When sailors assigned to Naval Special Warfare (NSW) as Support Technicians check on-board they often arrive with limited experience in expeditionary warfare.
New NSW Support Technicians are offered the Level I Basic Soldiering Skills Course which provides them the training required to perform their jobs and, when needed, deliver tactical support to their team in a warzone.
(MANDA BAY, Kenya) Peter Villano, U.S. House Armed Services Committee staff member, asks a question during a tour of the Camp Simba, Kenya, boat facility with members of Special Operations Command Forward – East Africa, Team Manda Bay, Kenya and fellow members of the House Armed Services Committee at Camp Simba, Dec. 5, 2015. Members of the House Armed Services Committee are visiting Camp Simba as part of a tour of East Africa to determine how Congress can continue to support U.S. military cooperation with host nation partners in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tony DeFilippo/Released)
