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New Workshops at SWO School Putting Focus on Leader, Crew Performance and Wellness at Sea
May 31, 2021 11:42 AM
A student in the Pilot convening of the Officer of the Deck Phase II course works at the Automatic Radar Plotting Aid station in a Ship Simulator at Surface Warfare Schools Command. OOD-II will be introduced to the fleet concentration areas in October, 2021, and will be taught at SWSC’s Mariner Skills Training Command Pacific (MSTCPAC) in San Diego, Calif., and Mariner Skills Training Command Atlantic (MSTCLANT) in Norfolk, Va., on US Navy Photo
Huizenga hosting information session for service academies
Sentinel Staff
The virtual event will be at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 26.
Students, parents and educators will have the opportunity to hear from representatives of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
Registration information and details on the service academy nomination progress are available on Huizenga’s website, huizenga.house.gov.
Rear Adm. Benjamin Nicholson is a 1993 graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering. He also earned a master’s degree in Systems Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School and a master’s degree in National Security from the Naval War College.
Nicholson’s sea duty assignments include commander and deputy commander, Destroyer Squadron 22, embarked on USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77); commanding officer and executive officer of USS Pinckney (DDG 91); commanding officer of USS Sentry (MCM 3), USS Gladiator (MCM 11), and USS Defender (MCM 2) as part of MCM Crew Swerve; chief engineer on USS O’Bannon (DD 987) and USS McFaul (DDG 74); and division officer on USS Mitscher (DDG 57). During his seagoing career, he has made numerous deployments around the world from the Western Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans to the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Adriatic, Red, and North Seas as well as combat operations in the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of