Navy Prospect Desperate To Avoid Sea Service, Recruiter Has Been 'Big Help'

SAN DIEGO, CA – 17 year-old Nathan Brottman wants to serve his country, and he's got the perfect plan for how to do it - the Navy's Delayed Entry Program (DEP). But Brottman has a problem -- he's deathly afraid of the water.

“The DEP is actually pretty great," says Brottman, "We meet one weekend a month and practice marching and saluting and stuff.”

When …