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By Carla M. McCarthy, Center for Information Warfare Training Public Affairs
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Students at Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC) Corry Station participated in friendly sports competitions after completing a hurricane safety training stand down, May 5.
With hurricane season starting June 1, the training stand down gave staff and students an overview of how the command would respond to a hurricane, covering topics ranging from sheltering in place to an orderly evacuation.
“We have around 2,000 students attending courses at any given time at Corry Station, so today’s training and mock evacuation drill was a great opportunity to help us all get up to speed on what we need to do," said Chief Cryptologic Technician (Technical) Robert Rawls, IWTC Corry Station's command safety officer. "This gives me great confidence that we’re ready to deal with the situation if we find ourselves facing a hurricane this year."
After the training, “A" and "C" school students gathered on the various fields around Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola Corry Station to compete with their fellow Sailors, Soldiers, Airmen and Marines in an afternoon of “Warrior Day” events.
Students signed up to participate in a wide variety of activities, including running and track events, flag football, bowling, soccer, volleyball, a scavenger hunt, cornhole, pool, darts, basketball, racquetball, dodgeball, kickball, horseshoes, Frisbee and ultimate Frisbee.
“A lot of teamwork is involved,” said Information Systems Technician (IT) Seaman Apprentice Ashley Nembhard, an IT “A” School student from Haymarket, Virginia, after running throughout the base on the scavenger hunt. “You’re competing against different divisions, so it really brings you together even if you haven’t worked together for a long time. We started out the morning doing (hurricane) exercises, and then we come here and we get to have fun and run around and just get to be one big happy family.”
Cmdr. Christopher Eng, IWTC Corry Station's commanding officer, said conducting Warrior Days helps boost the command's morale and brings together students to show them the value of teamwork. Considering the arduous technical courses that the students are undertaking, the athletic events also serve as examples of ways to relieve stress and reinforce the importance of watching out for one another.
“The crux of it all is about teamwork and resiliency, all in line with the Navy’s themes to have no bystander,” said Eng. “We’re hoping to try to reinforce positive and healthy ways to relieve stress. The teamwork is absolutely key.”
Eng appreciated the efforts of his staff in putting on the Warrior Day and the partnerships with NAS Pensacola’s Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Department and Corry Station’s galley in supporting the command’s drive for promoting fitness and healthy lifestyles.
Information Warfare Training Command Corry Station, as part of the Center for Information Warfare Training, provides a continuum of training to Navy and joint service personnel that prepares them to conduct information warfare (IW) across the full spectrum of military operations.
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| Date Taken: | 05.05.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 05.08.2017 17:57 |
| Story ID: | 233089 |
| Location: | PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, US |
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