Campaign: State Representative 117
Affiliation: Democratic
Location: Homestead FL
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Contact Number: (850) 528-0520
Basic Summary
Les Burke grew up watching Disney, Sea Hunt, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and the Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. Les has been diving since 1980. Les was the eighth African American to complete the Navy’s school for Deep Sea Diving and Salvage in Little Creek, VA. Famed US Navy Master Diver, Carl Brashear, mentored Les in the early years. As one of the Navy’s elite Salvage divers, Les took part in many Salvage operations throughout the world. Les spent 33 years in the Navy, 28 of those, as a Navy Diver.