Roosevelt, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is at the moment on its fourth Ahead Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) patrol. FDNF-E ships are primarily unbiased deployers and have real-world alternatives to determine and check new strategies and techniques.
The Warfare Techniques Teacher (WTI) program is designed to develop tactical consultants, leaders, and lecturers in considered one of 4 topic areas – Anti-Submarine/Floor Warfare (ASW/SUW), Built-in Air and Missile Protection (IAMD), Mine Warfare (MIW), and Amphibious Warfare (AMW). Floor Warfare Officers are hand chosen for this extremely rigorous program to develop into consultants of their respective warfare space and convey that information again to the fleet.
USS Roosevelt has an unprecedented 5 WTIs onboard – Lt. Cmdr. Francis Atkinson, an MH-60R Seahawk WTI, Lt. Cmdr. Kyle Wagner, an IAMD WTI, Lt. Evan Oltmanns, an ASW/SUW WTI, Lt. j.g. Dylan Cabrera, an IAMD WTI , and LTJG James Olsen, an ASW/SUW WTI. This quantity includes over half of all FDNF-E WTIs and is noteworthy as most destroyers have solely a single WTI-qualified officer. From 2nd tour division officers to division heads, the WTIs lead and information the event of warfighting aboard USS Roosevelt.
USS Roosevelt’s Commanding Officer Cmdr. John Mastriani mentioned, “Constructing our staff and retaining high expertise is what permits us to proceed efficient operations over the horizon. I’m extraordinarily happy with the efforts that we make to maintain our greatest folks and supply them each alternative to excel – whether or not it’s maintaining our skilled technicians aboard with the Abroad Tour Extension Incentive Program (OTEIP), or making certain continuity with our division officer and division head ‘WTI-Fleet Up’ strategy.”
“WTI mentorship and instruction was important to my qualification as a Floor Warfare Officer on Roosevelt”, mentioned Lt. j.g. Matthew Teitelman, Roosevelt’s injury management assistant. “That management offered a perspective on modern-day warfare that I’m undecided I might have gotten had I not had the WTIs there. I’m excited to be attending the Built-in Air Missile Protection WTI course of instruction following my first tour to have the ability to present that very same steerage to the long run era onboard Roosevelt.”
Teitelman was lately accepted to the Built-in Air Missile Protection WTI program, the place he can be joined by Lt. j.g. Andrew Bacso, one other first tour division officer fleeting as much as proceed his second tour aboard Roosevelt.
“We’ve created a tradition aboard USS Roosevelt during which junior officers are anticipated to take part in warfare improvement. Our final three fireplace management officers and anti-submarine warfare officers are WTIs, and we are going to proceed the development with our two new WTI candidates,” mentioned Lt. j.g. Dylan Cabrera, the fireplace management officer of USS Roosevelt. “The expertise we already get as forward- deployers within the Sixth Fleet space of operations is unmatched, however including the WTI component elevates our warfighting means even additional.”
USS Roosevelt, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, started its fourth Ahead Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) patrol Sept. 27 within the U.S. Naval Forces Europe space of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and companion pursuits.
Headquartered in Naples, Italy, NAVEUR-NAVAF operates U.S. naval forces within the U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) and U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) areas of duty. U.S. Sixth Fleet is completely assigned to NAVEUR-NAVAF, and employs maritime forces via the complete spectrum of joint and naval operations.
