Forty-eight students from the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation completed a tour Sept. 19 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Florida, where they learned how global prepositioning sustains readiness and joint operations.
“This gives students an overview of the joint force and combatant commands,” said Army Lt. Col. Michael Hill, director of the Command and General Staff Officer Course at WHINSEC, as students exited the USNS Sgt. William W. Seay, a cargo ship operated by the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command in support of the Marine Corps’ prepositioning programs.
The students, enrolled in the 11-month Spanish-language course at Fort Benning, Georgia, included mostly majors and...
09.19.2025 | JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, US |
Story by Dustin Senger
