Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Two groups work together

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - The Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School and Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation conducted the fourth in a series of joint field training exercises here last month. The training supports U.N. peacekeeping, drug interdiction and disaster response operations. NAVSCIATTS students from three countries and WHINSEC students from eight took part in the week-long training July 17-23, said Cmdr. Bill Mahoney, commanding officer of Stennis-based NAVSCIATTS. The training took place in and around the Pearl River, part of the Naval Special Warfare Group 4’s Western Maneuver Area. (Source: NAVSCIATTS PAO, 08/10/10)