Tina did pull rank on Dana to make sure that she was at Bette’s table.  She wanted to watch up close as Bette entertained her students.  And in her customary manner, Bette had them all enthralled with her tales of trainings and rescues.

Tina pulled her attention away from Bette to glance around the room.  All of the students seemed to be as attentive as she had ever seen them.  Bette has really gone above and beyond what I expected here.  She’s made sure that everything flows smoothly.  I’m not sure how, but I’m gonna have to find an appropriate way to thank her for her attention to everything.

Admiral Walker enters the mess hall and speaks to the students again.  “Are you all having a god time at the base today?”

He is answered with cheers and clapping.

“Well I’m so glad to hear that.  Lt. Porter has put forth a lot of effort to make today special for you, including your last event of the day.”

Tina is confused.  She thought they were leaving after lunch.  She looks to Bette’s seat, only to find it empty.  She scans the mess hall and cannot see her anywhere.

Admiral Walker continues.  “Your last event of the day is a live demonstration of a rescue, helicopter and all.  Lt. Porter, Ensign McCutcheon and two pilots will be performing this live rescue drill.  So if you will all load up on the buses, you’ll head over to watch them.”

Tina and Dana are walking out together.  “Did you know about this?” Dana asks.

“No.”

“I guess Bette wanted it to be a surprise huh?”

“I guess.  It will be exciting to see them in action.  I wonder why she didn’t tell me about this.”

“She probably didn’t want you to worry,” Dana says as they climb on the buses.

They arrive at the designated area.  They are on a small beach area near the cove where Bette set up the rescue dummy.

Rescue Swimmer Haspel has accompanied them to narrate the demonstration.  Tina looks around and also notices Jodie Lerner standing back watching the group.  I wonder what she’s doing here?  Shane said that she hates Bette, why would she want to watch her demonstration?

Tim begins the narration about the coast guard receiving a call of an injured boater.  He explains how the call comes in and the on-duty rescue team is activated.  He tells how they take off in the helicopter and the mechanic and swimmer prepare their gear and check that everything is working properly.

At that moment, a helicopter is heard overhead.  They all look up to see the helicopter hovering over what appears to be some wreckage.  They watch as a figure dressed in orange approaches the edge of the copter. 

“That’s the rescue swimmer.  In this case, it’s Lt. Porter.”  Tim explains how they check the area before they jump in.  In a few seconds, they watch as Bette jumps into the water. 

Tina holds her breath as she waits for Bette to reappear above the surface.  She breathes again when she sees her surface and give the ‘thumbs up’ signal. 

Tim explains the ‘thumbs up’ signal and then narrates as Bette swims toward the wreckage and rescue dummy.