170531-N-CM124-406 GREAT LAKES, Il. (May 31, 2017) Members from the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division tour Battle Stations 21 aboard the USS Trayer (BST 21) at Recruit Training Command. The visit included several locations at RTC and the Training Support Center, over a three-day period. The NAWCTSD visit was to foster a better understanding of Navy recruit training. About 30,000-40,000 recruits graduate annually from the Navy's only boot camp. (U.S. Navy photo by Sue Krawczyk/Released)
NAWCTSD Leaders Experience Recruit Training
GREAT LAKES, Ill. – A group of leaders from the Orlando, Florida-based Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) observed Navy training in action at Recruit Training Command May 31 - June 2.
Highlights of the visit included an orientation of Battle Stations 21 exercises aboard the largest military simulator, USS Trayer (BST-21), a 210-foot indoor destroyer replica, that is supported by NAWCTSD. Battle Stations 21 is the capstone event that culminates eight weeks of boot camp training. Every enlisted recruit must complete 17 realistic scenarios in Battle Stations 21 before they are able to graduate and earn the title of "Sailor" in U.S. Navy. The group also participated in Small Arms Marksmanship Training and experienced first-hand what it is like to be a Navy recruit.
The trip to Great Lakes gave the NAWCTSD team a unique opportunity to witness, and actually experience, some of the products and services they developed.
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170602-N-SL853-025 GREAT LAKES, Il. (June 02, 2017) Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division Principal Engineer, John Owen, fires an air compressed simulated 9mm weapon at the Small Arms Marksmanship Trainer facility at Recruit Training Command. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Gas Turbine Systems Technician Electrical Seth Schaeffer/Released)
170531-N-CM124-433 GREAT LAKES, Il. (May 31, 2017) Scott Barnes, a NAWCTSD In-Service Engineer based at Great Lakes, leads a tour of Battle Stations 21 aboard the USS Trayer (BST 21) for NAWCTSD members from Orlando.
170531-N-CM124-418 GREAT LAKES, Il. (May 31, 2017) Lt. Cmdr. Shane Cook, an officer assigned to RTC Great Lakes, escorts members from the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division on a tour of Battle Stations 21 aboard the USS Trayer (BST 21). (U.S. Navy photo by Sue Krawczyk/Released)
170531-N-CM124-429 GREAT LAKES, Il. (May 31, 2017) NAWCTSD In-Service Engineer, Scott Barnes briefs members from NAWCTSD Orlando while touring Battle Stations 21 aboard the USS Trayer (BST 21). (U.S. Navy photo by Sue Krawczyk/Released)
170602-N-SL853-065 GREAT LAKES, Il. (June 2, 2017) Members from the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division tour Small Arms Marksmanship Trainer June 2, at Recruit Training Command. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Gas Turbine Systems Technician Electrical Seth Schaeffer/Released)
170602-N-SL853-020 GREAT LAKES, Il. (June 2, 2017) Members from the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division tour Small Arms Marksmanship Trainer June 2, at Recruit Training Command. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Gas Turbine Systems Technician Electrical Seth Schaeffer/Released)