230920-N-QQ548-1055 MILLINGTON, Tenn. (September 20, 2023) Darryl Blackmon, deputy director for outreach and diversity, poses for a photo with international students from Manpower Personnel Training and Education at Commander, Navy Recruiting Command. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tyler Priestley)

Naval Education and Training Security Assistance Field Activity (NETSAFA) is the U.S. Navy’s agent for Navy education and training for international military students. Located at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, we coordinate and supply training support to international governments and international organizations. As a field activity of Naval Education and Training Command (NETC), we serve as a focal point for all Security Assistance and Security Cooperation education and training program issues, coordination and advice within the U.S. Navy.

NETSAFA is an integral part of Navy International Programs Office (Navy IPO), therefore we also work with and through the Navy IPO chain of command. We are responsible for partner training support first and foremost, and we will work to assure the best training support for our international customers through Navy, other government institution and organizations, and private industry. We must be advocates for our security assistance customers by interceding with those government institutions and private organizations that impact or have the potential to impact our customer training and training support capability.

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KU NROTC Volunteers Following Storms

04 June 2019

From Naval Service Training Command Public Affairs

Eight members of the University of Kansas Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) volunteered following tornadoes that struck near the university last week.

The volunteers, all recent graduates of the university and recently commissioned Ensigns in the U.S. Navy, are awaiting transfers to their first duty stations.

“The University of Kansas Naval NROTC Unit was committed to supporting tornado relief efforts in Lawrence because of our dedication to the local community,” said Ensign Charlie Richmond, who organized the unit’s volunteer effort. “We have enjoyed close support in our relationship with our neighbors, and we were ready and willing to help them in their time of need.”

The group cleared debris from the properties of local residents, including an 83 year old Air Force veteran and an 88 year old widow. They cleared downed tree limbs, large sections of roofing debris, scrap metal, glass and other material from the area, and sorted it for pickup by the county.

The volunteers were Ensigns Scott Gilmore, Kyle Garton, Cameron Wolf, Jacob Ellenberger, Kurt Wenske, Patrick Nagle, Charles Richmond, and Katie Meeds.

The NROTC program is overseen by Rear Adm. Jamie Sands and his Naval Service Training Command staff at Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois. NROTC was established to develop midshipmen mentally, morally and physically and to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty, loyalty and core values in order to commission college graduates as Navy and Marine Corps officers who possess a basic professional background, are motivated toward careers in uniformed services and have a potential for future development in mind and character so as to assume the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship and government.

NSTC oversees 98 percent of initial officer and enlisted accessions training for the Navy, as well as the Navy's Citizenship Development program. NSTC also includes Recruit Training Command (RTC), the Navy's only boot camp also at Naval Station Great Lakes, the Navy ROTC program at more than 160 colleges and universities, Officer Training Command (OTC) Newport, Rhode Island, and Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) and Navy National Defense Cadet Corps (NDCC) citizenship development programs at more than 600 high schools worldwide.

For more information about NROTC, visit www.nrotc.navy.mil

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