam used to brag about his dive on a single AL80 to 500ft on air to promote his extended range courses, Mount on all of his rebreather exploits, etc.? The NSS-CDS and NACD still keep using Sheck as their idol and his accomplishments to support their mission (and Sheck contributed an awsome amount to the cave diving community at large), but he's been dead for more than ten years!