A C172 PLT ENTERS A TFR.

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I ADMINISTERED A PVT PLT EVAL AT CRAIG ARPT; JACKSONVILLE; FL. DURING THE GND BRIEFING THE APPLICANT STATED THAT THERE WAS A TFR AROUND NAVY JACKSONVILLE AND I INFORMED HIM THAT I WAS ALSO AWARE OF THAT FACT AND THAT WE WOULD NOT AND SHOULD NOT GO INTO THAT AREA. WE BEGAN OUR FLT BY SIMULATING A XCOUNTRY DOWN TO ORLANDO; FL; WHICH WE WOULD SIMULATE FOR APPROX 20 MINS. I THEN GAVE THE APPLICANT A 'DIVERSION' TO AN ARPT LOCATED AT FOLKSTON; GA. THAT TURNED US BACK GOING TO THE NNW. THE APPLICANT GAVE THE PROPER DATA FOR THE DIVERSION AND HEADED IN THAT DIRECTION WHICH WE WOULD SIMULATE FOR APPROX 15-20 MINS. WE FLEW AT 6500 FT AND THE APPLICANT STATED WE WERE WELL ABOVE ANY CLASS C OR D AIRSPACE WHICH WAS IN THE JACKSONVILLE AREA. I AGREED WITH HIM. YOU CAN PROBABLY GUESS WHAT TOOK PLACE DURING THE DIVERSION. YES; THE FLT PATH TOOK US TO THE R OF NAVY JACKSONVILLE; BUT NOT FAR ENOUGH R. WE ENTERED INTO THEIR TFR AIRSPACE. IN TRUTH HE; NOR I; EVER REALIZED THAT WE HAD ENTERED INTO THE TFR. IT WAS ONLY UPON LNDG WHEN WE WERE TOLD TO CONTACT JACKSONVILLE APCH BY TELEPHONE THAT WE KNEW SOMETHING WAS AMISS. AFTER WE SHUT THE ENG DOWN AND I LOOKED AT THE VFR SECTIONAL I REALIZED OUR FLT PROBABLY HAD TAKEN US OVER NAS JACKSONVILLE AND INTO THE TFR.