02 March 2022 IWTC Virginia Beach Celebrates Black History Month On February 24th, 2022, students and staff assigned to Information Warfare Training Command Virginia Beach (IWTCVB) gathered to celebrate National African American/Black History Month. The event was hosted by the Multi-Cultural Heritage Committee and included guest speakers from local commands.
28 February 2022 IWTC San Diego Celebrates Black History Month Information Warfare Training Command San Diego (IWTCSD) and its training sites in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and Yokosuka, Japan, honored the achievements of African Americans and their positive impacts on the history of the United States and Department of Defense throughout February. During their Black
09 February 2022 IWTCVB Continues Efforts to Decrease Nation-wide Blood Supply Shortage Information Warfare Training Command Virginia Beach (IWTCVB) hosted a blood drive Jan. 18 - 19 in order to collect as many blood donations as possible. The blood drive coincided with National Blood Donor Month. Blood donations across the country are more important than ever, as the nation is
03 February 2022 IWTC Corry Station Student Selected for OCS Information Warfare Training Command, Corry Station student Information Systems Technician (IT) 3rd Class John A. Watkins II was recently selected to attend Officer Candidate School (OCS). Officer candidates are selected from a wide variety of applicants with diverse backgrounds, both military and
02 February 2022 NETC Deputy Commander Visits CIWT The deputy commander of Naval Education and Training Command, Rear Adm. Scott Ruston, visited the Center for Information Warfare Training (CIWT), on Corry Station, Jan. 28. During his visit, Ruston was provided an overview of the CIWT training domain, and delved into some of the new training
19 January 2022 IWTC Monterey Honors Fallen Navy Linguist Information Warfare Training Command Monterey held a memorial ceremony honoring Senior Chief Cryptologic Technician Interpretive Shannon Kent, on the eve of the third anniversary of the attack that took her life. Following the ceremony, the command held an honor run through the Presidio of Monterey.
19 January 2022 Leaders Better Understand Afloat Intelligence Systems After C4ISR Course Leaders from various fleets and naval operational units completed the Command, Control, Communications, Computers (C4) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) course at Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC) San Diego on Jan. 14, 2022. The mission of the C4ISR course is to provide
03 January 2022 LREC Offers Cultural Orientation Training for Sailors The Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture (LREC) Program, part of the Center for Information Warfare Training, offers cultural orientation training (COT) to Sailors to assist with better understanding the countries, cultures and languages they will encounter while serving abroad. The LREC
10 December 2021 CIWT Pilots Cyber Defense Analyst Basic Course The Center for Information Warfare Training is gearing up to pilot its new Cyber Defense Analyst Basic (CDA-Basic) Course beginning on Jan. 24, here at Information Warfare Training Center Corry Station. This is significant as it is the first ever 2000 level, classroom-delivered training course to be
10 December 2021 CIWT Command Team Visit IWTC Virginia Beach On Nov. 30, 2021, Capt. Marc Ratkus, commander, Center for Information Warfare Training (CIWT), and CIWT Command Master Chief Jason Thibodeaux visited Information Warfare Training Command Virginia Beach (IWTCVB). Ratkus and Thibodeaux spent the day touring the IWTCVB campus, talking to students and
07 December 2021 Sailors in San Angelo Give Back on Thanksgiving A group of 20 staff members and students attached to Information Warfare Training Command Monterey (IWTCM) Detachment Goodfellow volunteered at Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25, 2021. Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen is an organization run by employees and volunteers that
06 December 2021 Navy Student Recognized for Excellence by Air Force The 316th Training Squadron at Goodfellow Air Force Base holds a student of the month competition with more than 500 accession students competing for the title. Although the Navy regularly participates in this competition, November was the first recorded month where they reigned victorious!
03 December 2021 Navy EW System Maintenance Course Enabled by MRTS 3D Four years in the making, the AN/SLQ-32 (V)6 maintenance course using Multipurpose Reconfigurable Training System 3D® (MRTS 3D®) trainers is up and running and has completed two pilot rounds of instruction. What makes this significant is that prior to this the cryptologic technician technical (CTT)
22 November 2021 Navy Working to Resume Language Testing for Affected Overseas Areas The Navy Senior Language Authority's Office in D.C. (OPNAV N13F) is working with Naval Education Training Command (NETC) and the Center for Information Warfare Training (CIWT) to resume language testing at Navy Language Testing Sites affected by the closure / consolidation of overseas Navy College
22 November 2021 CIWT Commander Presents Plaque to Family of Former Executive Director at Memorial Service Capt. Mark Ratkus, commander of the Center for Information Warfare Training attended the memorial service for retired Senior Chief Petty Officer Charles “Chuck” Bragg Sr., former CIWT executive director, at Bellview Baptist Church, on Nov. 19, 2021. Before the service, Ratkus was able to meet with
19 November 2021 IWTC San Diego Pins Newest Chiefs Ten petty officers 1st class assigned to Information Warfare Training Command San Diego (IWTC SD) were pinned as chief petty officers during a ceremony held on November 19, 2021. The rank of chief petty officer was established on April 1, 1893, and selection to this paygrade is a significant
15 November 2021 Goodfellow AFB Sailors Modernizing NARC Course After extensive and careful planning, staff members assigned to Information Warfare Training Command Monterey Detachment Goodfellow have officially begun modernizing the Navy Analysis and Reporting Course (NARC). The staff began the modernization process by restructuring the course over six blocks
05 November 2021 Navy CTR Leaders Review and Update Occupational Standards Leaders in the Cryptologic Technician (Collection) (CTR) rating from around the world gathered at Corry Station to discuss the way-ahead and future of their rating, from Nov. 1 – 5, 2021. Every two years subject matter experts from within the Navy’s varied ratings come together to validate and build
03 November 2021 Navy’s CTI Rate Receives New Manual The Center for Information Warfare Training (CIWT) recently completed a year-long initiative of updating and modernizing the Cryptologic Technician Interpretive (CTI) Rate Training Manual (RTM) (NAVEDTRA 15023B). The CTI rating was under a life cycle update and the project streamlined and modernized
29 October 2021 Cryptologic Technician (Maintenance) Schoolhouse Delivers New Skills to the Fleet The Cryptologic Technician Maintenance (CTM) schoolhouse at Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC) Corry Station has recently completed the pilot course for the much anticipated Cryptologic Installation Methods, Practices, and Procedures (CRIMP) course. CRIMP provides additional training to new
27 October 2021 NAVIFOR Leaders First Visit to CIWT Vice Adm. Kelly Aeschbach, commander, Naval Information Forces (NAVIFOR), Force Master Chief David Twiford and other key NAVIFOR staff visited the Center for Information Warfare Training (CIWT) on Corry Station, Oct. 13. During her visit Aeschbach, who serves as the Navy’s Information Warfare (IW)
01 October 2021 Flag Officer Visits CIWT to Observe the Cyber Training Program The director of exercises and training for U.S. Cyber Command visited the Center for Information Warfare Training (CIWT), on Corry Station, September 29. Rear Adm. Christopher Bartz, U.S. Coast Guard, used his visit to better understand the Navy’s cyber training program and contributions to a ready,
01 October 2021 IWTC Monterey Navy Linguists Promote Resiliency and Warrior Toughness The Sailors coming up in today’s Navy face unique challenges both on the front lines and back at home. Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC) Monterey is instilling the concepts of warrior toughness in their new accession Sailors to meet those challenges head on and be a ready and lethal
30 September 2021 IWTC Monterey Detachment Goodfellow Sailors Honor Fallen Airman Many Sailors attached to Information Warfare Training Command Monterey Detachment Goodfellow participated in a 6.2-mile ruck march on Sept. 28, 2021, to honor the life of Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Jacobson who was killed by an improvised explosive device while deployed to Iraq in 2005. Jacobson,
03 September 2021 Navy Intelligence Specialist Debuts Song “Hard Times” to Honor a Friend On Sept. 3, Intelligence Specialist 1st Class Richard “Ricky” Ayala recorded and released an original song titled, “Hard Times.” Ayala released “Hard Times” in September to coincide with the National Suicide Prevention Month. Ayala stated, “Hard Times is my way of reaching out to people who may be