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Naval Nuclear Power Training Command

November 2019 Volume 1. Issue 2

The Forgotten Arm of the Navy Page 12 SAILORS IN THE SPOTLIGHT Hometown: Apopka, Florida Why she joined: I joined the Navy to change my direction in life. My dad was in the Navy, and I have always wanted to follow in his footsteps. Favorite part of the Navy: My favorite part of being in the Navy is the huge diversity of people, as well as the varieties of challenges I have been met with. What are you looking forward to most in the fleet? I’m looking foward to traveling the world and challenging myself. ETN3 Hobbies: Arita B. Harris Swimming, traveling, golf. Hometown: Vandalia, Ohio Why he joined: I joined to serve my country as a second generation service member, and to further my education with the possibilty of becoming an officer. Favorite part of the Navy: I wanted to be part of something bigger than myself. Knowing that while I am serving the United States, I am also serving as role model. What are you looking forward to most in the fleet? Seeing my training take over in place of natural reactions and making a new family out on the sea. Hobbies: FN Golf, Weightlifting, hiking, and wrestling. Michael T. Brandt Hometown: Jackson, New Jersey Why he joined: I didn’t know what I wanted to study or where I wanted to go to school. The idea of a career, education, and traveling the world interested me. Favorite part of the Navy: I’m always looking to improve in the Navy. I’m always stirring to get better at my job, as a Sailor, and as a person. What are you looking forward to most in the fleet?Traveling. I didn’t travel much growing up. The idea of going to different countries and seeing the world excites me. FN Hobbies: Brendan T. Sheerin I love sports. My favorite to play or watch is hockey. My favorite team 2 the primary loop is the New York Rangers. CMC’s Corner

“It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: ‘And this, too, shall pass away.’ How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!” - President Abraham Lincoln

A simple sentence that conveys how short life can be, while also encouraging us to be grateful for life’s blessings. Opportunities abound here at NNPTC for staff and students both, professionally and personally. My hope is everyone is looking for those opportunities, ready to seize upon them, and be the best they can be, while also being grateful and thoughtful, because “This too shall pass”. In the best or worst periods of my life/career. Those four words being me back to reality and remind me to be grateful for the opportunities presented to me. Sometimes I seized them, and sometimes I didn’t.

Motivational Quotes

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.

the primary loop 3 EMN1 Dennis Leach, left, and HM2 Timothy Monroe swap sea stories as part of Recruit Training Command’s Warrior Toughness training. Warrior Toughness: NNPTC Continues RTC’s Vision Story and photos by MC2 Jessica Gomez Sailors assigned to “Warrior Toughness is an the training. Naval Nuclear Power Training integrated idea that you have to train Since November Command (NNPTC) attended the body, mind, and soul altogether to 2018, 90 NNPTC staff Warrior Toughness “train the create great warriors,” said Lt. Eric members have received the training trainer” training at Recruit Training Brown, a Navy chaplain assigned to at RTC so they can implement Command (RTC) in Great Lakes, RTC. “Toughness is, first of all, the the Warrior Toughness Training Illinois, Oct. 22 to 24. ability to take a hit and keep going. Initiative as part of NNPTC’s Sailor Twenty-two NNPTC Sailors Second of all, Warrior Toughness is development program. attended the training, which taught the ability to endure the long, slow “The NNPTC Warrior them methods and techniques grind of the day and perform; and Toughness Initiative is fundamentally needed to continue teaching Warrior lastly, to perform under pressure.” changing the way Sailors are trained Toughness to Sailors as they During the “train the trainer” at the command by providing the transition from recruits at RTC and training, the Sailors learned about opportunity for Sailors to develop become students at NNPTC. the warrior mindset, mindfulness, their character, competency, and Warrior Toughness is a self-talk, and other methods that connectedness through skilled holistic character development incorporate what RTC has come facilitators and instructors,” said program designed to build Sailors’ to define as the Warrior Toughness Senior Chief Electronics Technician abilities to perform under acute and program. Mindfulness and applied (Nuclear) Joseph Holtz, the sustained stress. exercises were emphasized areas of character development training lead

4 the primary loop Staff assigned to NNPTC perform mindfulness excerises before physical training at TC.R SOCS Corbin Cornelison, center-right, talks to NNPTC staff about how self-talk and other techniques can help when performing tasks such as SEAL-led physical training. at NNPTC. “NNPTC incorporated entire pipeline at NNPTC.” health technician at NNPTC, the core concepts of the RTC Holtz said NNPTC was attended the training. He said he Warrior Toughness program into selected to create a Warrior has seen first-hand how the Warrior our existing Character Development Toughness curriculum model at Toughness training concept can help Training (CDT). In addition to CDT, NNPTC that can be used as the basis service members. the embedded mental health group for all “A” schools across the Navy. “While working with the and chaplains perform training “As Sailors progress through Marines, we frequently utilized utilizing mindfulness techniques their Warrior Toughness training, mindfulness in and out of the field at key points in our students’ path they develop their character, for PTSD, sleep, anger, anxiety, through our school.” connectedness, and competency,” and performance enhancement with After completing basic Holtz said. “The ability to navigate incredible results,” Monroe said. training and arriving at NNPTC, stressful situations and the “If the students fully utilize their Sailors jump right back into Warrior demanding academic challenges training from Warrior Toughness as Toughness training and continue improves through their journey at it expands over their time at NNPTC, building upon their foundation. NNPTC. The ability to enhance I have faith their performance will “Students begin receiving our Sailors’ toughness allows them improve.” this training during their to stay focused on their mission NNPTC’s mission is to train indoctrination week prior to starting of successful completion of the officer and enlisted students in science nuclear field ‘A’ school,” Holtz training pipeline.” and engineering fundamental to the said. “Students follow the Warrior Hospital Corpsman 2nd design, operation, and maintenance Toughness curriculum through the Class Timothy Monroe, a behavioral of naval nuclear propulsion plants.

Command Master Chief Derek Gruell speaks about Warrior Tougness to indoc classes.

the primary loop 5 Students and Staff assigned to Naval Nuclear Power Training Command (NNPTC) pose for a photo aboard USS Yorktown (CV 10) at Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museums during Day of Caring. Day of Caring Contributes to Community Story and photos by MC2 Laura Elmore

More than 900 students serve in the first place, which is to give command. Building a foundation early and staff assigned to Naval Nuclear back to our community.” on in “A” school and Power School is Power Training Command (NNPTC) The students and staff of really important.” volunteered for Trident United Way’s NNPTC dedicated more than 4,000 Orwig said many months of 19th annual Day of Caring, Nov. 15, man hours at various locations across planning went into Day of Caring throughout the Charleston, South the Low Country, including multiple and the students and staff at NNPTC Carolina, area. schools, a retirement home and aboard were looking forward to this volunteer The Trident United Way Day of the USS Yorktown at Patriots Point opportunity. Caring matches nonprofit agencies and Naval and Maritime Museum. “The command has been schools with volunteer teams for the Electrician’s Mate (Nuclear) incredibly supportive of getting out there largest single day of community service 1st Class Ryan Orwig, NNPTC’s Day of and getting involved in the community,” in the area, helping them build capacity Caring coordinator, said it is important Orwig said. “Every year they are really and advance their missions. for Sailors to build a foundation of good about trying to focus as much time “I think it’s important that our giving back early on in their careers. as possible to giving back. This year students take a half-day off academics “Events like Day of Caring especially, our goal was to try to get to Patriots Point and other places around really set the students up to not only every student out into the community. the community to give back because this mentally put the Navy first in their The weather did not exactly play too community is so good to us,” said Capt. lives, but to value that commitment of well today, but we still had tremendous Andrew Peterson, commanding officer service to others,” Orwig said. “It’s also support from everyone.” of NNPTC. “They give us as much as really important for helping them pass Despite the rain, students we give them. It’s part of why we all on that tradition to others at their next and staff were still able to participate,

6 the primary loop with much appreciation from the happy,” said Stillman, from Rehoboth organizations who benefited from their Beach, Delaware. “I had such a great time and efforts. time volunteering and reading to “I think it’s great they are able kids. I think it was important for us, to come here and help us with a lot as Sailors, to see how we positively of projects that we can never seem to impact the community just by helping get to,” said Bobby Kotlowski, event for a day.” manager for Patriots Point Naval and Machinist’s Mate (Nuclear) Maritime Museum, and a Marine 3rd Class Ty D. Kervin, a Nuclear Corps veteran. “A lot of these spaces Power School student at NNPTC, was “Events like Day of are filled with items that we have been one of the volunteers at Patriots Point trying to get rid of since the ship was Naval and Maritime Museum during Caring really set the decommissioned and every year the Day of Caring. students come here and we fill up “I feel like it’s important students up to not several dumpsters with stuff we don’t for us to study, but this is also need anymore. We have a very small very important,” said Kervin, from only mentally put crew of only about 125 employees, Greenbrier, Arkansas. “There’s so so we just don’t have the time to get much history here Sailors should the Navy first in their around to the things that the Sailors are experience, because this is what we helping us with today.” were built off of and it feels amazing lives, but to value that Yeoman 2nd Class Natasha A. to be able to give back. Just knowing Stillman, assigned to NNPTC, spent people have gone before us to give us commitment of service the day reading to kids and organizing our freedom, and get us to where we lesson plans and materials for the are today, makes me really proud to be to others,” Orwig said. teachers at Marrington Elementary out here volunteering.” School. She said the school was NNPTC’s mission is to train excited to have the Sailors there to officer and enlisted students in science assist the teachers and to interact with and engineering fundamental to the the students. design, operation and maintenance of “They loved it, they were so naval nuclear propulsion plants.

Electrician’s Mate (Nuclear) 3rd Class Noah Weber, a Nuclear Power School student at Naval Nuclear Power Training Command (NNPTC), cleans aircraft aboard USS Yorktown (CV 10) at Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum during Day of Caring. the primary loop 7 Trident United Way 19th Annual Day of Caring

8 the primary loop The Trident United Way Day of Caring matches nonprofit agencies and schools with volunteer teams for the largest single day of community service in the area, helping them build capacity and advance their missions. Photos by MC2 Elmore and MC2 Gomez

the primary loop 9 Kids Halloween Party 2019 Photos by MC2 Laura Elmore

10 the primary loop the primary loop 11 Pictured above: Task Force One underway during Operation Sea Orbit in 1964 with USS Bainbridge (CGN 25), top, USS Long Beach (CGN 9), middle, and USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Nuclear Cruisers: A Forgotten Arm of the Nuclear Navy Story by Ensign Josh Warnick Photos courtesy of the U.S. Navy Many Americans today name of mid-sized ships capable of would be reclassified as a cruiser in are aware that our submarine and operating independently remained 1975. Together, the USS Long Beach, carrier fleets are powered by nuclear the same. Nuclear power, therefore, USS Bainbridge, and USS Enterprise energy, but for decades following the was a clear technological match for (CVN 65) would take part in discovery of nuclear power, naval “true cruisers”, freeing them from the Operation Sea Orbit, a demonstration architects and engineers designed need to refuel that had hampered their cruise conceptualized by Vice Adm. prototype after prototype to investigate predecessors. John S. McCain, Jr., in which the three the vast possibilities opened up by the The USS Long Beach (CGN 9) ships would circumnavigate the world promising new technology. One of the was commissioned in 1961, becoming without refueling. The purpose of the concepts they experimented with was the first nuclear-powered surface operation was to echo the cruise of the the nuclear cruiser. combatant in the world and the last Great White Fleet in 1907, announcing The role of a cruising “true cruiser” the United States would a new era of American naval power in warship, or cruiser, during the Age build, with all subsequent cruisers which the surface fleet was no longer of Sail was to scout, raid, and carry being built on scaled-up destroyer hulls. tethered to the shore. One of the most out naval operations independent of She was followed shortly thereafter by visible symbols of American military a main fleet concentration. As new the USS Bainbridge (CGN 25), which power was now, with the help of technologies for propulsion extended was commissioned in 1962 with the nuclear power, a blue-water fleet in a range, boosted speed, and eliminated hull designator DLGN for “destroyer sense never before seen in the world. reliance on wind power, the task and leader, guided missile, nuclear” but The United States would go on 12 the primary loop Admiral Usakove (ex-Kirov), lead ship of the class, next to the Slava-class cruiser Marshal Ustinov.

to build seven more nuclear-powered cruisers, and would but with the end of the Cold War, they were deemed too be alone in operating nuclear-powered surface combatants expensive and complex, and all of the American cruisers and until 1974, when the Soviet Union constructed the Kirov, two of Russia’s four Kirovs were decommissioned. Today, the lead ship of a class of four battlecruisers that would the two remaining Kirovs are undergoing modernization haunt NATO strategists and continue to see service into the and are scheduled to return to service in the early 2020s, but present day. As the age of naval aviation continued and the as recently as 2013, the Kirov-class Pyotr Velikiy served battleships were gradually decommissioned, the battleship- as a flagship for the first regular Russian patrols ofthe sized Kirov-class ships would become the heaviest surface Northern Sea Route in the Arctic Ocean. With this major combatants in operation in the world. Their construction strategic theater being opened up to naval power by the also marked a milestone of significant growth for the Soviet recession of sea ice, the United States Navy experimenting navy, which had previously held a position of diminished with the “distributed lethality” concept, and with new naval importance relative to the army and air force. powers such as China and India experimenting with their Nuclear cruisers offered significant capabilities that own strategies, the forgotten arm of the world’s nuclear their respective navies took advantage of to the very end, navies might find a new relevance in a changing world.

USS Bainbridge (CGN 25) underway in the Suez canal on Feb. 27, 1992, while en route to the Mediterranean Sea with the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) battle group.

the primary loop 13 Chaps’ It’s Just Corner a Car! By Lt. j.g. Pete Canales Command Chaplain

As I read the note my assistant the British definition that states “the overwhelming because I felt confident handed me when I returned from lunch, right to take precedence or to proceed in my analysis of the circumstances and my mind began to race and wonder before others”. Priorities can shift the faith I had in my decision. what exactly did “someone hit my car” around. In that particular moment, my She told me it was a hit and mean. Was my family okay? Was my priority shifted from my scheduled run and that everyone was safe. At that car okay? I was just about to begin an appointment, to my family, and then point stress and anxiety turned to a bit appointment with a Sailor; do I leave back to my scheduled appointment of frustration and annoyance as I could them waiting as I find out, or do I once I concluded that my family was now focus on the potential damage to wait until afterward to call my wife? safe. Our ability to prioritize can have a our beloved vehicle. I reminded myself Instantly my mind started to race with major impact in how successful we are “it’s just a car”. I was relieved when all of the possibilities, and what would in both our personal and professional she said only the bumper was slightly come if I prioritized one over the other, lives. scratched, but still irritated that the and vice versa. Finally, we must be mindful person who hit our precious vehicle did In that moment I had to decide of the context; or in other words, the not leave a note. There was not much if I should call my wife to be assured the immediate circumstances in that given we could do at that point, so we simply car (and family) were okay, or attend time. Context can play a big role in the accepted the outcome and moved on; to the Sailor awaiting an appointment. amount of stress our mind/body/soul after all, it was “just a scratch”. I did feel helpless for I had no other experiences in any given scenario. This The scratch is still a reminder details of what happened other than the is where experience and maturity come of the event. I’m thankful it wasn’t note. into play, not to mention my trust in my worse and that no one was hurt. It was a I had to distinguish importance wife. reminder of what is important and how vs. priority, while using situational After receiving the note, I I prioritize. context to determine how urgent both needed to be sure my family was okay, It was also a test of faith. circumstances were and which I should but I also did not want to leave the I’m reminded of what God tells us attend to first. Experience, maturity, Sailor, who was needing to meet with in Hebrews 11:1: “faith shows the and a lot of faith played a big role as I me, waiting. Given the context of the reality of what we hope for; it is the decided how to proceed. note, I was able to estimate the severity evidence of things we cannot see”, or Importance is “the state or of the accident was likely not urgent having certainty in what we cannot fact of being of great significance or enough to delay the appointment, and I see. I was able to make my decision value”. We are continuously presented could call my wife afterwards. while trusting God had everything with matters we must place value of Even though my family is under control. My faith influenced my importance on, and decide where they at the top of my list of importance, I instinct that everything was okay and I fit in our current circumstance. For me, concluded in that moment that I could was making the correct importance vs. my family is of most importance in prioritize my appointment above priority calculation. It allowed me to my life. I would bend over backwards the note. The car, though important remain calm and collected throughout for my family’s safety, happiness, and to me, does not trump my family or the appointment. wellbeing. I needed to know that they appointments in the list of priorities. You may find yourself still were okay. But I was also concerned After all was said and done, wondering “what type of car does he about whether or not the car was okay. and with the counseling session over, I have?” If so, stop by my office; I’d Priorities are different from called my wife. To say I was not anxious love to talk about it. We can also have a that which is important to us. I prefer or stressed would be a lie, but it was not discussion about your priorities!

14 the primary loop NAVY PHOTOS the primary loop Commanding Officer Capt. Andrew G. Peterson III

Executive Officer Cmdr. Jeb Parm

Command Master Chief EMNCM(SS) Derek G. Gruell

HAAKONSVERN NAVAL BASE, Norway (Oct. 18, 2019) Sailors assigned to the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) Public Affairs Officer work alongside Norwegian crane operators to guide an MK-48 Advanced Capability torpedo into the submarine during an ordnance onload at the Haakonsvern Naval Base in Bergen, Norway, Oct. 18, 2019. (Photo by MCC Travis Simmons) Lt. Louis W. Wood

Assistant Public Affairs Officer Lt. j.g. Amelia Waddell

Media Leading Petty Officer MC1(SW/AW) Darren M. Moore

Editors/Layout MC2(SW/AW/IW) Jessica Gomez

Contributors MC2(SW) Laura R. Elmore Ensign Josh Warnick

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 12, 2019) Coast Guardsmen assigned to Maritime Safety Response Team (MSRT) West prepare to be hoisted up from the deck of aerial target launch ship (ATLS 9701) onto an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Chargers of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 14 while conducting helicopter visit, board, search and seizure training operations off the coast of San Diego. (Photo by MC2 Ryan M. Breeden) The Primary loop is an authorized Publication for the staff and students of Naval Nuclear Power Training Command. Answer Contents herein are not the visions of, or endorsed by the U.S. Government, the Key Department of Defense, the Department of the Navy or the Commanding Officer of Naval Nuclear Power Training Command. All items for publication must be submitted to an editor at least five days prior to publication. To contact The Primary Loop staff, call (843) 794 - 8011

Cover photo: Sailors assigned to Naval Nuclear Power Training Command (NNPTC) organize flashcards for staff members at Marrington Elementary School during Trident United Way’s 19th annual Day of Caring. (Photo by MC2 Jessica Gomez)

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