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FORT LEE, Va. - A group of junior and senior high schoolers from the Chesterfield Career and Technical Center toured the Logistics Exercise and Simulation Directorate Nov. 12 and saw how the organization operations multi-installation and local-area networks.
The students – all part of the CISCO networking program at the school – were the second visiting group from the technical center in as many weeks.
Master Sgt. Charlie Sanders, NCO in charge of LESD, said the tour could help guide the students to a career.
“In the Signal Corps, we do a lot of these tours to show off what our jobs are to garner interest in the career field,” said Sanders, a Signal Corps Soldier. “I’ve done a lot of these tours at other installations. This tour will let the students see what type of work they would be doing in the Signal Corps. The students are usually intrigued by the technology we use in the military.”
In particular, this tour focused on the networking aspect of the LESD, a function essential for the logistics training conducted at the center, especially since most units are at other locations for the exercise.
“We showed the students how we have our network set up,” Sanders said. “We don’t go into depth – we give them a broad discussion on what we do and how we are able to establish a wide-area network.”
Scott Steinruck, lead information technology instructor at the center, said this type of tour is important to show the students real-world examples of what they learn every day.
“It ties in everything they are learning in the classroom environment,” Steinruck said. “They are able to get ‘outside’ and see it being applied in real-world situations. We try to expose them to a variety of different technology groups. Department of Defense is one. Communications – like Verizon – is another. We also will show them how IT supports health care with one of these tours.”
Steinruck – who attended the previous tour – said it gave his students an excellent look at networking capabilities of the DOD.
“It’s fantastic, and we met a lot of great folks,” he said. “We got to see how the technology is being applied. We got to talk to industry professionals who can relate what they are doing to the possible career pursuits of these students.”
| Date Taken: | 11.18.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 11.18.2015 15:54 |
| Story ID: | 182278 |
| Location: | FORT LEE, VA, US |
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