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NEWPORT, R.I. (Aug. 30, 2021) A student at Officer Training Command Newport (OTCN) in Newport, R.I., secures a controlled pipe burst with a jubilee patch as part of damage control procedures at the “USS Buttercup” damage control wet trainer, Aug. 30, 2021. OCS morally, mentally, and physically develops civilians and fleet Sailors into newly commissioned officers and imbues them with the highest ideals of honor, courage and commitment to prepare graduates for service in the fleet as Naval officers. (U.S. Navy photo by Officer Candidate Brenda Ezenwa Okpala)