After the summer 2017 accidents involving two destroyers, the Surface Warfare Officer School in Newport, RI took a prompt, hard look at the Comprehensive Review. As a result, they revamped the Junior Officer of the Deck course with several technological advancements to improve the way its junior officers were being trained.
Sweat runs down a soot covered face, carving a path through the thick field of grime. It gathers and pools before falling in a bead to the metal below. It sizzles as it hits and is gone.
The cramped metal room is hot. It is a place where fires burn, water boils and steam lives. The man with the soot-covered face looks up as orders are relayed from above. He shakes off his daze and nudges his partner, then picks up a coal shovel. Time to...
He jumped down from the tree, bare feet crunching on the dense bed of jungle foliage, his young hands gripping freshly-picked fruit. He darted deeper through the deep green layers of trees to find water - a part of his morning routine. For a child growing up in the rural countryside of Trinidad, this was nothing out of the ordinary.
Most Sailors know it can be difficult to keep up with training while deployed, or even at home in a high optempo environment.
Navy leaders know it too, and the chief of naval operations' Ready, Relevant Learning (RRL) initiative pledges to deliver training at the right time, in the right place and in the right format for today's Sailors. The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) is a key stakeholder in this...
