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SAN FRANCISCO - Students from Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC) Monterey had a rare opportunity to meet with the crews of Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) and San Antonio-class amphibious platform dock USS San Diego (LPD 22), Oct. 8, during San Francisco's Fleet Week.
As part of the San Diego-based ships' visit to the Port of San Francisco, they provided tours for the information warfare (IW) students, who are training to become linguists at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC).
The IWTC Monterey staff requested the tours to provide operational context for the students.
"We want our Sailors to see first-hand what they could soon be doing in the fleet," said Cmdr. Andy Newsome, IWTC Monterey's commanding officer. "We feel strongly that by giving our Sailors a vision of their future success, we can motivate them to excel in the classroom."
More than 60 students and staff members ventured north to San Francisco to gain valuable insight by getting a taste of shipboard life, which the students could find themselves experiencing in a relatively short period of time.
"I am grateful to have had the opportunity to tour the operational spaces of the ships," said Seaman Anastasia Mason. "It gave me a tangible way to envision my future work in the Navy."
With IW as a critical capability of the Navy's mission sets, the students may find themselves serving aboard ships with the ability to exploit a wide range of electronic emissions or as part of a naval force that includes multi-mission combatants such as USS Mobile Bay and USS San Diego.
"The Sailors attending DLIFLC are here to learn a warfighting skill, and we want to take every opportunity to show them where their valuable skills will be used," said Newsome. "We were thrilled that USS Mobile Bay and USS San Diego agreed to provide tailored tours for our Sailors. They really appreciated it."
Experiences like the ship tours and a visit earlier this year from a Navy EP-3E Aries II crew with their aircraft provide welcome breaks from the demanding language education curriculum, while also introducing the students to future possible assignments with tactical units.
"I loved it," said Seaman Walter Dyer. "I learned more about my potential job at Fleet Week than I have in my Navy career so far. I even heard many other students who attended say that it motivated them and gave a better perspective on how their job will be."
IWTC Monterey provides a continuum of foreign language training to Navy personnel, which prepares them to conduct information warfare across the full spectrum of military operations.
For more news from Center for Information Warfare Training organization, visit http://www.navy.mil/local/cid/, http://www.netc.navy.mil/centers/ciwt, http://www.facebook.com/NavyCIWT, or http://www.twitter.com/NavyCIWT
| Date Taken: | 10.08.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 10.24.2016 15:55 |
| Story ID: | 212770 |
| Location: | SAN FRANCISCO, CA, US |
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