SSI INSTRUCTOR TRAINER
PADI STAFF INSTRUCTOR

Air Force veteran Wayne Brown and his family are passionate adventurers and explorers. Wayne is a hands on owner and is committed to providing personalized, exceptional customer service on every Aggressor adventure. From every department and every location around the world, you will experience first class service and adventure. Wayne is the  Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors for Sea of Change Foundation and a Director of the Oceans For Youth Foundation. Wayne is also a  member of the Explorers Club and a winner of 5 Telly awards. He is an avid photographer/videographer and spends much of his time on the many Aggressor destinations. He and his family reside in Augusta, Georgia.

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SSI Instructor Trainer and PADI Instructor

Growing up as a competitive swimmer was only a matter of time until the "scuba bug" bit Larry. After landing his first real job, it was an easy decision that his first vacation was a scuba certification trip. Twelve months after that first trip, Larry became an instructor, and soon scuba and adventure travel became his full-time career. Larry has certified more divers during his career than he can remember, managed and trained instructional and retail staff, was a professional travel agent and group leader. He also launched a software company for retail dive stores and worked in marketing, advertising, and IT for a large land-based dive resort. Larry earned his MBA specializing in International Business, where he met his wife, Cari. Larry is Vice President of Operations for Aggressor Adventures® and lives in Miami with his wife and two Jack Russel terriers.

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SSI Advanced Open Water & Nitrox

Cole has spent his entire life in his beloved Augusta, Georgia. He received a Bachelor’s  Degree in Business Management from Augusta State University in 2012. During his time in Business School, Cole turned a college assignment into a reality when he opened Cole Watkins Kayak Tours in 2011. The small business operates on the weekends and is very popular with locals and tourists and has even been featured on three TV shows. The company continues to be a feel-good story for the University and led Cole to receiving the Outstanding Young Alumni Award in 2022. Cole also meet his now-wife, Ashley, while attending ASU who introduced him to the world of scuba diving with Aggressor Adventures. He joined the company in 2014 and the couple wed in 2015. They now have two children named Cash & Caylee. Cole is an advanced open water scuba diver and has gotten to travel to places he never dreamed of with the company including the Maldives, Red Sea/Egypt, and many destinations in the Caribbean. He strives to receive an Iron Diver Award on every trip he does. He loves spending time with his family and friends, playing sports, coaching youth sports, and watching his Atlanta Braves & Atlanta Falcons. Cole also was one of three employees who received an Aggressor MVP Award for helping pull the company through the pandemic.

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SSI Open Water, Advanced

Sabine was born and raised in Munich, Germany. She joined the Aggressor Adventures® family in 2010 as a travel planner. She learned to scuba dive through a local dive shop in Augusta then completed her certification aboard the Turks & Caicos Aggressor II. She fell in love with diving and was immediately hooked. Sabine enjoys gardening, cooking, loves the outdoors and the ocean. She has traveled with the Bahamas Aggressor, Okeanos Aggressor II in Costa Rica, Jardines Aggressor I in Cuba, Maldives Aggressor II, and to the Aggressor Safari Lodge in Sri Lanka and can’t wait for her next Aggressor adventure.

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MCA Captain (200 ton)
NAUI, SDI, TDI, SSI Instructor

Tom holds a 200 ton Yacht Master License, worked as a Captain for 20 years, 9 of them on the Cayman Aggressor. He is a certified Scuba Instructor for four national certification agencies and is fluent in English, German, Spanish, Swedish and Portuguese. Tom originated from Norrtalje, Sweden where he graduated from Rodenskolan College then went on to spend 8 years in sales in Spain and Portugal. He is responsible for managing the reseller program for USA and International tour operators, dive stores and travel agents, leading fam trips, managing trade and consumer dive shows as well as contributing to the fleet's social media. He spends much of the year traveling and working dive travel shows in Germany, France, Canada, USA, Spain, Asia and leading familiarization trips on Aggressor Liveaboards yachts.

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Bob Thompson was born and raised in Cincinnati Ohio and moved to the warmer climates of the south in 1993. Bob has been in the travel industry for 35 years. In 1997 he earned his Certified Travel Counselor designation from the Institute of Certified Travel Agents in Wellesley Massachusetts. Bob has worked both with the Airlines and in travel agencies doing corporate and leisure travel. When not at work he is a golf enthusiast and loves riding his Harley Davidson. He is also a huge Ohio State Buckeye fan!

Bob specialized in travel to Red Sea, Nile Queen, Palau, Indonesia and Raja Ampat.

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