Dahlgren, Va. – Floor Fight Methods Coaching Command (SCSTC), its co-located studying web site SCSTC AEGIS Coaching and Readiness Heart (ATRC), Naval Floor Warfare Heart Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), nineteenth Area Protection Squadron (19 SDS), and Navy Expertise Acquisition Group (NTAG) Richmond hosted college students and instructors from Stafford Excessive College’s Navy Junior Reserve Officer’s Coaching Corps (NJROTC) onboard Naval Assist Facility (NSF) Dahlgren, Sept. 25.
Twenty-four NJROTC cadets and their instructors visited Dahlgren as a part of an effort to assist potential future warfighters be taught extra in regards to the completely different careers and alternatives discovered within the U.S. Navy.
Right now, recruiting is an “all-hands-on-deck” effort, not just for Navy recruiters, however for our energetic and reserve fleet, retired Navy veterans, and group leaders. Our Dahlgren primarily based instructions have taken the initiative and are constructing and sustaining very important relationships with future Navy warfighters and the communities the place they stay.
The day’s occasions started at NSWCDD the place Commanding Officer, Capt. Philip Mlynarski, spoke to the scholars, giving them a quick overview of operations whereas stressing the significance of lecturers.
“An important factor you are able to do concerning your future is your tutorial grades,” stated Mlynarski. “That’s what schools and employers search for proper out of the gate. Please proceed to review arduous and make your finest effort. In the event you do, I see all of you succeeding and being the longer term leaders of the Navy!”
After NSWCDD, the cadets traveled throughout base and have been welcomed by SCSTC’s Commodore, Capt. George A. Kessler, Jr. and SCSTC ATRC’s appearing Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Jakub Nowakowski.
“SCSTC is a world coaching group that consists of 15 studying websites and detachments, together with the schoolhouse you’re at present in,” defined Kessler. “Yearly as a site, we ship coaching to over 37,000 U.S. Navy Sailors in addition to 700 worldwide Sailors from 27 accomplice nations. We prepare Officers and eight enlisted scores. Right now, you will note STEM [science, technology, engineering, and math] in all sides of the schoolhouse and be taught in regards to the officer and enlisted coaching we offer Aegis Sailors and have the chance to function the tools they work on and make use of in fight.”
The AEGIS Fight System is a well-designed grouping of the AEGIS Weapons Methods with Anti-Air, Ballistic Missile Protection, Anti-Submarine, Anti-Floor and Strike Warfare, and related weapons and communications tools. All components of those techniques are taught at SCSTC ATRC.
“Our mission is to supply the U.S. Fleet and our allies with extremely skilled floor warfighters to take care of, function and make use of the AEGIS system and it is possible for you to to expertise that firsthand right this moment,” stated Nowakowski. “You’ll work together with each Enlisted and Officers from numerous backgrounds and have hands-on time in our labs.”
After the excursions concluded, Lt. Col Jonathan Smith, commander, 19 SDS, offered college students a presentation about STEM to house. 19 SDS is a unit inside U.S. Area Power (USSF) and is liable for offering steady house area consciousness for presidency, civilian, and worldwide customers. The us was established in 2019, creating the primary new department of the armed companies in 73 years.
“Area capabilities are a part of on a regular basis life and throughout the globe, Guardians design, purchase, area, take a look at, function, and defend the vital house techniques the nation, and the world, closely depend on,” stated Smith. “Whether or not you have an interest in turning into a Guardian, becoming a member of a special department of service, or working for a authorities group, such because the Division of Protection, keep the course, all the time be prepared to be taught, and make good choices. The selections you make right this moment will impression your future.”
What started as a gun take a look at facility on the finish of World Conflict I, NSF Dahlgren has since developed and expanded into a serious shore set up that’s liable for quite a few scientific and response-force missions serving all branches of the U.S. armed forces.
“NSF has almost a dozen army instructions and supporting organizations which might be contributing on to a large number of vital protection packages and operations on a worldwide scale,” stated Kessler. “It is crucial that we host visits like this to share our information, expertise, and experience with college students who might be the longer term era of our warfighting pressure.”
For extra details about Naval Assist Facility (NSF) Dahlgren, go to:
https://ndw.cnic.navy.mil/Installations/NSA-South-Potomac/Installations/NSF-Dahlgren/
For info on the Navy Junior Reserve Officers Coaching Corps (NJROTC) program, go to: https://www.netc.navy.mil/nstc/njrotc
