GREAT LAKES, Ill. - Sailors are some of the most highly-trained people on the planet, according to Navy officials, and this training requires highly-dedicated instructors.
At Naval Education and Training Command (NETC), instructors at advanced technical schools teach sailors to be highly skilled, operational, and combat ready warfighters, while providing the tools and opportunities for continuous learning and development.
Seaman Kelvin Ponce, a native of Dover Plains, New York, is a student at NETC, learning the necessary skills needed to be a gunner's mate.
As a gunner's mate, Ponce is responsible for ensuring equipment is fully operational and to ensure proper usage of small arms is conducted under safe instruction.
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