 After 10 months of unemployment, Waddle worked as a project manager for an energy firm in North Carolina and, in July 2004, started his own business as a consultant, executive coach, and public speaker.On 16 February 2001, the USN Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV) and Submarine Development Squadron 5 (SUBDEVRON 5), using the Scorpio remotely piloted underwater vehicle (ROV), located "Ehime Maru" in 2,000 feet (610 m) of water on the ocean bottom ().Over the next two weeks, the USN used the Scorpio and the Deep Drone ROVs to search the ocean bottom around "Ehime Maru" for the remains of any of her missing crewmembers, without success.